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Ascension Media3 min read

5 Steps to Finding God's Will for Your Life

Choices define our lives. How do we discern God's will and choose it over our own? Believe it or not, we already know what the will of God is for each of us
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.2 min read

Catholic Scientist Receives Recognition 90 Years Later

Catholic scientist Georges Lemaître is finally credited for work he shared at an IAU meeting in 1928 with famous astronomer Edwin Hubble.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.3 min read

Skepticism and Certitude in an Age of Relativism: The Dance of Science and Truth (Part 1)

The definiton of culture is determined by questioning the meaning of our existence. When this question is eliminated, the culture and morality are corrupted
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Latest News on Fr. Spitzer’s Vision

Read the latest on Fr. Spitzer's vision as well as more information about the treatment he is hoping to receive pending approval from the FDA.
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Joel Fernandes5 min read

St. Albert Magnus: A 12th Century Dominican Who Helped Shape Western Civilization

St. Albert Magnus is one of those Saints whose legacy is still at work today within the Catholic Church but whose contributions are largely forgotten.
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Christopher Graney9 min read

Who can do Science? Who has done Science.

Science is for everyone, not just a select few. We need more people, and a more diverse body of people, going into science and science-related fields.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Beyond Pascal’s Wager: Contraptions and Contributions

Perhaps best known for “Pascal’s Wager” Blaise Pascal was also a brilliant mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and inventor.
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Bill Donaghy8 min read

Moral Relativism and the Culture of 'Meh'

The culture of “meh” is the withered fruit of moral relativism. Let's leave the Land of the Bland by attentiveness to creation, relationships, and reality.
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Dr. Andrew Swafford10 min read

Does the Church Still Believe in Indulgences?

The theology of indulgences runs very deep and actually unveils some beautiful aspects of the Faith. In other words, yes, the Church believes in indulgences
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.1 min read

NASA at 60: Moon Shadows and Music

This beautiful video pairs images of the moon captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter with Claude Debussy’s classic, Clair de Lune.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.6 min read

Can a Scientist be Catholic? A Conversion Story

Is there an oxymoron in the phrase “Catholic Scientist?” Nope. Physicist Dr. Robert Kurland tells us how he found his faith.
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Sonja Corbitt7 min read

Early Church Fathers Upholding Transubstantiation in Their Own Words

Transubstantiation, wherein bread and wine change into the Body and Blood of Christ in the eucharist has been part of Catholicism since the very beginning..
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