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New Series Featuring Fr. Spitzer: 'Wednesday on the World'

New Series Featuring Fr. Spitzer: 'Wednesday on the World'
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Guest Writer10 min read

The Copernican Revolution – Differently

A Different look at the Copernican Revolution.
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Ascension Media6 min read

A Strange Anointing: Glory in Suffering

A Strange Anointing: Glory in Suffering
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.3 min read

Mountains on Mole Hills and Volcanoes in Strange Lands

Did you know only one mountain on earth (not Everest!) makes the top 10 list of our solar system’s highest mountains? Also there are volcanoes in space!
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Guest Writer4 min read

Great Resources for Learning about Quantum Theory (and Its Relationship to a Trinitarian God)

Be prepared to increase your understanding of how quantum mechanics has changed our understanding of reality, and how it relates to theology.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.4 min read

On the Warping and the Wonders of the Milky Way

Recent discoveries on the Milky Way show us that it is warped. Here's how to find the Milky Way in the night sky and a slideshow of Milky Way images.
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John Clark4 min read

Scrupulosity Is An Obstacle to Truth

Obstacles to truth come in different forms; on the level of conscience and our response to it. Two big obstacles to truth are laxity and scrupulosity.
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Crisis Magazine7 min read

The Magnanimity and Humility of St. Ignatius Loyola

When Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the feast of St. Mark he used his homily to exhort the Church to proclaim the Gospel with magnanimity and humility.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.7 min read

Technologies Old and New: Harnessing the Power of the Sun and More

Did you know there are “widespread ruins of an abandoned solar-power technology” revealing that humans have harnessed the power of the sun for centuries?
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Rory O'Donnell6 min read

Is God Free to Create the World?

Is God free to create the world? The answer isn’t a yes or a no. Aquinas teaches there is one thing that God wills necessarily: his own divine goodness.
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Andrew Haines2 min read

The Beauty that Attracted Saint Augustine

Something about Augustine is timelessly attractive, and for good reason. But what was it exactly that attracted the man, himself? Eternal beauty and logos.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Dr. Vera Rubin and Why Dark Matter Matters

Because of Dr. Vera Rubin, dark matter became a household term in the 1980’s, but we still aren’t sure what it is or even if it really exists.
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