COMMENTARY: As the Catholic Church marks the 150th anniversary of Pastor Aeternus, it is an occasion for us to be grateful for the gift of the teaching authority of the Church, especially that of the ...

DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: When Pope St. John Paul II authoritatively condemned abortion in 1995, he used a form similar to formulas used in earlier infallible declarations. The cathedra at St. John ...

Infallibility is the notion that someone or institution cannot make mistakes or do something wrong. It was a concept used to sustain the authority of the Catholic Pope when the Church was the state ...

In the transition from arguments to mindless black-and-white battles that go nowhere, there's a trigger point that’s easily missed. The transition occurs when the argument shifts from doubting each ...

In the transition from arguments to mindless black-and-white battles that go nowhere, there's a trigger point that’s easily missed. The transition occurs when the argument shifts from doubting each ...

It started as a conversation, turned into a debate and somehow became a debate to decide which one of you is absolutely right about everything and which one of you is a fool, discredited on every ...