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"Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind" (Rom 12:2).

The Internet is a crazy place. Anyone who goes online hoping to learn more about the Catholic faith must navigate a sea of articles and web pages without drowning in the process, or being "tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine" (Eph 4:14). The purpose of this page is to focus your search by directing you to a few quality articles that address the topics that are of interest to Catholics.

What follows is only a very small sampling of what is available online ... but it's a good start. All of these articles have been reviewed by our Director of Religious Education and were found to be in conformity to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. If, however, you do happen to find content that is unorthodox, please .

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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 | RSV: Catholic Edition
• Code of Canon Law
• Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church
• Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy
• Ecumenical Councils
• General Instruction of the Roman Missal, Including Adaptations for the Dioceses of the United States of America

Scholarly Reference Works

• 1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd Ed.: Glossary
• Dictionary of Mary
• Modern Catholic Dictionary
• New Advent Encyclopedia
• Our Sunday Visitor Catholic Dictionary
• Pocket Catholic Dictionary

Scriptural Defenses of Catholic Doctrine

• Catholic Apologist's Scriptural Cheat Sheet
• Catholic Doctrinal Concordance
• Catholic Doctrines in Scripture (click to download Word doc)
• Doctrinal Concordance of the Bible
• Scriptural Catholicism
• Scripture Catholic

• Scripture Verses that Defend Catholic Doctrines

Sites of Local Interest

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

Topics

The Bible

• Catholics and the Bible
• Quick Ten-Step Refutation of Sola Scriptura
• Proving Inspiration
• The Complete Bible: Why Catholics Have Seven More Books
• "Taking God at His Word": A Catholic Understanding of Biblical Inerrancy
• A Catholic Guide to Biblical Interpretation
• Making "Sense" Out of Scripture

Christian Sexuality

• What Is the Theology of the Body and Why Is It Changing So Many Lives?
• The Liberating Truth of Catholic Teaching on Sexual Morality
• Homosexuality
• Homosexuality and Hope
• Pornography: Formula for Despair
• Overcoming the Masturbation Habit
• 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 the Catholic Doctrine on the Church Against Certain Errors of the Present Day)
• Mystici Corporis Christi (On the Mystical Body of Christ)
• Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church
• Some Aspects of the Church Understood as Communion

Communion of Saints

• The Communion of Saints: Biblical Overview
• The Communion of All Saints: Seven Pillars
• Communion of Saints
• Any Friend of God Is a Friend of Mine
• Do Catholics Worship Statues?
• Church Teaching on Relics

• The Canonization Process

Early Church Fathers

• A Primer on the Church Fathers
• An Introduction to the Greatest Fathers of the Church
• The "Unanimous Consent" of the 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
• The Last Things
• 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
• The Authority of the Church as a Moral Voice
• Gospel Morality
• Are We Living in a Moral Stone-Age?
• Moral Relativism Refuted
• On the Existence of Moral Absolutes
• The Lost World of Moral Common Sense

Faith and Science

• Fides et Ratio (On Faith and Reason)
• Modern Psychology and Catholic Understanding: Part 1 and Part 2
• Adam, Eve, and Evolution
• The Galileo Controversy
• 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 Church: Its Beginning, Successes, and Failures
• The Truth about the Catholic Church and Slavery
• Frequently Asked Questions about Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust
• "If I Forget You, O Jerusalem": The Truth about the Crusades
• The Inquisition
• Who's Who in the Reformation

• Ecumenical Councils of the Church

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
• Mormons
• Scientology

Peter and the Papacy

• The Pope
• Peter, the Rock
• Peter's Roman Residency
• Proof and Reason for the Papal Office
• St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles
• 50 New Testament Proofs for Petrine Primacy and the Papacy
• The Primacy of the Pope in the Church

Prayer, Devotion, and Spirituality

• The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina
• The Liturgy of the Hours
• How Did the Stations of the Cross Begin?
• The Divine Mercy
• Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary
• The Rosary and the Brown Scapular
• Specific Acts of Spirituality: Asceticism, Mortification, and Fasting

Pro-Life Issues

• Pro-Life Apologetics 101
• 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
• Anointing of the Sick: A Parish Sacrament
• For Our Healing: The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick

Sacraments: Baptism

• A Guide to Catholic Baptism
• The Bible on the Effects of Baptism
• Are Catholics Born Again?
• Scriptural Defense of Infant Baptism
• Is Baptism Merely a Symbol?
• What Must Be Done for a Valid Baptism?
• Trinitarian Baptism

Sacraments: Confirmation

• Sacrament of Confirmation: What Is It All About?
• Confirmation: What You Need to Know
• The Graces of Confirmation
• The Sacrament of Confirmation
• The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• What Difference Does Confirmation Make?

• Biblical Evidence for the Sacrament of Confirmation

Sacraments: Holy Eucharist

• Christ in the Eucharist
• Who Can Receive Communion?
• 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?: Short Answer and Long Answer

Sacraments: Holy Matrimony

• A Basic Theology of Marriage
• The Mission of Fatherhood
• Motherhood and Openness to the New Person
• The Husband-Wife Relationship in Eph 5:21-23
• 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

• Pastores Dabo Vobis (I Will Give You Shepherds)
• The Ministerial Priesthood
• On Certain Questions Regarding the Collaboration of the Non-Ordained Faithful in the Sacred Ministry of the Priest
• God's Gift to His Bride: Priestly Celibacy
• "Call No Man Father"?: Understanding Mt 23:9
• On the Ordination of Women: Inter Insigniores | Ordinatio Sacerdotalis
• 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
• Myths about Indulgences