Catholic Information

Faithful Catholic Websites

• Catholic Answers
• Catholics United for the Faith
• Catholic Education Resource Center
• Eternal Word Television Network
• Catholic Culture
• Vatican: The Holy See
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Foundational Church Documents

• Catechism of the Catholic Church: Second Edition
• Catholic Bibles: Douay-Rheims | NAB | New Jerusalem Bible
• Code of Canon Law
• Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church

Scholarly Reference Works

• 1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• New Advent Encyclopedia
• Pocket Catholic Dictionary

Scriptural Defenses of Catholic Doctrine

• Catholic Apologist’s Scriptural Cheat Sheet
• Catholic Doctrinal Concordance
• Catholic Doctrines in Scripture
• Scripture Catholic

Sites of Local Interest

• Brescia University
• Diocese of Owensboro
• Fathers of Mercy
• Mount St. Joseph Conference and Retreat Center
• Owensboro Catholic School System
• St. Joseph Monastery and Guest House
• St. Meinrad Archabbey

The Bible

• Catholics and the Bible
• Quick Ten-Step Refutation of Sola Scriptura
• The Complete Bible: Why Catholics Have Seven More Books
• “Take God at His Word”: A Catholic Understanding of Biblical Inerrancy
• Making “Sense” Out of Scripture

Christian Sexuality

• The Liberating Truth of Catholic Teaching on Sexual Morality
• Homosexuality and Hope
• Pornography: Formula for Despair
• Pre-Marital Sex

The Church

• Ecclesium Suam (On the Church)
• Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World)
• Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church)
• Mysterium Ecclesiae (Defense of Catholic Doctrine on the Church Against Errors of the Present Day)
• Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church

Communion of Saints

• The Communion of Saints: Biblical Overview
• The Communion of All Saints: Seven Pillars
• Communion of Saints
• Church Teaching on Relics
• The Canonization Process

Early Church Fathers

• A Primer on the Church Fathers
• Fathers Know Best
• The Teachings of the Church Fathers
• The Fathers of the Church
• The Average Catholic’s Guide to Becoming a Doctor of the Church

The End Times

• Eschatology
• Letter on Certain Questions Concerning Eschatology
• Particular Judgment
• Last Judgment
• General Resurrection
• Apocalypse Not Now: The Church, the Millennium, and the Rapture

Ethics and Morality

• Christian Morality
• Gospel Morality
• Are We Living in a Moral Stone-Age?
• Moral Relativism Refuted
• The Lost World of Moral Common Sense

Faith and Science

• Modern Psychology and Catholic Understanding: Part 1 and Part 2
• Above and Beyond: The Church’s Teaching on Miracles
• Aquinas and the Big Bang
• Does Science Point to God?: Part 1 and Part 2

History of the Church

• The Truth about the Catholic Church and Slavery
• “If I Forget You, O Jerusalem”: The Truth about the Crusades
• Who’s Who in the Reformation
• Frequently Asked Questions about Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust

Mary, Our Blessed Mother

• Catholic Marian Doctrines: A Brief Biblical Primer
• Biblical Overview: The Blessed Virgin Mary
• The First Marian Dogma: Mother of God
• Mary Conceived Without Sin: The Dogma of the Immaculate Conception
•  Mary’s Perpetual Virginity
• Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Mary’s Role in Our Salvation

Non-Christian Religions

• Buddhism
• Islam
• Jehovah’s Witnesses
• Judaism
• Masons
• Scientology

Peter and the Papacy

• The Pope
• Proof and Reason for the Papal Office
• St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles
• 50 New Testament Proofs for Petrine Primacy and the Papacy

Prayer, Devotion, and Spirituality

• Specific Acts of Spirituality: Fasting

Pro-Life Issues

• Capital Punishment
• Cloning: An Affront to Human Dignity
• The Morality of Fertility Drugs and  Reproductive Technologies
• The Truth About Birth Control
• The Church’s Teaching on Euthanasia
• What the Church Really Teaches about Responsible Parenthood

Sacraments: Anointing of the Sick

• Anointing of the Sick: An Easy Guide
• Biblical Evidence for the Sacrament of Anointing
• Anointing of the Sick: Medicine for Sinners
• The Proper Minister of Anointing of the Sick
• Anointing of the Sick: A Parish Sacrament

Sacraments: Baptism

• A Guide to Catholic Baptism
• The Bible on the Effects of Baptism
• Scriptural Defense of Infant Baptism
• What Must Be Done for a Valid Baptism?

Sacraments: Confirmation

• Confirmation: What You Need to Know
• The Graces of Confirmation
• The Sacrament of Confirmation
• The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Biblical Evidence for the Sacrament of Confirmation

Sacraments: Holy Eucharist

• The Real Presence and Sanctity
• Come, Worship the Lord!: Promoting Adoration of the Most Holy Eucharist
• Belief in the Real Presence by the Early Church Fathers
• Scripture and Tradition on the Eucharist
• What Is Transubstantiation? Long Answer

Sacraments: Holy Matrimony

• A Basic Theology of Marriage
• The Mission of Fatherhood
• Motherhood and Openness to the New Person
• FAQ’s about Annulments
• Divorce and Remarriage: The Church’s Perspective
• Male and Female He Created Them: The Church and Same-Sex “Marriages”

Sacraments: Holy Orders

• The Ministerial Priesthood
• God’s Gift to His Bride: Priestly Celibacy
• “Call No Man Father”: Understanding Mt 23:9
• A Crisis of Saints

Sacraments: Reconciliation

• Penance and Reconciliation (Confession)
• Brushing Up on Confession
• Scripture and Tradition on the Sacrament of Reconciliation
• Examination of Concsience for Children and for Adults
• A Fictional Dialogue on Penance
• What It Means to “Expiate” Your Sin