In this toxic era of bitter cultural division, few things divide people as bitterly as Critical Race Theory (CRT), which isn’t a surprise, given that CRT divides. It divides people into groups pitted against one another, into categories of oppressed vs. oppressor. Your group defines you. It’s an ideology that stereotypes and separates based on … Read more
More politely known as “a pile of poo,” the term “a crock of shit” (“vas stercore” in Latin) is derived from an ancient Roman custom. It referred literally to a pot into which people would excrete if they were particularly bored by whichever freelance philosopher happened to be talking rubbish at the time. The Roman … Read more
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) statement: “We congratulate Mr. Biden and acknowledge that he joins the late President John F. Kennedy as the second United States president to profess the Catholic faith.” The world in which we find ourselves living is, to use an expression from the Gospel, “in se divisum” (Mt … Read more
Thanks to the presence of a small band of Catholics, a “Tear Down Junipero Serra” event in front of Ventura City Hall on Saturday concluded with the bronze statue of Padre Serra standing unharmed. Up and down California, mobs are destroying statues of Junipero Serra, canonized in 2015, along with statues of other prominent and … Read more
Agenda-driven news appears to be common practice at the U.S. Bishops news service. Catholic News Service (CNS), the official news service of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), recently published a story entitled German bishops reject COVID-19 ‘conspiracy theories’ by prominent clergy. The CNS story was quickly picked-up and promoted by liberal Catholic … Read more
The Vatican has been slammed for posting bizarre images of Pope Francis laughing along with religious leaders at an emergency meeting to discuss the sex scandals which have rocked the Catholic Church. The shocking pictures feature top church officials including US cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, LA archbishop Jose Horacio Gomez and monsignor Brian … Read more
The scandal of Cardinal McCarrick’s record of sexual abuse of seminarians and of minor children is sending waves of horror through the Church, as Catholics increasingly meditate on its disturbing implications. It is now clear that McCarrick’s reputation as a sexual predator was widely known in the Catholic hierarchy for decades, and nothing was done … Read more