Catholic Perspective

Pope Francis’s 9 Commandments for a Just Economy Forgets the First One

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Pope Francis’s 9 Commandments for a Just Economy Forgets the First One

The “popular movements” are the vanguard of Catholic social justice warriors. They consist of a vast menagerie of leftist activists and community organizers found in political action groups, Basic Christian Communities, worker organizations and indigenous peoples’ lobbies. They exist worldwide, especially in less developed nations, and they implement the tenets of liberation … Read more

Why Sex Ed Teachers Are Thrilled With Return to In-Person Learning

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Why Sex Ed Teachers Are Thrilled With Return to In-Person Learning

The effort to cast parents as roadblocks to education continues. An expressive example is the recent furor raised by Attorney General Merrick Garland when he turned the FBI loose on parents that he labeled as potential “domestic terrorists.” Privacy and Parents Nowhere are these roadblocks more evident than the efforts of some … Read more

When Radicals Turned on Centrists at Chicago Art Institute

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When Radicals Turned on Centrists at Chicago Art Institute

The Art Institute of Chicago is a world-class grand art museum. It has a magnificent collection of over 300,000 works of art. The museum sits on the shore of Lake Michigan in some buildings dating back to the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, which celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s discovery … Read more

Gnosticism: The Force Behind the Chaos

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Gnosticism: The Force Behind the Chaos

The life of a man, even the most dull and trivial, is metaphysics in action. This assertion by French sociologist Paul Bureau (1865—1923) is true. Because all ideas greatly influence the way we think and act. The motivational forces that drive our public and even private actions are deep down based on … Read more

Liberal Catholics: “The Sole Rule of Salvation Is to be With the Living Pope” (as Long as He is a Liberal…)

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Liberal Catholics: “The Sole Rule of Salvation Is to be With the Living Pope” (as Long as He is a Liberal...)

There has been some confused notions about the ultramontane movement of the nineteenth century among traditional-minded Catholics. The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) is publishing two articles putting the movement in context and showing its orthodoxy. The author is the French TFP’s Jose Antonio Ureta who … Read more