What does Scripture have to do with Tradition? How can Catholics respond to common objections that practices like the Rosary and belief in Purgatory are unscriptural? The relationship between ...

One of the key challenges of the Reformation, when Protestants split from Roman Catholics 500 years ago, was around the ...

One might loosely define tradition as the authoritative and authentic Christian history of theological doctrines and devotional practices. Christianity is fundamentally grounded in the ...

Presenters: Richard J. Clifford, S.J. and Thomas Massaro, S.J. In the wake of the 2016 campaign season and election, a number of concerns surfaced regarding the dual identify of Catholics as committed ...

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According to Merriam-Webster, tradition is “the handing down of information, beliefs, and customs by word of mouth or by example from one generation to another without written instruction.” We all ...

LATELY, there has been constant mention of “tradition,” particularly in relation to the insistence of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to proceed with episcopal ordinations without the canonically ...

What was the most important document to come out of the Second Vatican Council? Which will be the most significant in the decades ahead? Some Roman Catholic theologians are said to give that ...

In a rented room, somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota, Rocky Raccoon found solace on his nightstand. At least that’s how Paul McCartney sang the sad tale of a jilted guy who’d just lost a ...