The veneration of saints (Father Laux)

The following text was taken from the religion textbook “Catholic Morality”, written by the American priest John Laux, pages 82-92. The book was first published in 1928 and subsequently republished in the 1990s and later.…
Confirmation

In this article, I describe Confirmation, one of the seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church. What is Confirmation? A good definition of Confirmation is given by the priest John Laux in his textbook “Mass and…
The Antichrist

The Antichrist is a very mysterious person, who will rule over the world during the End Times. In this article, I am going to summarize the main known points about the Antichrist, from the Bible…
Essays on the Eucharist 5: “My Lord and my God”

The following essay is from the November-December 1923 issue of the Hungarian Catholic periodical “Örökimádás” (“Eternal Adoration”) and was written by Dr. Endre Werdenich. “Örökimádás” ran from 1900 until 1944, and the issues can be downloaded in PDF format…
Critiquing “Mission Manifest”, a manifesto for new evangelization

In 2018, various Catholic figures and organizations published a “manifesto” on the subject of new evangelization. The manifesto is entitled “Mission Manifesto – 10 Theses for the Comeback of the Church.” The main initiators were…
The Drake equation from a Christian perspective

The “Drake equation” is a well-known probabilistic model for predicting the number of alien civilizations in the galaxy, who are capable of interstellar communication. In this article, I am going to take a brief look…
The Book of Tobias describes real history

Erbil in Iraq. Image from Pixabay. The Book of Tobit (also known as the Book of Tobias) is one of the canonical books of the Old Testament. However, just like with the Book of Jonah,…
The Pontifical Biblical Commission on the letters of St. Paul

The ruins of Corinth in Greece. Image by Ingold Janssen, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0, here. Author, time of composition, and historical truth of the Book of Acts (source) In response to the following dubia, the Pontifical Biblical…
Responding to Prof. Pasulka on UFOs – Part 2

This is part two of my article series commenting on the claims of Prof. Diana Pasulka. You can find part one here. Saint Francis of Assisi Just like Saint Teresa of Ávila, Saint Francis of…
Responding to Prof. Pasulka on UFOs – Part 1

Diana Walsh Pasulka is an American professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. In her own description, she is a practicing Catholic. In 2014, she wrote a book on purgatory with…
Essays on the Eucharist 4: The threefold motive for instituting the Eucharist

A church in the West of Munich. The following essay is from the February 1919 issue of the Hungarian Catholic periodical “Örökimádás” (“Eternal Adoration”), was written by St. Thomas Aquinas and translated by János Eőri. “Örökimádás” ran…
Prevost on the unity of the Church, and the Catholic answer

The basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. Image by Hervé Simon, CC-BY-SA 2.0, here. On Sunday, January 25, 2026, Antipope Prevost (“Leo XIV”) has delivered an address in the Basilica of St.…
Yes, Jonah was a real person

Jonah on a stained-glass window. Lawrence Lew OP, CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0, here. The Book of Jonah is a well-known biblical book in which God sends a prophet named Jonah to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh, the…
An incident with the New Mass in 1969

Corpus Christi celebrations by the Dominicans in Oxford in 2010. Image by Lawrence Lew OP, CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0, here. In 1969, “Pope Paul VI” issued the “New Mass”, also known as the “Novus Ordo Missae”. The…
The Pontifical Biblical Commission on the Gospels

The author and the historical truth of the fourth Gospel (source) The following dubia presented were answered by the Pontifical Biblical Commission as follows: Dubium I. From the constant, universal and solemn tradition of the…
The early history of the Faith in Korea and the first missionary priest, Zhou Wenmo

In my opinion, the history of the Catholic Church in Korea is an especially fascinating part of Church history. In this article, I write about the history of of Catholicism in Korea, up to and…
The Pontifical Biblical Commission on the Old Testament

In this article, I post three documents of the Pontifical Biblical Commission (Pontificium Institutum Biblicum) from the start of the 20th century on the historical authenticity and authorship of the Pentateuch, the Book of Isaiah…
Christianfaith.info New Year’s Message 2026

As the year 2025 comes to an end, I want to take a moment to reflect on this last year. During 2025, I have published two PDF files: 10 old songs from the German hymnal…

The chair of St. Peter is empty. Please pray for the election of a new, saintly Roman Pontiff!

