Catholic Fire

In a recent article published in the online journal “Salon,” philosophy professor John Messerly claims that religion has a "smart-people problem." Is this the case? Fr. Robert Barron responds.

This is a wonderful interview with Fr. Robert Barron, containing some little-known facts about him! Fr. Robert Barron is the Francis George Cardinal chair at St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Illinois and director of Word on Fire ministries. He talks with Fr. Rosica about spreading the Gospel message using new media and evangelizing the culture.

LifeSiteNews Managing Director Steve Jalsevac interviews Dr. Peter Kreeft. This interview took place June 8, 2013 while Dr. Kreeft was in Toronto on a speaking engagement for Catholic Chapter House.

Original Post: Fr. Barron comments on Man of Steel.

By Peter Kreeft, released March 25, 2013, Ignatius Press, 153 pages. Paperback or Kindle. Available from Ignatius Press , Amazon, Barnes and Noble, major book stores and Catholic book stores. Reviewed by Jean M. Heimann, M.A. in Theology, freelance writer, retired psychologist, and oblate with the Community of St. John. In Jacob’s Ladder: Ten Steps to Truth , popular Catholic philosopher and writer Peter Kreeft brilliantly tackles the truth of life via two fictional characters with different philosophies who explore ten important questions, which lead to truth. The two women meet daily on a beach, where their discussion begins at the bottom rung of the ladder, passion, and climb up the other nine rungs of the ladder – truth, meaning, love, principles, God, Jews, Jesus, Catholics, and authority – one step at a time, to discover truth. The year is 1977 and the characters are Libby Rawls, a twenty-three year-old woman who has just resigned from the Massachusetts Depart...

Eric Scheske has written an intriguing piece on St. Therese of Lisieux, presenting us with a novel perspective on this popular saint: Every so often, spiritual lightning sears across a culture’s landscape. The example of St. Francis of Assisi immediately comes to mind. So does St. Antony. Their intense holiness was bright and powerful, and left an indelible mark on the earth. We can’t know for certain why God sends these religious jolts when he does, but we can assume he has some purpose. Read the rest here.

International Catholic University video clip from a course by Ralph McInerny on the Metaphysics of Aristotle.