Full incorporation in the Catholic Church requires professing the same one faith, sharing the same seven Sacraments — especially Baptism and the Eucharist — and communion with the Pope and College of Bishops.[1. Vatican II, dogmatic con … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – September 2026
Pope Saint Paul VI’s Credo of the People of God Question One: I read that Pope Saint Paul VI wrote a Creed. What was it and was it ever prayed at Mass? Answer: In the turbulent years following the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic C … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – July 2026
June 26, 2026 by Rev. John P. Cush, STD
The Error of the Fundamental Option Theory Question One: What is the notion of the fundamental option theory in Catholic moral theology and why do we as Catholics reject it? Answer: The notion of the “fundamental option” emerged in mor … [Read more...]
The Sanctity of the Flesh Betrayed
A Refutation of Alkaline Hydrolysis in Light of Catholic Doctrine
April 27, 2026 by Stephen P. Robertson
Introduction: The Sacred Trust of the Body “Membra mortuorum honoranda sunt, in fide et spe resurrectionis.” “The bodies of the dead must be treated with honor, in faith and hope of the resurrection.” — Catechism of the Catholic Church, 230 … [Read more...]
A Marian Response to Mater Populi Fidelis
Tribute to God’s Perfect Cooperator
January 26, 2026 by Trey Brock
Mater Populi Fidelis has pushed Catholic households, parishes, and dioceses to deeply contemplate the nature and role of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The title of Mary as “Co-redemptrix,” which was an honest theological debate up until the Dic … [Read more...]
Theosis: Becoming Gods in This Life
January 26, 2026 by Nate Guyear
In a previous article published at HPR, I wrote about moral perfection in this life, but I focused on contrasting mortal and venial sins for the purposes of helping us to remove sin from our lives and to grow in holiness.[1. Nate Guyear, … [Read more...]
Interreligious Dialogue: A Brief Reflection on What Is at Stake
December 29, 2025 by Cole DeSantis
Interreligious Dialogue: Between Religious Studies and Syncretism Thich Nhat Hahn, besides being one of the major spiritual and intellectual leaders of Zen Buddhism in Southeast Asia, one of the popularizers of Buddhism in the West, and … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – October 2025
September 29, 2025 by Rev. John P. Cush, STD
Unbaptized Infants in Catholic Theology Question One: Dear Father Cush, I was told that the Catholic Church no longer believes in Limbo since the Second Vatican Council. Is this the case? Answer: The concept of Limbo has been historically … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – February 2025
January 27, 2025 by Rev. John P. Cush, STD
Can Catholics Receive Communion in Protestant Churches? Question: Dear Father Cush, I recently had the opportunity to attend a Lutheran Church for their Sunday service. I was encouraged to receive Holy Communion by my friend who told me … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – December 2024
November 27, 2024 by Rev. John P. Cush, STD
Doctrine vs. Dogma: The Difference? Question: Dear Father Cush, I hope that this is a simple question — what’s the difference between doctrine and dogma? Answer: Dear Reader, that is a great question and it is one that even I get con … [Read more...]
Assenting to Fiducia Supplicans
October 24, 2024 by Dcn. Tracy Jamison, OCDS
At some point in my spiritual pilgrimage to the full communion of the Catholic Church from an Evangelical Protestant upbringing, it became apparent to me that the only way that I could infallibly believe the deposit of divinely revealed … [Read more...]
On the Need to Focus on a Catholic Theologate
October 24, 2024 by David Francis Sherwood
At the Catholic World Report in May and June of 2023, there was an exciting exchange between Drs. Larry Chapp, Matthew Minerd, and Richard DeClue.[1. See, in order of publication, Larry Chapp, “The Progressive Revolution’s Continued Control … [Read more...]
Dignitas Migrantis: On the Morality of Deportation
September 27, 2024 by Fr. Matthew Gonzalez
As we approach federal government elections, it is commonplace to address the issues surrounding the growing phenomena of large-scale immigration and its peripheral subjects, such as deportation. It is significant to note that among various … [Read more...]
Notes on a Catholic Ecumenical Perspective of the Sacramental Life of the Church
September 27, 2024 by Eduardo Echeverria
Paper presented at a bi-annual meeting of Evangelicals and Catholics Together, of which I am a member, June 5, 2023, Colorado Springs. If anyone says that these seven sacraments are so equal to one another that one is not in any way of … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – September 2024
August 23, 2024 by Rev. John P. Cush, STD
Question from the Reader: My priest at Mass said that the number of the Sacraments was not determined until the Council of Trent. I was told since I was a child in religion class that Our Lord Jesus established seven sacraments in the … [Read more...]
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