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Source: Brian Holdsworth on YouTube Just this past week, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits, Fr. Arturo Sosa made headlines when he publicly claimed that the Devil or Satan is just a symbol and not a personal reality. And this isn’t a remarkable […]
Source: Zubair Simonson on catholicgentleman.netReprinted with permission It happened in a Manhattan church in 2012. My eyes were intently fixed upon the altar. I was planted on a pew in the lower church. On both sides I was flanked by statues of holy men and women. The little flames of […]
Source: Society of G. K. Chesterton on YouTube A Chesterton Minute on the Church keeping up with the times hosted by Dale Ahlquist of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Visit chesterton.org for further reading of G.K. Chesterton.Visit Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton on YouTube. Header image: G.K. Chesterton by […]
Video Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty on YouTubeArticle Source: David Clayton on thewayofbeauty.org Via David Clayton:Is graffiti legitimate if it is beautiful? These Russians are spray painting icons onto the otherwise drab concrete walls and fascias of Moscow. I don’t know what the government or the people of Moscow make of them, but it […]
Source: Grotto Network on YouTube Alabaster co-founders Bryan and Brian have reimagined the Bible with stunning visuals and an updated design. “It’s not only deepening people’s experience with God, but shaping where Bibles are placed in the household,” shares Brian. For more #GrottoStories subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/GrottoNetwork […]
Source: HooverInstitution on YouTubeDuration 57 mins. Recorded on June 6, 2019 in Italy. To comment please go to https://www.hoover.org/research/mathe… Based on new evidence and knowledge that functioning proteins are extremely rare, should Darwin’s theory of evolution be dismissed, dissected, developed or replaced with a theory of intelligent design? Has Darwinism really […]
Source: CatholicChicago on YouTube Sister Alicia Torres ministers to needy people at the Our Lady of the Angels Mission in Chicago’s West Humboldt Park neighborhood. She brought national attention to the challenges of feeding the hungry when she was a winner on the Food Network’s popular cooking program, Chopped. Header […]
Source: Holy Year of Mercy on YouTube VIEW THE FULL MOVIE ON DEMAND HERE: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/divinemercy N.B. Duration 1:54 hour. Rent €6.46 (24-hour streaming period) The fascinating story surrounding the original work of art commissioned by St Faustina and painted in Vilnius, Lithuania, by an uncelebrated artist is finally being told […]
Source: Looper on YouTube Near the start of the new millennium, American actor Jim Caviezel was one of the hottest heartthrobs in Hollywood. With starring roles in The Thin Red Line, Frequency, The Count of Monte Cristo, and more, Caviezel seemed primed for a long, successful Hollywood career. However, after […]
Source: thewayofbeauty.org Reprinted with permission. Via David Clayton:Pontifex University Press is publishing my book on the place of the nude in Christian art. With a foreword written by Dr Christopher Blum (of the Augustine Institute), Painting the Nude: The Theology of the Body and Representation of Man in Christian Art will be of […]
Source: John Anderson on YouTube John in a wide ranging conversation with the Rt. Rev’d Dr Gavin Ashenden, a former Chaplain to the Queen. They discuss where our democratic freedoms come from, what the contemporary threats to them are, and what we can do to safeguard them. https://johnanderson.net.au/ https://www.facebook.com/johnandersonao/ https://twitter.com/JohnAndersonAO […]
Source: Bishop Robert Barron on YouTube I’m a big fan of Quentin Tarantino’s movies. At the heart of a lot of them is a moral vision; the characters are compelled, under extreme duress, to make a moral choice. His latest film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” struck me the […]