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The Lion of Pessimism

Very Rev. Paul Murray
President of the Spirituality Faculty, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
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Choosing Christ Wholesale

Weekly Update

The secularization narrative in American culture appears to have ground to a halt. What does the trend away from Christianity - and the halting of that trend - tell us?

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Foundations
Caravaggio's "Conversion of Saint Paul"

The Call to Conversion

God loves us in the midst of whatever our sins or imperfections may be, and he does not withhold his love from us. It is precisely from this love that the call to conversion arises.

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Enrichment

Encounter St. Peter (and his bones) in the excavations of the Vatican Necropolis (or "Scavi") beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

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Encounter the perennial truths of the faith as they are applied to particular questions of life, education, and professional disciplines.
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Q&A

God Wants His World Back

Rev. John Riccardo
Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
Msgr. James P. Shea
President, University of Mary
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Jesus is not weak. Jesus is the one who assailed the strong man, as he puts it in the Gospels, and he has taken on the enemy and won. He’s the one who is calling you to follow him.
Rev. John Riccardo Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
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A Copernican Revolution

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The Historic Reality of Christian Culture

Dr. Joseph T. Stuart
Dr. Margaret Mary Summers
Mike Aquilina
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In Praise of Motherhood

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Foundations
Investigate the first and foundational principles of the Catholic imaginative vision.
Current Theme Matters of Belief
Raphael's "The Conversion of the Proconsul"

The Point of Apologetics

The point of apologetics is not the mere winning of arguments; instead, it is meant to show the reasonableness of the Gospel, clearing away obstacles to an authentic encounter with Christ.

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Raphael's "Transfiguration"

Christianity as a Revealed Religion

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Raphael's "Ezekiel's Vision"

The Importance of Mystery in Christian Belief

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