by Editor | Oct 25, 2024 | Family
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The Catholic family in super-developed countries like the United States is on trial for its existence. This is not my personal opinion but the measured judgment of the Vicars of Christ. One modern pope after another keeps warning the...
by Editor | Sep 27, 2024 | Faith and Reason
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Before we begin to answer what it means to believe, it may be useful to explain that faith is not some strange experience professed by some people and denied by others. Faith is a common possession of the human race. Aristotle defined man...
by Editor | Aug 26, 2024 | Salvation
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. New Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 7, 1967, pp. 502-504 The problem of how persons outside Judeo-Christianity can be saved has troubled theologians for centuries, and the final solution is still a matter of speculation. Certainly God wills all...
by Editor | Jul 25, 2024 | Children, Family
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. This is surely an unusual subject for today’s conference, “How to Keep Your Children Catholic.” The subject may be unusual, but it is desperately important. I would like to briefly address myself to three questions, expressed in three...
by Editor | Jun 25, 2024 | Penance
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The practice of penance is simply living out the virtue. Where the virtue is the divinely endowed power, the practice is our exercising this power. Of course, we still need grace to practice penance, but nobody is going to do it for us. We...
