I have not written this essay to whitewash Catholic history. My aim was to express admiration for the prodigious achievements that Catholicism and the Catholic Church deserve credit for — credit that is not often given to it due to deep-seated bias and firmly established myths.
All Catholics deserve to know their story. But today, it's not enough for parents and catechists to teach the doctrines of the faith.
There is, in many quarters, increasing concern about the hyper-charged political correctness that has gripped our campuses and other forums of public conversation.
It was 1962 when he first wrote to her.
It is impossible to be just to the Catholic Church.
"This book will prove to be a most effective weapon...against the debunking and skeptical attitudes toward the Gospels that are so prevalent among young people who, sadly, are leaving the Churches in droves." - Bishop Robert Barron
There are plenty of people out there who want to dismiss the Catholic faith because of bad Catholics.
When Pope Benedict warned about "the Dictatorship of Relativism," he meant it. Literally.
The difficulty of explaining "why I am a Catholic" is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that Catholicism is true.