Catholic Church

By Philip Kosloski - Myths of medieval Christianity were written and embellished over the year not so that they could create a false picture of history, but a true one. St. George and the Dragon is probably one of the most famous examples of this type of story... Historians generally discredit the story and just label it as a “myth.” Yet, it doesn’t really matter whether St. George actually killed a dragon. The story itself, based on a historical person who led a saintly life, was a powerful soldier who defeated many supernatural attacks that were waged against him by evil forces.

By Eric Hageman, The Catholic Thing - The invocation was centered on human unity and reminded us that we are all made in God’s image, a “crucial, unifying premise.”  I appreciate this theme.  But the invocator took it too far, saying: “regardless of our different faiths, we pray together.  Whether we pray to the Lord Jesus Christ, Allah, Yahweh, the heavenly father, Brahman, another entity, all entities, or no entity, we are unified . . . to come together as one body with collective hearts to pray.”  This is troubling.

By Steven D. Greydanus, EWTN News - “Love is at the root of everything,” says Fred McFeely Rogers in an archival clip in Won’t You Be My Neighbor? “All learning, all relationships.”.. Then, just as you’re thinking (if you’re like me) about all kinds of relationships that are rooted in anything but love, and wondering how anyone can say anything so saccharine-sounding, he adds a clarifying zinger: “Love or the lack of it.”

By Gretchen Filz, The Catholic Company - One of the most popular Marian devotions in the Catholic Church today is that of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, often honored alongside the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This devotion has its roots in Sacred Scripture, which makes frequent mention of Mary’s contemplative heart, for example in Luke 2:19: “But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.”... According to Catholic doctrine, Mary is the Immaculate Conception; that is, in preparation for the Incarnation of the Second Person of the Holy Trinity in her womb, Mary was conceived without the corruption of original sin....