Articles & Essays
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The First Human Language
Introduction Multi-disciplinary evidence suggests that Basal-Hebrew was humanity’s first spoken and written language.[i] The topic of the original language is…
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Fundamental Theology and Creation, Part 1: Faith, Science, and Creation
This is the first in a series of articles investigating major aspects of Catholic fundamental theology and their significance for…
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Ark Seekers
And the temple of God was opened in heaven and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple…
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Against Polygenism
“Would that We had not learned by experience how many ‘false apostles’ the present age has spawned! These are ‘deceitful…
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The Character of God Refutes Theistic Evolution
As a Catholic convert and medical professional with a keen interest in the creation-evolution debate, I am moved to present…
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Latest Newsletters
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Kolbe Report 11/18/23
Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Glory to Jesus Christ! Here in the United States we are about to celebrate American Thanksgiving, and I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of you who have supported our apostolate with your prayers and donations during the past year. In a recent newsletter we recalled the ancient saying, “Memento Mori,”…
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Kolbe Report 11/11/24
Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Glory to Jesus Christ! I recently discovered that one of the first scientists to join the Kolbe Center’s advisory council, Dr. Joseph Mastropaolo, died in the spring of 2021. As reported in the Orange County Register: Joseph was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 13, 1927, to Anthony and Marguerita Mastropaolo. He grew…
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Kolbe Report 11/4/23
Download MP3 Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Pax Christi! I have just returned from LifeSite’s Rome Forum where, with the help of your prayers, I was able to propose the traditional doctrine of creation as the only firm foundation for a culture of life to 200 pro-life leaders from all over the world. I know that many of you are…
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Kolbe Report 10/28/23
Download MP3 Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Glory to Jesus Christ! I would like to thank all of you who remembered us in your prayers as we proclaimed the Gospel of Creation, Redemption and Sanctification in the shadow of the Smithsonian's "temple of evolution" in Washington, D.C. last Sunday, October 22. It seems that many faithful Catholics are now…
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Kolbe Report 10/21/23
Download MP3 Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Pax Christi! One of the most difficult challenges Catholics face in trying to understand the roots of the present crisis of faith and morals is to accept the reality that it has been hundreds of years in the making. As we have demonstrated in our DVD series “Foundations Restored” and in various…
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Kevin Heldt
Dear Mr. Owen, I want to thank you for all your great work with the Kolbe Center and for your clear and helpful writings regarding the Catholic Church and evolution. My wife and I (and our seven children) entered full communion with the Catholic Church last fall. Lifelong Christians, we were first drawn to the Church when we discovered the beautiful teachings underpinning Her stand against contraception. God had brought us to a firm personal conviction against contraception early in our marriage. Years later, when we learned what the Catholic Church taught about marital sexuality, we knew we needed to keep reading and to begin to evaluate these claims we never knew She'd made. Did Jesus really leave behind a hierarchical Church to guide and teach us? Is the Church really protected by the Holy Spirit from teaching error? I can say without hesitation that the single biggest hurdle for me in coming to believe these claims was the appearance, from the outside, that the Church accepts evolution. I've known for a long time that the theory of evolution is incompatible with not only Scripture, but with science itself, so it was very unsettling to read so many Catholics making accommodations for it. I wondered how …
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