What If Every Catholic Went To Confession?

It’s a simple hypothetical. What would happen if all one billion of the world’s Catholics went to Confession? Catholics in the world: 1.18 billion Priests in the world: 410,593 Bishops in the world: 5,065 2011 Annuario Pontificio Only a priest … Continue reading →

Iran Nuclear Weapons: Decision and Timing

ForeignAffairs.com has published a set of articles and commentary: “The Iran Debate: To Strike or Not to Strike — Arguments Over Military Action”. Matthew Kroenig wrote an article in favor of a military (conventional) strike against Iran, to halt its … Continue reading →

After we overturn Roe v. Wade, then what?

Despite the prevalence of pro-abortion views in the U.S., many Americans do not believe that abortion should be available on demand — for any reason, at any time. In addition, there is currently a trend toward greater conservativism among Republicans, … Continue reading →

Abortion Statistics from a Pro-life Perspective

According to the the Alan Guttmacher Institute, there were 45.6 million abortions worldwide in 1995, 41.6 million in 2003, and 43.8 million in 2008. If the average number of abortions worldwide is 40 million or more, then 25 years of … Continue reading →

Commentary on the new Mass translation by a Bible translator

I’m in favor of a form of the Mass which allows priests and local Bishops some latitude to change the form, within certain limits. I don’t see any reason why the 1 billion Catholics in the world must all say … Continue reading →

Why Iran Won’t Nuke Israel

Iran will obtain nuclear weapons, sooner or later. Some commentators think that it will take them until 2013 — only a year or two from now. Others say that Iran could build a nuclear bomb by sometime in 2012, if … Continue reading →

Radical Shia Eschatology, Iran’s View of the End Times

Both Christianity and Islam have prophecies about the End Times (the apocalypse). In one Muslim prophecy, Islam conquers Europe. In another Muslim prophecy, Islam conquers the whole world: all Christians and Jews either convert or die. In the radical Shia … Continue reading →

Could Jesus Possibly Return At Any Moment? No, not really.

The return of Jesus Christ at His second coming is Catholic dogma; it is an infallible teaching of the Roman Catholic Magisterium. His Return has been the constant teaching of Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture and the Magisterium from the … Continue reading →

What Conscience Is Not

My previous article described what conscience is. But there are so many false ideas about conscience, that I decided to write an article explaining what conscience is not. “holding to faith and good conscience, against those who, by rejecting these … Continue reading →

Daniel’s 70 Weeks of Years: an eschatological explanation

{9:24} Seventy weeks of years are concentrated on your people and on your holy city, so that transgression shall be finished, and sin shall reach an end, and iniquity shall be wiped away, and so that everlasting justice shall be … Continue reading →