Life
Nicene Guy

Some Obstacles to Happiness

“If you are unhappy, I question whether you are truly Christian.” So concludes my columnist-colleague and brother Dominican, TJ Burdick, at the close of his

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Catholic Education
Nicene Guy

Searching for Truth in the Modern Academy

“Universities have failed in modern society because of their rebellion against the sacred tradition. They have become monumental pyramids, hospices for the remains of what

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Religion
Nicene Guy

Hell in the Scheme of Things

Some years ago, I joined a group of friends in their college dorm lounge to enjoy a movie. While we watched the movie, I overheard

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Religion
Nicene Guy

Of Dogma and Definitions

“The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that they do not even know that they are dogmas. It may be

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Welcoming Sinners

  The various recent interviews and op-eds by Pope Francis—and the subsequent misinterpretations thereof—have given me reason to ponder a pair of related questions. Would

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Men's Issues
Nicene Guy

Pat, Pat

“Pat, pat. Rub rub.” Just as a new family comes into being on the wedding day with the marriage of a husband and wife, so

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Religion
Nicene Guy

Reality, Belief, and Hell

I’ve heard it opined by the occasional atheist that he not only believes that God does not exist, but actually desires to be right in

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Columnists
Nicene Guy

Baptism and Presidential Leadership

Election-season whoppers are nothing new to politics, Presidential or otherwise. The number of exaggerations, empty-promises, false claims, and flat-out lies which make their way into

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Politics
Nicene Guy

On Enemies of the Church

In my previous post, I took stock of the possibility that President Obama is an enemy of the Church. Supposing that he is, what would

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Politics
Nicene Guy

Barack Obama: Enemy of the Church?

There is a meme which is beginning to make its rounds on facebook stating simply that President Obama is an enemy of the Church. Given his tyrannical HHS mandate, which seems to be specifically targeted at Catholics…

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