Cardinal Pell’s Pessimistic Assessment of the Pontificate of Francis

“The Christo-centricity of teaching is being weakened; Christ is being moved from the centre”. Thank You to Brother Andre Marie, MICM, for clarifying for his readers that Cardinal Pell, according to Vatican Journalist Sandro Magister, was in fact the original ‘Demos,’ the author of this remarkable final assessment: THE VATICAN TODAY Commentators of every school,… Read More Cardinal Pell’s Pessimistic Assessment of the Pontificate of Francis

January 31, 2023February 9, 2023 Posted by SH

Insomnia Chief Reason for Benedict XVI Resignation

Pope Benedict XVI revealed in a letter to his biographer that insomnia was the “central reason” why resigned in 2013. | Paul Badde/CNA By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Jan 29, 2023 / 07:15 am According to papal biographer Peter Seewald, chronic insomnia ultimately led to Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to resign in 2013. In his last… Read More Insomnia Chief Reason for Benedict XVI Resignation

January 30, 2023February 28, 2023 Posted by SH

The Teilhardian Vapor

Gilson wrote to de Lubac, “The ravages he wrought, which I have witnessed, are horrifying.” George Sim Johnston writes, “Teilhard concocted from evolutionary theory a kind of process theology that, among other things, implicitly denies the doctrine of original sin. Pope Pius XII once asked the great French thelogican Etienne Gilson to write a critique… Read More The Teilhardian Vapor

January 27, 2023February 1, 2023 Posted by SH

St. Joan Confronts Utopia

Note: To be sure, Catholics are called to be the most earnest peacemakers and never to stop working hard towards peace. Yet, alas, in our own time World War II showed again why it is not wrong to thrust out violent invaders when earnest efforts towards peace have failed. However we must never under any… Read More St. Joan Confronts Utopia

January 26, 2023February 2, 2023 Posted by SH

Unlike Clerical Abuse, Media Downplays Sexual Abuse in Public Schools

Catholic Action League.January 26, 2023. The newspaper of Boston’s African American community, The Bay State Banner, is reporting that students in the Boston Public Schools experienced 744 incidents of sexual assault in the 2021-2022 school year. According to the BPS, this figure includes not only sexual violence, but sexual harassment and student on student sexual… Read More Unlike Clerical Abuse, Media Downplays Sexual Abuse in Public Schools

January 26, 2023January 31, 2023 Posted by SH

The Infamous Oliver Cromwell

History. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – ) “was a politician and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, first as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and then as a politician. A leading advocate of the execution of Charles I in… Read More The Infamous Oliver Cromwell

January 24, 2023January 27, 2023 Posted by SH

Macaulay on the Catholic Church

“There is not, and there never was on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church. The history of that Church joins together the two great ages of human civilisation. No other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the times when the… Read More Macaulay on the Catholic Church

January 23, 2023January 24, 2023 Posted by SH

The Deep Truths in Fritz Eichenberg’s ‘The Lord’s Supper’

The other side of the Eucharist is friendship. It often happens that week after week, year after year, Christians sit and kneel next to practical strangers in church on Sundays. They leave Mass as they entered, nodding and saying hello to people they do not ever really come to know. And in our time it… Read More The Deep Truths in Fritz Eichenberg’s ‘The Lord’s Supper’

January 23, 2023January 24, 2023 Posted by SH

Could Walsingham point the way to a post-Francis liturgical renewal?

… Being careful to provide and protect the hermeneutic of continuity of Pope Benedict XVI. “Built in the mid-14th century, and dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, this chapel served pilgrims on their way to England’s Nazareth. Saint Catherine was the patron saint of pilgrims to the Holy Land and her knights kept open the… Read More Could Walsingham point the way to a post-Francis liturgical renewal?

January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 Posted by SH

Aborting ‘Jesus’ = Free Speech

From the New Oxford Review: “The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a topless feminist who acted out the aborting of Jesus in a Paris church in 2013 was exercising “freedom of expression” (The Christian Post, Oct. 24). “Bare-breasted and covered in pro-abortion slogans, Éloïse Bouton entered L’église de la Madeleine wearing a blue veil… Read More Aborting ‘Jesus’ = Free Speech

January 22, 2023January 28, 2023 Posted by SH

Martin Luther King and the Rule of Law

From the Imaginative Conservative In acknowledgement of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I wish to raise the question, based on Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” as to when, if ever, as well as to what extent, it is appropriate to defy the rule of law. On The Imaginative Conservative Winston Elliott raised the question “When is a… Read More Martin Luther King and the Rule of Law

January 21, 2023January 21, 2023 Posted by SH

Carlson on the World — and the “World Economic Forum”

“The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a billionaire club of globalist oligarchs with undo influence among world governments and meets once a year in Davos, Switzerland. The WEF is the primary sponsor of the Great Reset and the movement toward mass surveillance and a global police state via covid passports. The coronavirus coverup and climate change … have been used by the WEF to further its agenda of social and… Read More Carlson on the World — and the “World Economic Forum”

January 19, 2023February 23, 2023 Posted by SH

On abortion and gender Benedict and Francis are irreconcilable

“In Archbishop Georg Gänswein’s memoir, Nothing but the Truth — My Life Beside Benedict XVI, there are some passages which confirm that the pope emeritus, in relation to ethically sensitive issues, was in full harmony with the Magisterium of the Church and in significant discord with the magisterium of Pope Francis albeit presented with extreme grace… Read More On abortion and gender Benedict and Francis are irreconcilable

January 19, 2023February 24, 2023 Posted by SH

Now that the March for Life is over, a snapshot of a shifting abortion landscape

CNA. Jan. 21. This week, health officials in New York City said they plan to begin offering free, city-funded abortion pills at four sexual health clinics, delivering up to 10,000 abortion pills a year. The plan, drawing consternation from pro-life advocates, is a product of an increasingly polarized post-Roe v. Wade legislative climate at the local, state,… Read More Now that the March for Life is over, a snapshot of a shifting abortion landscape

January 18, 2023January 22, 2023 Posted by SH

Recycling The Green Revolution.

Pagan religious practice is “so old it seems like new”. Very many today seek to flee God’s commandments by taking refuge under paganism’s green branches (making the earth, the material universe, ultimate) in order to flee the moral law and conscience. Ancient Israel did this more than once. Is it any wonder, then, that Catholics… Read More Recycling The Green Revolution.

January 18, 2023February 24, 2023 Posted by SH

More Cities and States Make Homelessness a Crime

“Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of many will grow cold” — Matthew 24:12. “As the number of people experiencing homelessness increases across the country, more cities and states have passed laws making it illegal to live out of tents and cars or sleep in public spaces. More than 100 jurisdictions have had such bans on… Read More More Cities and States Make Homelessness a Crime

January 17, 2023January 22, 2023 Posted by SH

St. John Chrysostom: The Word of God for the Wounded

John Chrysostom (347 – 407 AD)Doctor of the Church. [Homily Two on the Gospel of St. Matthew by St. John Chrysostom] “But tell me, who of you that stand here, if he were required, could repeat one Psalm, or any other portion of the divine Scriptures? There is not one. And it is not this… Read More St. John Chrysostom: The Word of God for the Wounded

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Posted by SH

VPO Clarifications Sought in Allegations of Theology and Language Unbecoming of a Pope

“… it would be legitimate to wonder whether the testimony of these seminarians is really true. The editor of the website Germinans Germinabit also wondered in another article, dated January 1. Are we facing yet another case of alleged accounts of personal conversations with the Pope, such as those made several times by the Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari?… Read More VPO Clarifications Sought in Allegations of Theology and Language Unbecoming of a Pope

January 15, 2023January 18, 2023 Posted by SH

Archbishop Gänswein’s New Book on Benedict XVI

National Catholic Register: “The book, which offers insights into Pope Benedict XVI through the eyes of a direct witness, should be understood as a memorial, not an indictment. …of course, there is Archbishop Gänswein’s open anger and surprise at being abruptly relieved of his post as prefect of the Papal Household by Pope Francis, without… Read More Archbishop Gänswein’s New Book on Benedict XVI

January 12, 2023February 6, 2023 Posted by SH

Europe accuses US of profiting from war

Top European officials are furious with Joe Biden’s administration and now accuse the Americans of making a fortune from the war, while EU countries suffer. “The fact is, if you look at it soberly, the country that is most profiting from this war is the U.S. because they are selling more gas and at higher… Read More Europe accuses US of profiting from war

January 11, 2023February 9, 2023 Posted by SH

“We must stay awake and keep watch”

In the time of Noah they laughed at him, but in a time when Creation, the Natural Law and gender itself, is being globally attacked as “hate”… Be it Near or Still a Ways Off, the Second Coming of the Lord & the Last Judgment By Fr. Wm. Saunders Will the last judgment occur at… Read More “We must stay awake and keep watch”

January 11, 2023March 13, 2023 Posted by SH

Karl Rahner on the Word “God”

“The word “God” exists. Thus we return to the beginning, to the simple fact that in the universe of words with which we build our world and without which even the so-called facts do not exist for us, the word “God”, too, occurs. Even for the atheists, even for those who say: God is dead,… Read More Karl Rahner on the Word “God”

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 Posted by SH

Gilson, Saint Thomas and The Self-Attesting God

First, the Problem. The famous Thomist philosopher Etienne Gilson writes, surely accurately, in his Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, “… at the very place where the Summa of Alexander and the Commentary of St. Bonaventure undertake to show that the existence of God is evident, St. Thomas devotes an article to proving that it… Read More Gilson, Saint Thomas and The Self-Attesting God

January 11, 2023January 14, 2023 Posted by SHLeave a comment

Putting ‘Catholic’ in the Catholic Worker

“A new generation of communities are integrating hospitality and solidarity with the poor through prayer and Church fidelity, consistent with the vision of the movement’s founders. Emily Lehman, January 10, 2023. National Catholic Register The Catholic Worker movement — with members scattered throughout the U.S. and around the world — provides a compelling encounter with… Read More Putting ‘Catholic’ in the Catholic Worker

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 Posted by SH

Moving in on Francis?

Are Catholic prelates really moving in on Francis with a view to ousting him as a report indicates? …or is it all so much Progressivist paranoia and guilt, knowing how much they have deformed the Faith since putting Francis on the Chair of Peter? “Vatican plot to force Pope Francis to resign: Conservatives wage ‘secret… Read More Moving in on Francis?

January 9, 2023January 27, 2023 Posted by SH

The Faustian Face of Modern Science

Understanding the Epistemological Foundations of Scientific Totalitarianism. by Phillip D. Collins. Scientific totalitarianism is certainly not a new topic in the halls of political science and history. Given its bloody legacy of democide (i.e., state-sanctioned genocide, mass murder, and politicide) and its prolific spread throughout the world, scientific totalitarianism remains a preoccupying sociopolitical phenomenon of… Read More The Faustian Face of Modern Science

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Posted by SH

Always the Revolution

“The issue [of the week] is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.”–Students for a Democratic Society, Marxist SDS. Revolutionary Con Man Saul Alinsky. Inciting “Power Responses”: No boys, no girls, no mothers, no fathers, no religion…“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for‘ (Apropos of the above hymn to Obama, ironically, Cornell… Read More Always the Revolution

January 8, 2023February 1, 2023 Posted by SH

Joseph Pearce on the Heart and Mind of a Real Shepherd

From the book Benedict XVI Defender of the Faith “Having stressed that the traditional Mass was “never abrogated,” he sought to ensure the freedom of the faithful to be present at the celebration of the Mass by replacing John Paul II’s earlier indult and Motu Proprio, which had relied on the good faith of the… Read More Joseph Pearce on the Heart and Mind of a Real Shepherd

January 6, 2023February 27, 2023 Posted by SH

“Those who pray will be saved, those who do not will be lost”

James 4:2: “you have not, because you ask not.“ The great Doctor of the Church, Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, wrote, “The absolute necessity of prayer is taught throughout the Holy Scriptures, and by all the holy Fathers; while, on the other hand, I see that Christians are very careless in their practice of this great… Read More “Those who pray will be saved, those who do not will be lost”

January 6, 2023February 21, 2023 Posted by SH

The Secret ‘Priest Holes’ of England

“…The Christmas season represented rich pickings for the priest hunters [in Elizabethan England]. As one of the great celebrations of the Catholic Church, it was disapproved of by some Protestant reformers. More than that, it was a great opportunity to flush out Catholic priests – all of whom had been outlawed by the state during… Read More The Secret ‘Priest Holes’ of England

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Posted by SH

You Will Bring Liberation, Soldier!

You are creating a new world, soldier!Isn’t that what you signed up to do,to kill and die for, soldier? You will…ridicule enemy cultureswreck economiesmock traditionsterrorize their“moral absolutes” You willcut off their ballsthrow their titsinto cold tin basinsturn boys into girlsgirls into boysmothers into MILFSfathers into jokeschurches into effeminate echoschildren into pin-ups! You will teach themthat… Read More You Will Bring Liberation, Soldier!

January 4, 2023March 24, 2023 Posted by SH

Is Reading Fiction a Waste of Time?

How do we experience life? What is it to be human? How do we see? What is the relationship between reading and history, reading and science, metaphysics…empathy, philosophy, religion and art? …More. — How to Mark a Book by Mortimer Adler — The social disaster: Children who frequently check social media face significant brain changes

January 3, 2023January 4, 2023 Posted by SH

Dr. Arthur Holmes Lectures. A History of Philosophy.

… excellent series, very informative and very fair to Catholic, Protestant and Enlightenment philosophies. Arthur Frank Holmes “served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He was an English philosopher who “served as Professor of Philosophy at Wheaton College in Illinois, US from 1951 to 1994…He built the philosophy department at Wheaton where he taught,… Read More Dr. Arthur Holmes Lectures. A History of Philosophy.

January 3, 2023February 15, 2023 Posted by SH

Biblical Interpretation in Crisis — Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 1988

Biblical Interpretation in Crisis. On the Question of the Foundations: and Approaches of Exegesis Today by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 1988 In Wladimir Solowjew’s History of the Antichrist, the eschatological enemy of the Redeemer recommended himself to believers, among other things, by the fact that he had earned his doctorate in theology at Tübingen and had… Read More Biblical Interpretation in Crisis — Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 1988

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Posted by SH1 Comment

Trump Blames Republican Prolifers

At his Truth Social Site, he writes, “It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to expectations in the MidTerms. I was 233-20! It was the “abortion issue,” poorly handled by many Republicans, especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mother,… Read More Trump Blames Republican Prolifers

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Posted by SH

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