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The Historical Background of Devotion to Mary in Art

I’ve often heard statements such as “The Church didn’t start worshipping Mary until the Middle Ages.” There are obviously two things wrong here: (1) the Church doesn’t worship Mary and never has; and (2) Devotion to Mary started much,...

Catholic Carnival - More on Pope Benedict

Don't miss this week's Catholic Carnival. It includes some more thoughts on Pope Benedict's Muslim remarks, but it also has a lot more. Be sure to check it out. God bless, Jay...

Pope Benedict and Positive Press

We're still on the Pope Benedict comments since it is creating quite the controversy in the world. And the Wall Street Journal published an excellent analysis of the situation today (registration required). Some key points: [Regarding the Pope's quote] Taken...

Pope Benedict XVI's Muslim update

Today a Cardinal at the Vatican spoke out about Pope Benedict's comments: In the passage of the speech that has roused so much anger, the Pope was quoting a 14th-century Byzantine emperor, and the Pontiff "did not intend "to make...

Pope Benedict XVI and the Muslim Controversy

Apparently Pope Benedict XVI has stirred up Muslim anger over comments made in his speech last Tuesday. Is the anger justified? Well, we can read the entire speech here. But what offended Muslims was this section of his talk: [Initial...

The 85th Catholic Carnival: Prayer and 9/11

It’s always good to host the Catholic Carnival. This week’s Carnival seems to have focused inwardly on prayer and historically on 9/11 that occurred 5 years ago this week. This is a great collection of posts: c.a. Marks starts us...

Never Forget: 9/11

What Do Democrats Not Understand?

The Democratic Party has a problem: Church-attending voters tend to be overwhelmingly Republican. So, they've launched a new website to counter the problem, FaithfulDemocrats.com. Why? Because they believe that the problem is ultimately political: more faithful Christians vote Republican because...

The newest Catholic Carnival

Be sure to check out this week's Catholic Carnival. There are a couple of apologetics pieces in there and a ton of other good stuff - good even for non-Catholics. God bless, Jay...

Five Biblical Proofs that Jesus did not have Brothers

A common disagreement between Catholics and protestants is over the “brothers” of Christ. Catholics argue that Mary was a perpetual virgin and had no other children than Jesus, whereas protestants point to a few passages in the Bible to argue...