Editor’s Note: This is Week 28 of a yearlong series: A Catholic Reads the Bible. Read Week 1, Week 2 and Week 3. Laura Bernardini is director of coverage in CNN’s Washington Bureau. The views ...

The good in the merit doesn’t ultimately come from us (it’s not self-generated); it’s derived from God, giving us the grace to do any good thing (Psalm 51:7, 10; 84:11).

Does the Bible teach that unicorns and other such mythical animals actually exist? Short answer: no. I shall argue that polemical charges to the contrary are misguided and wrongheaded ...