Saint Thomas Aquinas (1447–1449) This fresco of Saint Thomas Aquinas by Fra Angelico can found at the Vatican in the Chapel of Pope Nicholas V.

Should We Teach Kids about Porn’s Harms? Yes, and Here’s How. Children all over the world begin viewing hard-core Internet pornography long before their parents even consider discussing its dangers.

Excommunication can be a frightening word. E.x.c.o.m.m.u.n.i.c.a.t.i.o.n. The reality is no less grave. We’ve all seen that arresting scene from the movie Becket, when the titular archbishop ...

Saint Jerome in His Study During a lifespan that crossed from the 4th to early 5th century, Saint Jerome was a priest, a monk, a pope’s secretary, a desert hermit, and head of a monastery in Bethlehem ...

C.S. Lewis on Pornography and Masturbation In “Mere Christianity” C.S. Lewis identified a factor in the astonishing growth of pornography.

Dr. Larry Chapp is a retired professor of theology. He taught for twenty years at DeSales University near Allentown, Pennsylvania. In 2013 he and his wife opened the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker F… ...

Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. St. Thomas More is widely known as “a man for all seasons,” but he is best known for the final season of his life. A ...

7 Sanctuaries linked by a straight line: The legendary Sword of St. Michael According to legend, the line represents the blow with which St. Michael sent the devil to hell.

The Virtue of Obedience We live in a turbulent time; a time that’s similar, in some ways, to the various Reformations of 500 years ago.

Literature: What every Catholic should know There is a very good reason for every Catholic to know the great works of literature — and that is because the great works of literature help us to know ...

Cardinal Mercier had become a hero to the world for his defense of Belgium during its sufferings after the German invasion.

Once again the cover of your Magnificat features a work by Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674), the most French of painters, in the sense that he was at the same time both an inspiration for and an ...