by Ascension Media | Dec 6, 2018 | Culture, Guest Blogs, Latest
Thirteen is the typical age when young people leave the Catholic Church. If you haven’t read Bishop Robert Barron’s article about young people leaving the Church, you should read it here. In it, he comments on a 2016 study conducted by the Center for Applied Research...
by Magis Center | Dec 1, 2018 | Culture, Evidence for God, Resources, Science, Reason & Faith, Talks
After a year at a prestigious university, a student (let’s call him Steve) begins to doubt his long held religious beliefs because of perplexing and persistent challenges from professors and fellow students. He’s hearing things like: Random suffering is proof that...
by Justina Miller | Nov 29, 2018 | Culture, Happiness, Latest
Today, depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Statistics such as these stand as evidence that society isn’t offering the tools we need to be happy. Fr. Spitzer talks extensively on...
by Maggie Ciskanik | Nov 6, 2018 | Culture, Happiness, Latest, Science, Reason & Faith
We don’t have to be Pontius Pilate to ask this question. In academic circles and the culture at large, the story is that there is no such thing as “truth.” If there is, most still cling to the idea that truth is what the scientific method can verify, professing this...
by Maggie Ciskanik | Oct 25, 2018 | Culture, Happiness, Latest, Science, Reason & Faith
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the...
