Holy water is a sacramental. It is water blessed by a priest to impart God’s blessing on those who use it. There are varying kinds of this blessed water, the principal ones of which are ordinary, used ...

If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal ideation, please call “988” on your cell phone (or landline phone) to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Counselors are standing by 24/7 to ...

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The Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation states that the bread and wine, at the moment of consecration during Holy Mass, actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ. The change, however, is ...

A recent article by Thomas Reese, S.J. for National Catholic Reporter has attracted attention. There’s a lot to respond to in Fr. Reese’s article, but I have a word limit, so I’ll keep it short. Under ...

Artificial intelligence is hot right now. There are lots of news stories about it. Search engines are starting to use it in a new way. So are robots. And some speaking of a coming singularity. What do ...

ORIGINAL SIN IN SCRIPTURE., The classical text is Rom., v, 12 sqq. In the preceding part the Apostle treats of justification by Jesus Christ, and to put in evidence the fact of His being the one ...

Some Protestants challenge the Catholic claim of Peter’s headship by appealing to 1 Peter 5:1, where St. Peter refers to ...

The controversy surrounding evolution touches on our most central beliefs about ourselves and the world. Evolutionary theories have been used to answer questions about the origins of the universe, ...

Catholic Answers is pleased to provide this unabridged entry from the original Catholic Encyclopedia, published between 1907 and 1912. It is a valuable resource for subjects related to theology, ...

“The blessed apostles [Peter and Paul], having founded and built up the church [of Rome] . . . handed over the office of the episcopate to Linus” (Against Heresies 3:3:3 [A.D. 189]). “The Lord says to ...

In a past article, I talked about the problem of then-Fr. (now Bishop) Robert Barron and Hans Urs von Balthasar positing the real possibility that hell could be empty for all eternity. That post led ...