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The reasoned defense of the Catholic Faith — rooted in Scripture, Tradition, and logic. Here you'll find clear, charitable answers to the most common objections to Catholicism.

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Apologetics
The Hail Mary: A Royal Greeting from Heaven

The Hail Mary is not merely a prayer. It is a royal proclamation, a heavenly greeting, and a theological declaration packed into thirty-five words.

Brian Acebo Apr 7, 2026
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Spiritual But Not Religious

To believe in a spiritual dimension and make no effort to investigate it is a strange intellectual position. The spiritual-but-not-religious instinct is real — but it is incomplete.

Brian Acebo Jun 25, 2025
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The Eucharist: Jesus' Most Important Teaching

The Eucharist is not a representation of Christ but His actual presence — the summit of the Christian life, rooted in Scripture and held by the Church from the very beginning.

Brian Acebo May 28, 2025
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The Problem Of Evil

The problem of evil is one of the oldest objections to belief in God. The Christian answer is not that suffering is an illusion — it is that God permits no evil He cannot turn toward a greater good.

Brian Acebo Apr 16, 2025
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A Stone Too Heavy For God?

The stone paradox sounds like a challenge to God's omnipotence. It is actually a logical contradiction dressed as a question — and logical contradictions are not things, for any power to bring about.

Brian Acebo Mar 20, 2025
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It's Pointless To Pray?

If God already knows what we need and cannot be persuaded, why pray? Because prayer is not a transaction. It is a relationship — and the seeking itself is the point.

Brian Acebo Mar 20, 2025
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Why Can't God Save Us Without Jesus

Jesus' death on the cross was not just about paying a price — it was about transforming us, drawing us back to God, and demonstrating the depth of His love.

Brian Acebo Mar 20, 2025
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Sola Scriptura

Sola Scriptura — the doctrine that Scripture alone is the sole rule of faith — is self-defeating. The Bible does not teach it, the early Church did not practice it, and the history of Protestantism shows exactly what happens when it is applied consistently.

Brian Acebo Mar 20, 2025