For many, the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is the hardest to believe of all the Church’s teachings. The idea of Mary having been completely sinless can be hard to believe and even ...

When Good Friday falls on March 25, an ancient Christian intuition about God’s initiative in history — creation, incarnation and redemption — is given unique expression. And how often does this happen ...

We begin by recalling par. 14, which says: “The dogma of the Immaculate Conception highlights the primacy and unicity of ...

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As I read The Color of Christ, I recalled a meeting of the Christian fellowship I attended in college during which the minister warned us against a conception of Christ he jokingly called “Vidal ...

Have you ever been in a debate and found yourself defending a position that seemed a bit off-kilter, even to you? Somewhere in the points and counterpoints, you went too far, not that you would admit ...