Category: Catholic Corner
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On Opposing a Dangerous Ideology that is also a Religion
This article by William Kilpatrick bears on my ongoing conversation with a Canadian philosopher about Islam, religious tests, and constitutional interpretation. Last exchange here. I'll pull a few quotations from Professor Kilpatrick and add some comments. The idea of opposing dangerous ideologies is not foreign to Americans, but the idea of opposing an ideology that…
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Bergoglio’s Nefarious Machinations
Dr. Vito Caiati writes, I have very much appreciated the apt title that you bestowed yesterday on the present pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, “Bergoglio the Benighted,” who is indeed the essence of a “leftist knucklehead.” What intrigues and angers me is the absence of any real opposition within the Church to this caudillo…
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Is Fear Born of Ignorance? Only Sometimes
William Kilpatrick is the best writer at Crisis Magazine. Because he invariably talks sense, I have linked to his work on numerous occasions. It is important that he remain a writer there given that squishy liberal shallow-pates are 'over-represented' among Catholics and have been for a good 60 years, with the current pope, Bergoglio the…
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On the Folly of the Vatican II ‘Reforms’
There was something profoundly stupid about the Vatican II 'reforms' even if we view matters from a purely immanent 'sociological' point of view. Suppose Roman Catholicism is, metaphysically, buncombe to its core, nothing but an elaborate human construction in the face of a meaningless universe, a construction kept going by human needs and desires noble and base. Suppose…
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Bergoglio Bows to Beijing
Here: POPE FRANCIS HAS EARNED a reputation as a man of the people, making [it] his mission to advocate for the poor, the downtrodden and the persecuted, particularly those of Christian faith. The Vatican's reported deal with China, to effectively abdicate the power of the pope to select bishops to the communist state, has therefore been…
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Ashes to Ashes; Dust to Dust
"Remember, man, thou art dust and unto dust thou shalt return." Memento, homo, quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris. This warning, from the Catholic liturgy for Ash Wednesday, is based on Genesis 3, 19: In sudore vultus tui vesceris pane, donec revertaris in terram de qua sumptus es: quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris. How real can we…
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Unreality and Incoherence at the Vatican
Leftists have taken over. Some of my Protestant friends are slouching towards Rome. They should read the article to which I have just linked. Swimming the Tiber in its currently polluted state may be inadvisable.
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Catholic Higher Education is a Joke
Here is yet another example: The College of the Holy Cross [Worcester, Mass.] is mulling whether to shed its century-old sports symbol the “Crusader” out of concerns the image of a Christian warrior might be offensive to Muslims. Why not go all the way and remove the crucifixes as well? More proof that there is…
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God, Pronouns, and Anthropomorphism
I was delighted to hear from an old student of mine from 35 years ago. He writes, In your writings, you often refer to God in pronouns bearing gender. Does such language result in God’s anthropomorphism? I would reformulate the question as follows: In your writings, whenever you refer to God using a third-person pronoun,…
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Institutional Corruption and the Death of Cardinal Law
Without institutions, where would we be? But they are all corrupt, potentially if not actually, in part if not in whole. The Roman Catholic Church is no exception despite its claim to divine sanction and guidance. Bernard Law died yesterday in Rome at the age of 86, a pariah who was granted a kind of…
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Have Any of You Read This? Should I Buy It?
Karl White writes, Just thought I'd pass this on in case you come across it. I read some of it in a bookstore today. It looks very good: clinical, to the point, merciless. (I had no idea that when Francis invited the first ever Imam to speak Koranic verses in the Vatican, the latter chose…
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Private Judgment?
Yesterday I commented critically on the Roman Catholic teaching on indulgences. One who refuses to accept, or questions, a teaching of the Church on faith or morals may be accused of reliance upon private judgment and failure to submit to the Magisterium or teaching authority of the Church. Two quick observations on this accusation. First,…
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On Indulgences
I linked recently to a piece hostile to Islam, "the saddest and poorest form of theism." (Schopenhauer) I now point out a problem with a rather happier and richer form of theism, that of the Roman Catholic Church. Here: November is the month the Church especially dedicates to praying for the dead. To encourage this holy…
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Latest Georgetown University Outrage
More proof that leftists are termites: Georgetown’s website proclaims it is “the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institute of higher learning in the United States” and is “deeply rooted in the Catholic faith.” One campus group is learning, however, Georgetown’s roots might not be deep enough. Love Saxa is a recognized student group on the Georgetown campus, and…
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Trump Nixes Outrageous Obamacare Birth Control Mandate
Here. Prominent Catholics such as Robert P. George and George Weigel who refused to vote for Trump made a massive error in judgment. I was right to lay into them in Catholics Must Support Trump.