The world over is home to about 7 billion people.  Did you know that most of these people (4 billion) have never heard of Jesus Christ?  These 4 billion have seen neither hide nor hair of any Christian willing to share the Gospel. The area most neglected is in the blue areas of the map above.  Most of those 4 billion live here.  Some missionaries refer to it as the "10/40 window"  because here, between the 10th and 40th latitude, live the most unevangelized peoples.  I am currently in this window for a few weeks. Considering the urgency of such a missionary call to evangelize the Far East, we Catholics might be tempted [...]

There's a video that went viral on YouTube by Jefferson Bethke called "Why I hate religion but love Jesus."  It has almost 30,000,000 views, and there have been formidable Catholic rebuttals online, in conferences, in podcasts and newspapers. Surprisingly, none of the Catholic apologists whom I have read (which admittedly is only a few) have pointed out that the word "religion" is promoted as a good thing in the New Testament: "If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and [...]