This past Friday there was a terrorist attack in Paris coordinated by the Islamic State. As is usual in these cases, political and religious leaders around the world moved swiftly to condemn…
Recently I’ve been doing some genealogy research into my family roots, and it has been fascinating to see where I come from. On both my mom’s and dad’s side my ancestors came to…
I’m a big fan of decentralization. It is the key ingredient that makes me excited about technologies like the Internet and Bitcoin, and it also is why I’m not a fan of…
In my many years of apologetics, the doctrine of the Trinity is a frequent subject, for obvious reasons: it is the central doctrine of the Christian Faith. However, many argue that the…
I have a practice when someone I know dies. If I am very confident that they are going to Heaven (based on their life of virtue and faithfulness to Christ), then I…
Sometimes I feel as if I’m the only Catholic who is excited about Bitcoin. So I was ecstatic yesterday when I saw this article on ChurchPOP: 5 Reasons Catholics Should Be Taking…
The latest media “let’s manufacture a controversy to increase our ratings and make Republicans look stupid” kerfuffle (which, admittedly, Republicans seem to excel at cooperating with) involves whether a Muslim is qualified to…
In 2008, Pope Benedict XVI made an apostolic visit to the United States. Here was one of the prominent images from that trip: Next week, Pope Francis makes his own apostolic visit…
There were two men, Walter and Joe, who both wanted to start a reading club. First Walter invited ten people to his house to talk about the club. Of these ten, one hated…