2024

What Scriptural Lessons Can We Draw From the Rule of St. Benedict? By Clement Harrold July 5, 2024 Though it may seem an unlikely source, the deeply moving and ever practical Rule of St. Benedict of Nursia (A.D. 480 – 547) offers many beautiful insights into the way we ought to approach Sacred Scripture and […]

Does the Bible Say Whether There are People in Hell? By Clement Harrold June 28, 2024 Sacred Scripture does not tell us the names of any particular individuals who are in hell, but it repeatedly affirms that hell is real and people go there. Acts 24:15, for example, reminds us that “there will be a

Do Old Testament Teachings on Homosexuality Still Apply Today? By Clement Harrold June 14, 2024 Sometimes critics of the Catholic Church’s moral teachings will argue that her position on the sinfulness of homosexual acts should be updated because there are plenty of other biblical teachings that we no longer abide by today. If the Church

If Catholics are Right about Mary, Why is She Talked About so Little in the Bible? By Clement Harrold June 7, 2024 For many Protestants, devotion to Our Lady is the single biggest obstacle to their becoming Catholic. Even many Catholics admit that they struggle with relating to Mary, or fail to understand why the

Do Dinosaurs Prove that Death Existed Before the Fall? By St. Paul Center May 31, 2024 The Bible teaches that Adam and Eve’s sin brought death into the world, but we know from modern science that the dinosaurs lived and died for millions of years prior to the arrival of Homo sapiens. How do Christians

Was Abraham Reprehensible for Pretending that Sarah was His Sister? By Clement Harrold May 24, 2024 St. Paul famously describes the Old Testament patriarch Abraham as our father in faith (see Rom 4:16; Gal 3:7), yet this doesn’t seem to square well with Abraham’s treatment of his wife Sarah on not one but two separate