Jesus Christ: “given unto us” (Isa 9.6): This “true Man” has been the subject of the most sublime contemplation, worship, and love imaginable for over two thousand years. Even agnostics marvel over his Person and teachings. And His enemies, of whatever variety, obsess over Him to this very day. For in that crib, the Church… Read More Jesus Christ, Light of the World
Dr Carrie Gress joins Steven Edginton for a revealing conversation about the true origins, evolution, and modern impact of feminism. From the occult roots of the early movement to the rise of abortion, identity politics, and gender ideology, Gress explains what she believes has gone wrong. They explore the collapse of family life, the decline… Read More Inside the Feminist Movement
Note: Citing what I regard as a significant insight from an important author clearly does not imply an unconditional endorsement of the author’s entire philosophy, theology or worldview. SH ~~ — Excerpt from Mariology by Michael Schmaus in The Concise Sacramentum Mundi edited by theologian Karl Rahner. Michael Schmaus (17 July 1897 – 8 December 1993)… Read More Christology and Mariology. Karl Rahner.
By Mary Harrington | Subscribe to Unheard 2 Dec 2025 Only a Dadaist could enjoy the news headlines these days. Rachel Reeves faces accusations of lying about the national finances to justify raising taxes to buy votes, which she has done by penalising those trying to save for their own retirement. Her efforts have also set the graduate… Read More Why the Great Reset failed
“What earlier generations held as sacred remains sacred and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a sudden entirely forbidden and even considered harmful.” —Pope Benedict XVI, Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the occasion of the publication of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, July 7, 2007. “The Holy… Read More The Sacred Deposit. No Substantial Evolution of Meaning.
Dr. Arthur Holmes, History of Philosophy : This is an excellent series, it is very informative and fair to the ancients, to Catholic, Protestant and Enlightenment philosophies from Thales to Sartre and beyond. 81 comprehensive episodes. One can learn something new with every listen, or relisten, of any episode in this History of Philosophy series.… Read More History of Philosophy
[Doctors in Lowell, Massachusetts in 2006 used extraordinary pressure tactics on our family trying to persuade us not to agree to the need of a Feeding Tube for our son after a brain injury. After consulting with Christian medical ethicists in Europe and the U.S. we insisted on the Feeding Tube without which we were… Read More Euthanasia 2025
[John Lennon and Paul McCartney provided backing vocals on “We Love You” (During The Rolling Stones Satanic Majesties Request album sessions]—Wikipedia ¢¢¢ from Their Satanic Majesties Request LP “And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was with… Read More “Anastasia screamed in vain.” Rolling Stones.
If we meet a Muslim who is hungry we must try to feed him, if he is homeless, we must try to find him shelter; if a Muslim we know is emotionally or physically hurting, we must seek to tend to his wounds as a brother in Adam. Immigration Many of us in the West… Read More Islam and Our Grandchildren
…who kindly blesses each one of us with the Sign of the Cross + from the sidewalk when we come out of Church. Or when we pass on the street. O blessed Sign! Once when I needed to Confess my sins only to find it was one of those rare days when the church was… Read More I know a priest
Excerpts from Integrated Art: Expressions of a Deified Reality, New Oxford Review By Thomas J. Kronholz | New Oxford Review | November 2025. Thomas J. Kronholz is a systematic theologian, author, and classical pianist. He holds advanced degrees in systematic theology from Notre Dame Graduate School at Christendom College and piano performance from the Peabody Institute… Read More Integrated Art: Expressions of a Deified Reality
“Never seek honor for yourself at your father’s expense; it is not to your credit if he is dishonored… Your own honor comes from the respect that you show to your father. If children do not honor their mothers, it is their own disgrace… do not forget the birth pangs of your mother”. Sirach 3 Duties… Read More Sirach 3 on Children’s Spiritual Debt forever to their Parents
See also The Treatise on Purgatory by St Catherine of Genoa at Amazon. Punishment, like a shadow, the Fathers teach, follows all sin, whether mortal or venial, and it is not usually remitted to the full when forgiveness is obtained. Eternal punishment, incurred by mortal sin, is always remitted with the guilt, but some temporal… Read More On Indulgences
Fr. Brendan Kilcoyne for episode 239 of ‘The Brendan Option’ where he discusses the rise of suicides in Ireland, articulated through the recent homily by Fr. Mark Quinn (below) from the Archdiocese of Tuam. —->Listen to Fr. Mark Quinn on the Sad Topic + Irish Catholic Schools lost
“… the balance is fully realized in Christ” “Imagine the universe as a “perpetual symphony”—a vast, harmonious order where each being, from the tiniest atom to the grandest star, plays its unique role in a cosmic masterpiece. Garrigou-Lagrange describes this divine symphony as intentional and directed by God, the ultimate Symphony Director, whose wisdom guides… Read More Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange on The Symphony of the Universe
You really should read this. It’s The … Easiest thing in the world to get in. But try to get out. They have made it practically the only game in town. It could be deployed as an astonishing educational resource, for research and reference, minus so much that is obviously harmful to the body, soul… Read More Corralled Into The Digital Panopticon. Being Farmed.
A rare Oval Office moment: Trump and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani answer tough questions, defuse tension, and battle for control of the room. In this video the communication strategies, power moves, and framing tools both leaders use
“For the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” — Mark 10:45 It is common today to see Progressives masking their will-to-power in the language of service, ministry. Today we see the phenomenon of women even seeking the “priestly ministry,” even… Read More Women Sharing Hope for All
This week Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal break down new reports suggesting Pope Leo may be easing the Latin Mass restrictions through broader exemptions. They examine what this means for bishops, traditional communities, and whether these changes signal the beginning of a quiet shift away from Traditionis Custodes. The Posse also unpacks… Read More “Generous Exemptions” from Pope Francis’ Restrictions on The Latin Mass On Route?
Rule Britannia. Containing the whole Science of Government. “The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under Government. No public business of any kind could possibly be done at any time without the acquiescence of the Circumlocution Office. Its finger was in the largest public pie, and in the… Read More Dickens’ Little Dorrit Bleak House Circumlocution Office
When in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the avant-garde was given diverse powerful platforms to announce that traditional art forms were passé, and art galleries exchanged space for the mystic likes of Picasso, Surrealism, and, in some degree, Andy Warhol, etc., they arguably prepared the way for the denial of natural gender distinctions and the… Read More From Rembrandt to Picasso
Moneychangers, hypocrites and traitors did not fare well. Jesus Rebuked and Warned Scribes and Pharisees calling the guilty “… dogs, foxes, accursed, darkness…” See also: Matthew 23:13–36 – The “Seven Woes” where Jesus calls them hypocrites, blind guides, whitewashed tombs, brood of vipers. Matthew 15:7–9 – “You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy… this people honors… Read More The Gospel is Not All Sweetness & Light.
He’s over 80 but you’d never know it. He’s highly credentialed in theology and philosophy but you’d never know it. He has written some of the most insightful, sophisticated books in theology and ecclesiology. He is not afraid to criticize (pointedly, but never arrogantly or flamboyantly.) even the Pope when the coherence of Catholic and… Read More He Challenges Like Few Others, IMO
I have never met or known anyone in my long decades who thought slavery was a good thing. In fact I’ve never personally met or knew of a racist in the large circles I ‘ran’ with. I would immediately distance myself against anyone who thought like that. (It’s one of the reasons I think Nick… Read More Lincoln, the 19th Century South, and the Civil War
“Without wonder, men and women would lapse into deadening routine and little by little would become incapable of a life which is genuinely personal”—Pope John Paul II Fides et Ratio,” meaning “Faith and Reason,” is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II published on September 14, 1998. It emphasizes the essential relationship between faith and… Read More Encyclical Letter ‘Faith and Reason’. Pope John Paul II.
“Society has to defend itself to a certain extent against the tyranny of the [nihilist] state.” Rocco Buttiglione (Italian: [b. 6 June 1948) is an Italian Union of Christian and Centre Democrats politician and an academic. He was a close friend of Pope John Paul II. Buttiglione’s nomination for a post as European Commissioner with a portfolio that was to include civil… Read More Rocco Buttiglione on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
I don’t know Candace Owens. But I know when a sister in Christ is in trouble. She lives a very public life and has scarcely had an unpublished thought in many years. And this is part of the trouble. But it began earlier. She has always been a very articulate and ambitious young woman. And… Read More Is there time to prevent the self-immolation of Candace Owens?
By Dr. Ralph Weimann, Forward by Robert Cardinal Sarah. The goal of this book is to provide aguide for all people of good will and to show them the way to Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. To this end, common criticisms that are leveled against the faith and the Church are examined.… Read More Guide for Truth-seeking Christians
Alastair Campbell quotes Umberto Eco to that effect. And Tucker Carlson’s bizarre friendship with the notorious Nick Fuentes has made the work of more sensible people exponentially harder. Whatever gains America has made since the dark days of Joe Biden are in danger of total erosion thanks to people like Carlson, Fuentes and Candace Owen.… Read More Is the Cult of ‘Tradition’ the Birth of Fascism?
Originally Titled ‘A Catholic Flavored Commentary on Romans 7. By Craig Truglia, Sept. 2015. With the help of Augustine, we undergo exegeting perhaps the most confusing chapter of the Bible. Does a Christian, who is dead to sin, still sin? Can he lose his salvation? Is he even the one sinning? What is the Flesh?… Read More Romans 7 and our Spiritual – Existential Predicament
Except what is in Him, the head of all rule and Alpha and Omega of authority. “He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; 16 for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities—all things were created through… Read More Nothing Below Can Satisfy
is very similar to what WASPS in massive numbers once insisted was the truth about Catholics. After all, we Catholics are a well connected transnational Church whose raising d’etre is to preach the Gospel “to all nations” And no matter how many times the Church denied intentions of a hostile takeover or subversion the so-called… Read More Catholics Need Not Apply. What Nick Fuentes, Candace and Tucker say about Jews…
In 50+ years, I’ve come to an approximately 75% certainty that Lee Harvey Oswald “probably” didn’t act alone in the murder of JFK in 1963. 75% . But Candace Owens acts like there is no room for doubt in her theories surrounding the murder of Charlie Kirk. That is either the sign of a very… Read More JFK and Candace
“From humble beginnings in the Frankfurt ghettos of the 1760s, Mayer Amschel Rothschild’s rise to patriarch of a global banking empire is often overshadowed by enduring yet baseless antisemitic accusations that paint the Rothschild family as puppeteers behind world affairs. The Rothschild name has been synonymous with both financial innovation and conspiracy theories ranging from… Read More Do the Rothschild’s Control the World?
In this episode Catholic Apologist Trent Horn explores the history of Catholicism in America revealing the cracks in its foundation that were forming long before the cultural revolution of the 1960s. Register for the 2026 Counsel of Trent Conference: ConferenceOfTrent.com
Christ came not only to justify us by His grace but also to truly sanctify us by his grace. “Strive for peace with all men, and for holiness without which no one shall see the Lord.”— Hebrews 12:14 “What is Purgatory but a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who depart this life… Read More On Purgatory
“The entire world exists only in order to be televised,” Steven Shaviro writes in “Connected: what it means to live in the network society“. “Today, we are inclined to see nearly everything in terms of connections and networks. The network is the computer, we like to say. We think that intelligence is a distributed, networked… Read More Regulating the Connections Regulating Us
Tucker Carlson claims he was attacked by demons that left him with claw marks The Independent UK. Tucker Carlson makes an astonishing claim in a clip posted to the YouTube channel for Christianities?, an upcoming documentary. The former Fox News host says he was “physically mauled” by a demon [2 years] ago that left him bleeding and with still-visible scars on… Read More Was Tucker Carlson Losing It — or Finding it?
Yes, if we don’t allow it to eclipse our faith & devotions. “…Jesus seems to have directly avoided politics while highlighting that we should “give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” All during Jesus’ ministry, the crowds (and even His own disciples) wanted Him to become a political leader and… Read More Is Political Involvement Worth It?
From the very beginnings of the Church some Christians have been tempted by the esoteric errors of gnosticism. Just when you thought that the Apostasy could not get more bizarre: “Traditional Catholic” Apostasy and Esotericism —- with Tarot Cards. The Fall of Dr. Wolfgang Smith. — April 08, 2021, Radtrad Thomist, website Dr. Chojnowski (SSPX):… Read More Charles Coulombe and The Fall of Wolfgang Smith
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