by Editor | Sep 25, 2025 | Martyrdom, Teaching, Truth
The title of this conference could be changed by reading, “The Price of Proclaiming Christ.” The reason is obvious. Remember the dialogue between Jesus and the apostle Thomas. Thomas said to Him, “Lord we do not know where you are going and how can we know the way?”...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2023 | Apologetics, Teaching, Truth
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J Not many years ago, it would have been a strange title for a lecture to ask, “What makes Catholic materials really Catholic?” The reason is obvious. Catholics were Catholics. They were not Protestants, or Mormons, or Jehovah’s Witnesses. But...
by Editor | May 25, 2021 | Books, Doctrine, Morality, Shop, Truth
This brief catechism (as Father Hardon reveals to us) is meant to synthesize the teaching of Pope John Paul II’s historic document, Veritas Splendor, on the relation of the Christian faith and Christian morality. Faith identifies what we’re to believe with our...
by Editor | Jul 22, 2015 | Doctrine, Faith and Reason, Orthodoxy, Truth
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. We commonly think of the Church’s teaching authority in connection with controversies that arise among Catholic scholars or when some issue touching on faith or morals threatens the integrity of the Christian religion. No doubt the Church...
by Editor | Jul 20, 2015 | Teaching, Truth
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The most fundamental need of human beings is to know the truth. Unless they know the truth, they cannot choose what is truly good. What is truly good is that which leads us to eternal life. The focus of the present issue of The Catholic...
