Articles on Apologetics
“Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude of the people also be; even as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.” Ignatius of Antioch—Letter to the Smyrnaeans, Ch 8
Miracles, Marvels and Real Religion
I was an Anglican curate when I saw the sun spin. It happened like this. One of the teenagers in the parish had been to Medjugorje and suddenly got keen on the Blessed Virgin [...]
Seven Marks of Church Authority
Why am I a Catholic? It’s all about authority. If you are looking for an authority to help decide the crucial questions what criteria would you set for that authority? There are fourteen things [...]
Idol Speculation
I was brought up in an independent Bible church in the USA, so my first visit to a Catholic church was a big culture shock, and it confirmed everything I was told about Catholics. [...]
Why Same Sex Marriage is Impossible for Catholics
As a parish priest not a month goes by that I don’t help very ordinary people face very extraordinary moral decisions. The “sexual revolution” has turned out to be not simply an era of [...]
Comedy and Reality
In Shakespeare it is the fool who says the wisest things. He is the one who can say anything to the king and get away with it--as long as he makes the king laugh. [...]
Revolution and Revelation
Did that headline getcha? What I mean is that I do not believe God exists in the way that I exist, or in the way that my mother exists or that tree or flower [...]