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In a recent paper published on the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), authors Jonathan Pageau and Jordan Peterson assign the familiar characters of Revelation to the prevailing mindsets of the modern world. The Beast is “civilisation and its leaders, the… Continue Reading →
First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition… Continue Reading →
Many people see our name “The Libertarian Catholic” and instantly erupt in a self-congratulatory spasm of pompous disbelief. “How can you be libertarian and Catholic at the same time?” they scoff. These people usually have a sophomoric understanding of either… Continue Reading →
If Cardinal Ruffo could transition from leading forefather of a fanatic reaction against Jacobinism to a skillful agent in service of the different powers of his time, ultimately not serving his faith but its institutional church, then why would his contemporary equivalents do otherwise now, when they can play the academic and political games as long as there is someone to serve?
1. “Follow your heart.” Jesus never said that. Christ said instead “Follow me,” (Matthew 4:19) because “The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 16:9) 2. “Be true to yourself.” Christ… Continue Reading →
If power corrupts, and absolute power corrupt absolutely, then what happens with passion? Does passion also corrupts, and absolute passion would also corrupt absolutely? Or can passion be a different kind of drive, one that creates a sense of trust and direction towards higher ideals?
Georgetown hosted an event with “the Executive Ministry of the Satanic Temple” this coming Monday night in the name of “dialogue”: Pretty sure the founder of the Society of Jesus, Ignatius of Loyola, wouldn’t endorse dialoging with the devil. He… Continue Reading →
A Catholic nun in France went viral on social media on Tuesday after she was captured on video tackling a far-Left climate protester who was allegedly trying to disrupt the construction of a chapel. The Times reported that the rugby-style tackle happened… Continue Reading →
VITIUM CONSENSUS A fructibus eorum cognoscetis eos.Numquid colligunt de spinis uvas aut de tribulis ficus?Sic omnis arbor bona fructus bonos facit; mala autem arbor fructus malos facit.Non potest arbor bona fructus malos facere, neque arbor mala fructus bonos facere.Omnis arbor… Continue Reading →
The Inquisition, a term that conjures images of religious persecution and intolerance, was a complex institution that spanned centuries and continents. Often associated with the Catholic Church, the Inquisition was not chiefly the work of ecclesiastical authorities. State governments played… Continue Reading →
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