A matter of substance

by Stephen Spiteri I had a conversation with a fundamentalist the other day and he was asking how it was at all possible that Jesus could “be something so mundane as bread and wine … how can you believe that bread and wine becomes the flesh and blood of...

Science vs. Religion: Turning Swords into Plowshares

by Stephen Spiteri I taught a lesson very recently where I was discussing the Big Bang theory with my senior students. About halfway into my spiel a student of mine sitting at the back of the classroom put his hand up and blurted out sounding frustrated,...

Why Protestants Believe Catholics Worship Statues

Part 2 of the “Why Protestants Believe” series By Jeffrey van Zuiden Since the Protestant Reformation, there has been a very popular propaganda tactic — “Catholics worship statues! Look at them … they even bow down to them!” Truth be told, for...

Mary’s perfect intercession in three easy steps

One of the biggest stumbling blocks that non-Catholics have when learning about the faith is the Catholic view of Mary’s role as the “perfect intercessor” for us before God. This is a complex issue, because it often includes having to explain three...

Truth behind the clergy abuse scandal

by Jeffrey van Zuiden As the Catholic faithful, perhaps one of the toughest issues we  must answer for is the sex abuse scandal. At the very least it is certainly a touchy subject. At its very worst, it is an barrier between converts and reverts and the Church....