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Making the Gospel ‘Real’ in a Gnostic World

Dr. Jonathan J. Reyes
Senior Vice President of Evangelization and Faith Formation, Knights of Columbus
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The Tradition Goes to Harvard

Weekly Update

Bishop Barron explores the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Harvard's campus.

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Foundations
Michelangelo's "Last Judgment"

On Being Saved

"Are you saved?" "Have you been born again?" The Catholic answers to these common questions arise from the heart of our understanding of our vocation as Christian disciples.

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Caravaggio's "The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist"

Enrichment

This week: Caravaggio's stark presentation of the beheading of St. John the Baptist, housed in St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, invites us to view a brutal reality through the eyes of faith.

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Encounter the perennial truths of the faith as they are applied to particular questions of life, education, and professional disciplines.
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Christians (and Pharisees) at a University

Msgr. James P. Shea
President, University of Mary
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Jesus is not weak. Jesus is the one who assailed the strong man, as he puts it in the Gospels, and he has taken on the enemy and won. He’s the one who is calling you to follow him.
Rev. John Riccardo Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
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The Celebration of Love

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‘Mostly Dead’ is ‘Still Alive’

Dr. Christopher A. DeCock
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The Christian Athlete: Witnessing versus Privacy

Dr. Luis Fernando Aragón-Vargas
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Foundations
Investigate the first and foundational principles of the Catholic imaginative vision.
Current Theme The Search for Truth
Raphael's "The Mass at Bolsena"

Christianity: Truth or Therapy?

Christianity may help us to cope with difficulties and give us a sense of happiness, but at its core it is a matter of truth or falsity and it is to be believed on those grounds.

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Raphael's "The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament"

Sacramental or Scientistic?

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Tommaso Laureti's "Triumph of the Christian Religion over Paganism"

The Catholic Problem of History

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Raphael's "The School of Athens" Selection

Studiositas and Curiositas

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