Have you ever been questioned by friends or relatives about certain aspects of your Catholic faith and found yourself having to attempt to offer an explanation to them? There is a special term for this exercise of explaining your faith to those who ask. It is called “apologetics”.

As Christ withdrew to the desert and the Garden of Gethsemane, can we withdraw the noise of our liturgies for deeper prayer and communion with the Lord through His Passion in the Mass?

In the church, along with the demands for women’s ordination was the demand for girl altar servers and female extraordinary ministers of holy communion. While these innovations gave the appearance of increased equality for women, it eroded the time-tested segregated formation of both men and women.

Parallels between Primus’ prophecy and the Biblical Scriptures. When I was a high school student, I started watching Transformers Prime (TFP) on TV in late 2010. More than a decade later, TFP remains my absolute favourite iteration of the Transformers franchise to this day, because of its high stakes storytelling, character development, the epic battle scenes between Optimus Prime and Megatron. 

Suan Sonna is the Director of Apologetics for the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT. He received an M.T.S. in New Testament Studies at Harvard Divinity School in May 2025 and is pursuing an M.A.R. in Second Temple Judaism at Yale Divinity School. He runs the podcast and YouTube channel Intellectual Catholicism where he interviews guests and presents arguments for the papacy and magisterium.

People often mistake the Church for being a hierarchy with men at the top. Pope Francis has been shining a spotlight on the role of women in the Church. While ruling out the possibility of ordaining women as deacons (despite erroneous reports to the contrary in mainstream media).

Father David Dominic Stephen is a Chaldean Catholic Priest born in Baghdad, Iraq, who moved with his family to the United States in 1999. He entered the Chaldean Seminary of Mar Abba the Great in San Diego, California, in 2009 and graduated from John Paul the Great Catholic University in Escondido, California, with a degree in Biblical Theology in 2014.

Listen to this beautiful meditation on the mystery which Jesus revealed to his disciples on Mount Tabor, written by a Polish composer Urszula Rogala from the Dominican Liturgical Centre in Kraków.

The Reverend Deacon Professor Dr. Sherman Kuek O.F.S. is a permanent deacon of the Catholic Church, a Secular Franciscan, theologian, teacher, and preacher. As a deacon, he is incardinated in the Diocese of Melaka Johor, Malaysia. As a theologian, Deacon Sherman is the Cornelius Cardinal Sim Professor of Theology and Dialogue at the Christian Institute for Theological Engagement (CHRISTE), an ecumenical and cross-disciplinary research institute.

Father Dwight Longenecker was raised an Evangelical in Pennsylvania. After studying theology at Oxford University, he was ordained as an Anglican priest and served as a curate, a school chaplain in Cambridge and a country parson on the Isle of Wight. Realising that the Anglican Church and he were on divergent paths, Father Longenecker and his family were received into the Catholic Church in 1995.

In my last article, I promised to unpack what the Kerygma is and the difference it makes when it is front and centre for the catechist. I do so in this article. The dramatic “key” of the kerygma should always be kept at least implicitly in the consciousness of the catechist when he approaches any topic he is asked to catechise on.

Catholics from around the globe will gather for the annual Extraordinary Music Workshop in Warsaw come July 2025. This leading project initiated by the Polish Dominican Friars in Krakow, hopes to promote the beauty and patrimony of the Catholic musical tradition, and chart new frontiers for its organic development.

I had a priest recently mention to me : “In the seminary, they taught us that we cannot choose Marian hymns as an Offertory Hymn for Mass. The focus has to be on Christ”. As a choir director, I needed to get to the bottom of that statement. Is it really true, that Holy Mother Church teaches that we cannot choose a Marian hymn as an Offertory Hymn for Mass?

In this candid exploration of parish catechesis, we uncover the struggles, burnout, and identity crisis that plague catechetical efforts today. Nick Chui offers an honest yet hopeful look at how we can rediscover the true essence of catechesis and empower catechists to resound the Gospel with clarity and joy.

The ever challenging conundrum in particular countries and societies is encouraging our congregations to sing. Particularly when a new music program is established for the parish, or implementing new music. We as the music directors and musicians may be committed, ready and practiced, with an eager choir, beautiful tone and quality music, but in the pews … silence.

I believe the greatest division in our Church today is not between clergy and laity. It is also not between laity who work for the Church and laity who don't. It is not even between so called "progressives" and conservatives.

We are glad to announce Father Nicholas (Collin) Nunis as a new contributor to the Totus Tuus Apostolate. Father Nicholas (Collin) Nunis, BCompSc, BTheol, MATheol is a Priest of the Melkite-Greek Catholic Church, one of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See.