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October 2020

October 06, 2020

The Double Gold Standard

The English translation of Pope Francis' encyclical Fratelli Tutti was released on the fourth. Among...

October 02, 2020

Selections from “The Hiding Place”: Ravensbruck

The ten Booms used their house as a refuge for Jews (it is now a...

October 01, 2020

Selections from “The Hiding Place”: Invasion

Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940. The Dutch had declared their neutrality the previous year,...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Selections from “The Hiding Place”: The One Hundredth Birthday Party

The last couple of weeks have taken a lot out of me. I tried twice...

September 19, 2020

The Nativity of Antichrist

Then was a saint led up into the wilderness to be tempted of the Devil....

September 14, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part Ten: So What?

Previous posts in this series: Intro to BLM, Marxism, Is BLM Marxist?, Violence, Reporting on...

September 10, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part Nine: Does BLM Support Abortion?

Parts One through Eight in this series: Intro to BLM, Marxism, Is BLM Marxist?, Violence,...

September 08, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part Eight: Does BLM Support the Gay Agenda?

Previous posts in this series: Intro to BLM, Marxism, Is BLM Marxist?, Violence, Reporting on...

September 04, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part Seven: Is BLM Anti-Family?

Previous installments: Intro to BLM, Marxism, Is BLM Marxist?, Violence, Reporting on Violence, and Is...

September 01, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part Six: Is BLM Violent?

Previous installments in this series: Intro to BLM; Marxism; Is BLM Marxist?; Violence; Reporting on...

August 2020

August 26, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part Five: Reporting on Violence

Previous installments in this series: Intro to BLM; Marxism; Is BLM Marxist?; Violence. Last time,...

August 21, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part Four: Violence

Previous installments in this series: Intro to BLM; Marxism; Is BLM Marxist? Let's take a...

August 18, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part Three: Is BLM Marxist?

Continued from Part One: Intro to BLM and Part Two: Marxism. Last time we looked at the...

August 11, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part Two: Marxism

Go here for Part One: Intro to BLM Let's talk about that first accusation, that...

August 06, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part One: Intro to BLM

For starters, I'm talking about the organization. If you don't understand why Catholics must agree...

August 03, 2020

Mudblood Catholic in Japan

I am fighting with tears as I write this. Don't worry, they're good tears. A...

July 2020

July 31, 2020

Rainbow Crown

A couple days ago, Catholic Arena (a media outlet I hadn't come across before) shared...

July 28, 2020

Freedom of Screech, Part Three

Part One; Part Two There are two further issues surrounding free speech from a leftist...

July 21, 2020

Freedom of Screech, Part Two

Part One So what are the leftist issues with free speech? They think it's a...

July 17, 2020

Freedom of Screech, Part One

The recent Harper's Letter and Bari Weiss' resignation from the New York Times have everybody...

July 14, 2020

Ever After

"Make a fist." A little strip of rubber at the elbow tied tight to make...

July 08, 2020

A Gathering Storm

Be warned, this post is a bit grim. I have entirely lost confidence that there...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

Thank You Patrons!

I don't know how many of my readers know this, as Patheos doesn't have a...

June 29, 2020

By the Waters of Babylon

The news hit today that SCOTUS, in a 5-4 ruling, struck down a pro-life bill...

June 22, 2020

CST 105B: What Else Is Wrong With Capitalism?

For previous posts in this series, see CST 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105A. Capitalism...

June 17, 2020

CST 105A: What’s Wrong With Capitalism?

CST 101: A Crash Course in Leftism CST 102: Liberalism vs. the Left CST 103:...

June 12, 2020

CST 104: More Like Catholic Socialist Teaching!

CST 101: A Crash Course in Leftism CST 102: Liberalism vs. the Left CST 103:...

June 08, 2020

CST 103: The Oppression Olympics

CST 101: A Crash Course in Leftism CST 102: Liberalism vs. the Left So what...

June 05, 2020

CST 102: Liberalism vs. the Left

For the previous post, "CST 101: A Crash Course in Leftism," go here. Wait, "versus" the...

June 02, 2020

CST 101: A Crash Course in Leftism

Where do I get off calling my blog "left-trad," anyway? Didn't the Church condemn socialism?...