The Nicene Guys

There seems to be some consensus that the proponents of traditional marriage are losing. An acquaintance from my parish—and fellow Oregonian-in-exile—passed along an article from the leftist organ The Daily Beast which discusses the "evolving" attitude of our culture (whether American or Western Civ

There's no war on religion, just a concerted effort to attack it on multiple fronts. Case in point: a woman does something which the Church teaches is gravely immoral. Her pastor then tells her that she has committed a gravely immoral sin. She is dismissed from her position at a Catholic school beca

I could not vote for President Obama and claim to be a faithful Catholic. I could not in good conscience support a man who is not only so hostile to the Church (there are plenty such people), but who is willing to use the power of the government to further a sort of kulturcampf. It's one thing to en

The New York Times--that paper which Fr John Zuhlsdorf half-seriously calls Hell's Bible has of late been doing its best to proselytize for Hell, or at the very least to proselytize against that Church which is tasked with storming the gates of Hell. Fresh off of publishing the anti-Catholic ad call

What is the Church's stance of stem cell research? The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that "Every human life, from the moment of conception until death, is sacred because the human person has been willed for its own sake in the image and likeness of the living and holy God" (CCC 2319). In

Introduction: What is the Trinity? What is the central doctrine of the Catholic Faith? Some might say that it is the doctrine of the Eucharist, or of the sacraments in general; others might answer that it is the doctrine of Original Sin, or more broadly of Creation-Fall-Salvation-Sanctification. It

Why is the Church opposed to contraceptive use? And what is Natural Family Planning (NFP)? This question is complex enough that I will break it up into pieces in answering it. First, what does the Church teach concerning contraception? Second, What is so great about NFP? Third, why is contraception

What does it mean to say that the pope is infallible? Does this mean that he never makes any mistakes, never sins, or that he is perfect? The doctrine of Papal Infallibility [1] was formally defined at the first Vatican council in 1870, but its roots run much deeper: When Jesus went into the region

There are, as we know, seven principle virtues—four cardinal virtues and three theological ones—I a daresay that abortion manages to violate all seven of them. Few sins, I think, can claim such thoroughness in being so opposed to virtue. Abortion and Prudence read more

I'm still having troubles with the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. Why does the Church insist on this dogma, and doesn't it contradict the Bible? Recall that there are three common objections to the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception which are made by modern Protestants in general and Eva