Time Is a Gift … How Are You Using It?

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Time Is a Gift…How Are You Using It?

Certain poems can be easily registered in one’s memory. This is due as much to the profundity of the words as their rhythmic meter. Such is the case with the following passages of a poem by Fr. Joseph Stedman. Life is short, and death is sure, The hour of death remains obscure. A … Read more

The Amazon Flows Into the Tiber (With the Help of the Rhine)

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The Amazon Flows Into the Tiber (With the Help of the Rhine)

As the Pan-Amazon Synod approaches, the number of concerned voices is growing. Until a few months ago, the Synod seemed like an almost folkloric event, an echo from distant and mysterious lands without any impact on the European continent. Now it begins to be seen in its proper dimension: a threat to … Read more

Celebrate but Remain Vigilant After Big Win for Confession

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Celebrate but Remain Vigilant After Big Win for Confession

Catholics had cause for relief on July 8, 2019, when the good news came out that the California legislature is no longer attempting to force priests to break the seal of Confession. This victory came from the efforts of tens of thousands of Catholics who protested. Among those opposing the measure were … Read more

Liberate Us From the Libra: Facebook’s Assault on the Dollar

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Liberate Us From the Libra: Facebook’s Assault on the Dollar

As Facebook faces growing criticism for bias and privacy issues, it is moving ahead with a massive new project. The giant tech firm is putting together a consortium to launch a cryptocurrency. Everything about the project should trigger red flags. The possibility of abuse is everywhere. However, Facebook is treating it like … Read more

The Theological Hypothesis of a Heretical Pope

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The Theological Hypothesis of a Heretical Pope

“The Pope Manifestly a Heretic Ceases by Himself to Be Pope” In a previous article we did a quick examination of heresy in general, and how it is incompatible with ecclesiastical jurisdiction. We concluded that the abandonment of the Catholic Faith corresponds to a tacit resignation of any ecclesiastical office, since those … Read more

Why It’s Time to Get Out of the Public Education System

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Why It’s Time to Get Out of the Public Education System

Mary Rice Hasson and Theresa Farnan, Get Out Now: Why You Should Pull Your Child from Public School Before It’s Too Late (Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway, 2018)   Conservatives in the United States have long considered public schools as little more than liberal indoctrination camps. As the country rapidly secularized in the … Read more

The Church at the Service of the Neo-Pagan Agenda

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The Church at the Service of the Neo-Pagan Agenda

The working document (Instrumentum laboris) for the coming Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon totally opens the gates of the Magisterium to Indian Theology and Eco-theology, two Latin American derivatives of liberation theology (LT). After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the failure of “real socialism,” the … Read more

Can the Public Square Be Value-Neutral in Today’s America?

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Can the Public Square Be Value-Neutral in Today’s America?

Public discourse is in a sad state these days. People are not even talking about issues or political problems. Long gone are the times of lofty discussion about ordered liberty and inebriating individualism. Today things are getting ugly. The unpleasantness was brought to light by the Sohrab Ahmari-David French brawl over how … Read more

Why Jesus Is the Just Avenger and Not a Muscle-Man

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Why Jesus Is the Just Avenger and Not a Muscle-Man

Modern Catholic iconography tends to either accurately portray or grossly distort the qualities of holy personages. Such is the case with these two representations of Our Divine Savior. The first image is of a modern stained-glassed window positioned above the tabernacle in a Blessed Sacrament chapel. The pierced foot and triumphant gesture … Read more

“Politically Correct” Ecology: An Impious and Inhumane Ideology

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“Politically Correct” Ecology: An Impious and Inhumane Ideology

From “Politically Correct” to “Ecologically Correct” A new form of ideological dictatorship dominates contemporary culture. Everything today must be adapted and sacrificed to be “politically correct.” This is well described in a recent book titled Politically Correct: The History of an Ideology (Politicamente corretto: Storia di un’ideologia, Editrice Marsilio, Venice 2018), written … Read more