Malcolm Muggeridge. “The coming of Jesus into the world is the most stupendous event in human history. . . . As it is, belonging to a civilization which began with the birth of Jesus some two thousand years ago, and reaching the conclusion—to me inescapable—that whatever is truly admirable in the achievements of the succeeding… Read More Fiat Lux. Into History Comes the Light
Catholic Culture.org. / To the Episcopate to the Clergy and to the Faithful of the Whole Catholic Church, INTRODUCTION 1. The family in the modern world, as much as and perhaps more than any other institution, has been beset by the many profound and rapid changes that have affected society and culture. Many families are… Read More St. John Paul II On the Family (Familiaris Consortio).
Truth does not change with the changes in political parties, current philosophies or trends. Nor are we gnostics taking flight from this law. ” a thing cannot be and not be at the same time”— St. Thomas (Summa Contra Gentiles, Book 1, chap. 84) “…reason’s first principle is the principle of contradiction. He who denies this… Read More Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange on Reason and The Law of Non-Contradiction.
“The first time I saw Brother Lawrence, was upon the 3d of August, 1666. He told me that GOD had done him a singular favor, in his conversion at the age of eighteen. That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time the leaves would be… Read More Brother Lawrence and the Presence of God
“It should be noted … that Sartre’s attempt to eliminate God is seriously flawed. First of all, he constructs a straw God by defining him as “self-caused.” Most theists do not believe God is a self-caused being; they hold God to be an uncaused being. A self-caused being is impossible, as Sartre points out. But… Read More Sartre’s Humanism. It took to the streets where it still thrives.
if you only add a strong, steady and tight backbeat of drums, rhythm guitars, bass and maybe some horns to it all. Consider that in my lifetime I was allowed by successive regimes to hear Jim Morrison “sing” “Father! I want to Kill you! And the killer “walked down the hall. And he said, Mother!… Read More There is no element of decadence that cannot invigorate your being…
The question is blunt and entirely justified in our time: and Bishop Barron is entirely in agreement. Barron goes directly to the modern roots with its distorted definition of “reason” owing to Kant and his Enlightenment presuppositions. Whose definition of “reason” then are we talking about? Bad and evil ideas have been far more virulent in history… Read More Tucker to Bishop Barron: Why Go to Church If the Supernatural is Being Suppressed?
“Pope Leo XIV faces a major health crisis following lung cancer surgery in Rome. What does his diagnosis mean for the future of his papacy, his upcoming travels, and the controversial Amoris Laetitia report now awaiting his review? Raymond Arroyo, Fr. Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal examine the Pope’s condition, the Vatican’s transparency, and the… Read More Pope Leo’s Health Scare. Cardinal Roche Targets Traditional Catholics.
Which book’s world would be the absolute worst to live in?” By RetiredKalam.com At first, it sounds like an invitation to explore our favourite fictional worlds. We often dream of entering the pages of a wonderful book, meeting its characters, and experiencing adventures beyond our imagination. But what if the world inside those pages turned… Read More A Nightmare Called 1984
“Parents must be aware that the faith and beliefs they send their kids to college with are not merely challenged on campus but are often twisted, repurposed, and oriented toward other ends…” CORRUPT LIP SERVICE By John M. Kainer | New Oxford Review | September 2026 John M. Kainer is Associate Professor and Chair of Sociology… Read More Lord, Make Me a Channel of… Disturbance?
The Great Facade and the “Neo-Catholiics“. Note: This polemical piece from long ago is being placed here strictly for the record, not because we all think exactly as we did some 20 years ago. That would be too much to ask of most human beings. As it has long been said, ‘perfect consistency is the… Read More For the record: “Rhetoric, Manipulation, and Ferrawood’s Rhetoric”
The proposed execution of Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan has sparked controversy over whether the military should carry out the sentence by firing squad and make it public. Victor Davis Hanson revisits the 2009 massacre that killed 13 American soldiers, criticizing the Obama administration’s response, the military’s failure to act on warning signs, and the… Read More Public Execution? (With a PostScript)
John Paul on reserving the priestly ordination to men according to the teaching of the Apostles. The conclusion of the matter. 2. “The Declaration recalls and explains the fundamental reasons for this teaching, reasons expounded by Paul VI, and concludes that the Church “does not consider herself authorized to admit women to priestly ordination.”(3) To… Read More Apostolic Letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis of John Paul II
Some of us will know this long ago blockbuster of a freaky song. But have we studied it? We begin with the song itself and then proceed on to an analysis. …. …. …. 🎯 Now the analysis 🎯
Cynical news media daily turn many a local story, especially calamities, into national or international stories for political and financial purposes. The media bosses reap all the profit by spreading fear and shattering nerves. Motives are often far from noble despite all the self-righteous pretense. Henry David Thoreau anticipated this and there is lesson in… Read More Thoreau on “News” Media As the “Ruling Powers”
Site Summation – updated – Chat Gpt Catholic Critique presents itself as “Christian World View & Analysis,” edited by Stephen Hand. Its stated purpose is not formal teaching but the sharing of opinions, interpretive principles, excerpts, reflections, and outside resources judged helpful in spiritually challenging times. The site repeatedly frames itself as Catholic, Christ-centered, culturally… Read More Catholic Critique — Alphabetical & Topic Index
There was in the Saints of Christ never any perceived opposition between the Deposit of Faith and Charity and Mercy, and there never can be. The Deposit of Faith was always understood to be premised on God’s revelation and to be binding on all Catholics “on the authority of God revealing”. But all of the Church’s dogmas… Read More Good Will and Bread for All
The pope had the lower lobe of his right lung removed during surgery Tuesday. Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer, Vatican reveals following surgeryThe American pontiff underwent a procedure to remove a nodule, which was “successfully completed.” The pontiff is said not to have been a smoker. ByPhoebe Natanson, Kevin Shalvey, and Mary Kekatos October 13, 2026,… Read More Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer, Vatican says
By Robert Milan. Every appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a vision and message of hope. Our Lady of Lourdes is no different. What occurred on the 11 February 1858 is comfort for the Church that had suffered persecution under the French Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment. The apparitions at Lourdes, France to… Read More The Message of Mary to Saint Bernadette and Us
From the very first pages of Genesis, the God of the Old Testament, in truth, demythologized the ancient world, destroying the ancient “gods” who were “lies” and “vanity” (Jer. 16:19-20) and, indeed, nothing (Acts 14:14; 17:23); He put an end to the horrors related in pagan mythology which daily translated into the most cruel barbarism and even human sacrifice. For… Read More Modernism in Our Time
.. We would do well to be encouraging and training musicians and choirs in local chuchés. Yes, local. People, young and old, by now desire to get away from their TVs and stressful political podcasts and to become a part of something sublimely beautiful for the Lord’s sake. This will be Modern but, as Pope… Read More Why Liturgical Music Should Be Revived Pronto
Virtually unknown, tragically the gifted musician died at 33. Melanoma. Live performance of Over The Rainbow at the Blues Alley jazz supper club in Georgetown, DC, on the 3rd January 1996. Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) was an American singer and musician. She was known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with… Read More Time Out. Eva Cassidy. Over the Rainbow.
Updated. Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar responds after federal agents raided her Washington, D.C., home earlier today, accusing the Trump administration of targeting political opponents. Remains defiant. “I’m okay. Make no mistake, this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.” The Office of Congresswoman Omar released the following statement: “This raid… Read More Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Home Raided by federal agents
10.8.26. Literacy is declining sharply across the West. In the era of vertical video, who has the time or concentration to read a long article — let alone a whole book? As we lose the ability to read long-form text, we might also be losing the capacity for democratic deliberation and self-governance. That’s the argument… Read More NYT on Our “Post- literate Society” and “New Dark Ages”
By Dr. Richard Bauckham. A groundbreaking work in New Testament studies, expanded and updated. Winner of the 2007 Christianity Today Book Award in Biblical Studies, this momentous volume argues that the four Gospels are closely based on the eyewitness testimony of those who personally knew Jesus. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that… Read More Jesus and the Eyewitnesses
… and a prophecy about a faithful and deeply spiritual Pope to come. Acts ch. 2: “‘In the latter time, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out… Read More Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich On the Infiltrations of a Dark Theology…
By Solange Hertz. Opinion. The readers of Time magazine were assured in the summer of 1992 that “within the next hundred years … all states will recognize a single global authority.” The author of the article was Strobe Talbott, member of the CFR, former Rhodes Scholar and President Clinton’s roommate at Oxford. Mr. Talbott, at… Read More The Family’s Threat to Utopia
The teleology of theological Progressivism. Weaponizing Jesus, Flowers, Rainbows… It was never a controversy about skin color for Catholics, despite NCRs disingenuous claims. The problem went much, much, deeper. “First unveiled on NBC’s Today Show in 2000, Janet McKenzie’s painting, Jesus of the People was the first place winner of the National ‘Catholic’ Reporter’s global competition to… Read More Why NCRs Androgynous ‘Jesus 2000’ Was a Problem
Moi [after luncheon and a dry martini together] … Now to the question. Bultmann, if I recall correctly, was a kind of Heideggerian exegete and New Testament scholar. How does he define the deity after his programmatic demythologization? (sp!)? After he has demythologized the New Testament, what remains of God? What does the word God… Read More Barth and Bultmann on God. A Conversation with Tin Man.
The -Quote- “Socialist – Communist – Leftist Way of Life”? “Ten years after Amoris Laetitia, Pope Leo revisits one of the most controversial documents of Pope Francis’ pontificate. Raymond Arroyo, Fr. Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal examine the Vatican’s renewed focus on marriage and family, the debate over Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics, and… Read More The Francis – Leo Crisis?
“Not only Cardinal Coccopalmerio’s proposal for a “permanent round table” of confrontation between the Church and Masonic lodges: at the meeting in Milan, Bishop Staglianò shatters the doctrinal approach and clears the way for openness in the name of Mercy.” Milan. “Dialogue, and even collaboration, between the Church and Freemasonry must go ahead, perhaps with… Read More Enter Freemasonry.
Auctorem Fidei, August 28, 1794, is a papal document issued by Pius VI in condemnation of the Gallican and Jansenist acts and tendencies of the Synod of Pistoia (1786). In the introductory text the Pope exposes mischievous ambiguity as the “art of deception,” just as Pius X did again at the dawn of the twentieth… Read More When Popes Exposed and Denounced Doctrinal Ambiguity, the “Art of Deception.”
My wife, Diane, doesn’t look here like a person who has just lost the use of both legs due to an MS relapse. Her attitude and smile defeat what just 5 or 6 weeks ago seemed like a devastating blow. We’re not sure what the immediate future holds for her because she has several other… Read More And there was evening, and there was morning…
… and our calling. (1) The Odyssey, an epic Greek poem [attributed to Homer], tells the story of King Odysseus and his heroic struggle against the gods. The tale begins when the ship of Odysseus is blown off course on the way home from the Trojan Wars. In his effort to get home, Odysseus lands… Read More Lashed to the Mast
Opinion. By Karel van Wolferen.* In a famous exchange between a high official at the court of George W. Bush and journalist Ron Susskind, the official – later acknowledged to have been Karl Rove – takes the journalist to task for working in “the reality-based community.” He defined that as believing “that solutions emerge from your judicious… Read More Through The American Looking Glass. “We Create Our Own Reality,” He Said
“This week we delve into the life and career of Richard Warner Carlson, a prominent American journalist, diplomat, and lobbyist who played a pivotal role during the last six years of the Cold War. Carlson’s impressive career spanned across various media outlets, and he was a prominent figure in the broadcasting world, particularly in Radio… Read More Who is Dick Carlson? CIA and the Media.
2024 … Timothy Leary remembers Aldous Huxley saying, “We must spread the word… The obstacle to this evolution, Timothy, is the Bible.” Many proponents suggest that drugs can help us “evolve to a more perfected state” – what Stamets called the “next level of the human species”. Highly contingent experiences are presented as “objective” data, and… Read More Inside the Psychedelic Elite and the “next level of the human species”
The hope behind this website has always been that every article selected, whether positive or relatively negative, would in some way lead to contemplation of the Word made flesh (Jn.1:1-14) and His savings acts for us, and “not for us only but also for the whole world.” (1 Jn 2:2). For “God was in Christ… Read More Catholic Critique
… the real reasons, he says. The Prime Minister wants us to rejoin the European Union. One can only assume that he has not been watching the news. — “If you like this content, you may want to consider becoming a member of this (JR-M) channel. There are four levels, each with various perks, including… Read More Rees-Mogg On Why The EU Wants the UK Back So Badly
Note: I am hoping to find a reply to Brian Tyrell’s piece which follows. In the meantime Larry Chapp’s important treatment is linked below. SH. By Brian Tyrell In 1978, I was an associate editor of The Catholic Worker newspaper when a review copy of a new book, Confessions of a Catholic Worker by Michael… Read More The Brian Tyrell and Larry Chapp Skirmish of 2023. Who Speaks for the Catholic Worker Today?
Excerpt, Opinion /. by Bradford T. Still, PMD “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters, Okay?” Thus spoke our once and current president in January 2016, during a campaign rally at Dordt College, a church related institution in lows. By all accounts, the crowd… Read More A Devout Meditation on Violence in the Age of Trump.
