Many of us grew up hearing about how "three kings" came to visit the baby Jesus, only to learn later that Matthew actually calls them "magi," or "wise men," and doesn't mention there being only three of them.

Maybe you've heard the claims that Christmas is on December 25th because of some pagan festival: either Saturanlia, or Sol Invictus, or the birthday of Mithras, or some such. But is that really true?

It's common this time of year to hear about Jesus being born to an "unwed mother." But is that accurate?

Do you believe the same things about the Eucharist (or Lord's Supper) that Jesus taught and that the Apostles and earliest Christians believed?

Protestants believe that once a person enters into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ, that they can never lose their salvation. And there are Bible verses that DO seem to say that... if you read them a certain way.

If Purgatory is true, how do we make sense of the Good Thief on the Cross? And what about Isaiah's experience with the burning coal in Isaiah 6?…

Fr. James Martin proposes a "minority interpretation" of the parable of the talents (made famous by Sr. Barbara Reid, O.P.) in which the Master is unjust and the third servant is honorable for standing up to him. But is that really what we're supposed to take from the parable of the talents?…

How are the Saints a "proof" of Christianity? Can't you be good without God?…

Does beauty point to the existence of God? Or can we explain it away as a "spandrel," an unintentional side effect of natural selection…

Is purgatory biblical, or is it just a Catholic man-made tradition?…