Source: John-Henry Westen Show via Rumble.com John-Henry reads from Raymund Maria’s series of LifeSite articles on Freemasonry to demonstrate the basis for Catholic concerns about the Freemasons and explain why the Church has long condemned participation in the group. To help LifeSite continue sharing videos on important and vital topics, […]
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Loving Theory Instead of Literature
Source: Lee Trepanier via thepublicdiscourse.com. Originally appeared in The Public Discourse, the journal of the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton NJ, and is reprinted with permission. After reading Terry Eagleton’s new book, Critical Revolutionaries, the message is quite clear for those who love literature: avoid graduate school, find others who share your passion, […]
The abyss beyond genocide: eradication of humanity itself
Source: Jason Morgan via mercatornet.com. Reprinted with permission The word “genocide” is rooted in the Shoah. A Polish Jew named Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959) first used it in 1944 as a way to describe the systematic murder of European Jewry by the National Socialists. Lemkin’s concept of the slaughter of a […]
Don’t Demonize – or Divinize – the Powerful
Source: Bishop Robert Barron via YouTube Friends, the first and second readings this Sunday beautifully show both sides of Catholic social teaching: the balance between recognizing political, economic, and social power, and criticizing the abuse of that power. We should not demonize our leaders; we pray for them, and we […]
Scientism is Unbelieveable
Source: Discovery Science via youtube.com Historian of science Michael Keas critiques the idea of “scientism,” the claim that only science (not religion) is reasonable. He explains how this idea is based on fake stories about Christianity being at war with science in history. According to Keas, scientism also ignores evidence […]
7 Strategies to Overcome any Obstacle in Life
Source: The Catholic Gentleman via youtube.com. Today we discuss how to be resilient in life as well as key ways to overcome laziness and acedia. Renowned motivational speaker, Jonathan Doyle, from Australia, joins us to talk about his life as a peak performance athlete and motivational life coach, as well […]
Yoga for Catholics
Source: Brian Holdsworth via youtube.com. Support the channel by visiting https://brianholdsworth.ca Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: https://pauljernberg.com I once had someone initiate a conversation with me by saying, “you know what’s wrong with your religion? It doesn’t […]
Act Against Your Attachments.
Source: Bishop Robert Barron via youtube.com Friends, at the heart of what St. Ignatius of Loyola teaches in the “Spiritual Exercises” is the idea of detachment. If we are to do the will of God, then we have to become detached from the worldly goods to which we are addicted. […]
Is it racist to say that 2 + 2 = 4?
Source: Kurt Mahlburg via mercatornet.comReprinted with permission. Facts once assumed true by everyone are quickly becoming controversial. This is a trend we have all become aware of. There is, for example, increasing pressure to suggest that pregnancy can happen to women and men. People who wish to express that “all […]
Bishop Barron Presents: Shia LaBeouf – Padre Pio and the Friars
Source: Bishop Robert Barron via youtube.com. Friends, in the latest “Bishop Barron Presents,” I’m delighted to be joined by Shia LaBeouf, the actor famous for “Transformers,” “Honey Boy,” and “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” among other films. His most recent role is as the young Padre Pio in a new biopic […]
The Truth about Tuam Babies.
Source: Hello Irlandia via youtube.com. In the summer of 2014 a scandal arose in relation to the Tuam Children’s Home in Co. Galway in Ireland. It was alleged that the nuns who looked after children there from 1925-61 had maltreated them. In this video, historians Eugene Jordan and Brian Nugent […]