Note: some important thinkers who I admire, and whose writings can be found even at this website, find the idea of C.S. Lewis’ “Mere Christianity” objectionable for various reasons. I have made room for their thinking on the matter. And I understand the objections. I can only say I believe Lewis was doing a valuable… Read More The Reality of the Moral Law
In this video, economists Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Münchau discuss France’s massive debt problem amounting to 3.6 trillion euros. They argue that this issue is not due to the French government’s fiscal mismanagement, but rather stems from structural flaws embedded in the currency system of the euro itself. + $ Key discussion points: Structural problems of the… Read More France: Eurozone, Federalization? Dissolution of the Euro? How to Prevent Capital Flight?
While almost everybody’s shorter and shorter attention spans are being pointed in other directions, the human person and race is undergoing complete and total transhumanist reconstruction. Though radically fewer and fewer, there will always be worker “bees” and “scientific” elites to direct them to their work stations and pods. How did all of these plans… Read More The Faustian Face of Modern Science
By Malcolm Muggeridge. Some eight decades ago I came into the world, full of cries and wind and hiccups; now I prepare to leave it, also full of cries and wind and hiccups. Whence I came I cannot know, least of all in the light of contemporary myths like Darwinian evolution, Freudian psychology, situational ethics,… Read More As daylight hours draw to a close
I wander across the border into Oz using the secret map the Tin Man gave me earlier. Tin Man ? 🔭 Tin Man: SCARECROW!!! IS THAT THEE?! Aye! And you are looking well! Your faithful Tin Man is HERE! Still standing, still reasonably well-oiled, and still keeping one wary eye on those infernal Flying Monkeys!… Read More The Tin Man on Thomas Merton
Jack Ruby was an American nightclub owner who fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, while Oswald was in police custody. That’s what’s taught in history class, but …. (Click above).
Aldous Huxley stated plainly, “I had motives for not wanting the world to have a meaning; consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption [SH: note that desire preceded investigation]. The philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned exclusively with… Read More Huxley’s Faith and Confession
📖 By Alistair Chalmers There’s a quiet crisis happening in our world today. It’s not new, but it’s growing—and it’s changing how we think, how we feel, and how we follow Jesus. It’s the slow decline of reading. Fewer and fewer people are reading books, especially people in the younger generations. Attention spans are shrinking.… Read More Losing Our Words: The Decline of Reading and the Rise of Reels
I asked DuckDuckgo AI, When you’re hungry at night is it generally better to eat the equivalent in bread or potatoes? Reply: It’s generally better to choose potatoes over bread at night, as they are often more filling and have a lower glycemic index, which can help maintain stable blood sugar levels. However, portion control… Read More Bread or Potatoes?
Update 10/19/26: “President Macron to address public grievances, however slammed the radical far-left for undermining the Republic and vowed legal action”. — Source. “French PM calls for partial curfews as he condemns ‘thieves’ and ‘thugs’ behind riots”— Source. Lecornu saying “we will not be dictated and ruled by the breakers, by the thieves, by the… Read More “Far Left Socialists” Blamed for Rioting Across Europe.
Lorica of Saint Patrick in song Attributed to Saint Patrick / EWTN. I arise todayThrough a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through a belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness Of the Creator of creation. I arise today Through the strength of Christ’s birth and His baptism, Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial, Through the… Read More St. Patrick Breastplate
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).
A court awarded £1.5 million in 2022 as compensation to survivors of a terrorist attack in Northern Ireland that involved collusion between British soldiers and paramilitary forces. But those responsible for controlling the ‘Miami Showband’ killers have still not been held accountable. The Miami Showband Massacre ANNE CADWALLADER 12 January 2022 The Miami Showband –… Read More Bombing the ‘Irish Beatles’ – who ordered their murder?
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,… Read More There is no element of decadence that cannot invigorate your being…
“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.
“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
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 🎯
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
.. 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
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
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
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?
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.
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
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?
God and Nihilism in Nietzsche and Sartre. “Nietzsche is often associated with the proclamation, “God is dead,” which does not mean the literal death of God but the collapse of traditional religious beliefs and the loss of objective values. Nietzsche critiqued traditional morality, seeing it as a product of the weak, which suppresses human potential.… Read More Life, Death and Last Words of Jean Paul Sartre
