Catholic Perspective

How the New Civil War About Everything Creates Chaos

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How the New Civil War About Everything Creates Chaos

As mentioned in a previous article, America is engaged in a new civil war about everything. It is a state of incompatibility where anything can serve as a pretext for strife. In this new civil war, the disintegration of social structures is the key means of bringing about the collapse of the … Read more

How Civil Wars Don’t Start

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How Civil Wars Don’t Start

Everyone wants an explanation for the mounting tension inside American society. Many have even begun to use the term civil war. Barbara Walter presents her book, How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them, as that explanation. Liberal pundits give the book rave reviews saying that it describes what is happening … Read more

The New Civil War Over Everything

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The New Civil War Over Everything

Many talk of the threat of civil war in an increasingly polarized America. The antipathy of the left for the right has certainly reached a high level of irrationality and vitriol. No area of culture and politics is exempt, as conflicts seem to have sprung out spontaneously over the past few decades, … Read more

Modernism, Not Ultramontanism, Is the “Synthesis of All Heresies”

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Modernism, Not Ultramontanism, Is the “Synthesis of All Heresies”

In American traditionalist circles, it is becoming fashionable to blame “ultramontanism” for all the ills affecting Catholicism today. Supposedly, Pope Francis is imposing a revolutionary agenda on the Church because of the actions of ultramontanes during the First Vatican Council. Detractors admit that ultramontanes turned traditional Church teaching on papal infallibility and … Read more