And, according to this mindset, religion and science are mutually incompatible. Religion is the function of “belief.” Science, in glaring contrast, trades only in “facts.” Of course, as is readily ...

We can learn a lot from St. Thomas Aquinas, but most of all we can learn two things: how to hold both faith and reason ...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Faith & Reason Institute, the first Washington, D.C.-based think tank devoted to encouraging both of these essential elements of human existence. The ...

EVERY January 28, the Church celebrates St Thomas Aquinas — doctor of the Church, patron saint of students, distinguished philosopher and theologian and author of the monumental Summa Theologica. St ...

St. Francis Xavier, who lived 1506-1552, is represented in a stained glass window. Credit: CNS photo/Crosiers In 1552 in Yamaguchi, Japan, a group of recent Christian converts confronted St. Francis ...

Today it is commonly affirmed that the classical doctrine of the inspiration and authority of the Bible is no longer tenable. The genesis of this affirmation is to be sought in the rise of modern ...

One of the constantly bewildering aspects of living on planet Earth is the assumption that most human beings seem to make that faith (usually, but not necessarily, the religious variety) is a virtue.

The Center for the Humanities at a leading university offers this simple and compelling definition of its discipline: “The humanities are the stories, the ideas, and the words that help us understand ...

The key term of biblical psychology, particularly in the Old Testament where the fundamental principles are laid down, is the term heart. When contemporary Christians, often in evangelistic preaching, ...

At a time when the church’s doctrinal teachings on faith and morals are questioned everywhere, the relevance of such teachings to the believers brought up in diverse contexts is of utmost importance.