This installment of Conspiracies & Catholicism seems kind of redundant after last week’s article on magic, but I’m looking more at the “everyone knows” about
Herbert Butterfield, the influential twentieth-century historian, identified the Scientific Revolution as “one of the great episodes in human history,” which, along with the rise of
Wisdom and virtue The term Catholic liberal education means an education that is (1) Catholic, as defined by the Catholic Church, and (2) liberal, as
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep
With the 238th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence upon us, it seems fitting to ponder the price of freedom and the meaning of true
In late December 1668, in a contest held at the Chinese Bureau of Astronomy, the Jesuit Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688) correctly predicted the length of a
Hattip to Pat McNamara of Patheos for his post on General Longstreet’s conversion which inspired this post. General Lee referred to James “Pete” Longstreet as
” . . . the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings”. Gerard Manley Hopkins “Your soul is the
I normally take great pride in being an American, but there are passages in our history which all Americans should be ashamed of. During our
I call the new movement of God Presence Evangelism, because it is quiet, subtle and entirely grassroots. The stars have fallen. The big names have grown old. Society is
Perhaps there are braver men than Walter Ciszek, but they don\’t come readily to mind. Hard enough to be brave for a short period when
“The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak;
What exactly is virtue, and what does it mean to live a good life? Once again, the Catholic tradition views this question much differently than
\”Neither praise nor threats will distance me from God.\” – Blessed Clemens von Galen (1878-1946) . The Nazis hated and feared Clemens August Graf von Galen
“…the Church is always the only thing defending whatever is at the moment stupidly despised.” —G.K. Chesterton, The Catholic Church and Conversion, 1926] “But every
\”You call him Dumb Ox? This Dumb Ox will fill all the world with his bellowing.\” -Saint Albert the Great, responding to jibes from some
What is the American equivalent of what the Russian’s called a Gulag? A familiar word to Americans, because of our cold war relations with the
\”Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.\” (Matthew 7:7) I
The idiotic anti-Catholic celebration of Guy Fawkes Day, observed each November fifth, was effectively ended in America during the Revolution, in large part due to George
This year for Halloween snacks, Mom bought a box of 18 packages of bat- and pumpkin-shaped pretzels. If this year follows the pattern of
What most people call the “Latin Mass” seems to have a bewildering number of names and many of them are imprecise for one reason or
Share this on Facebook \”Life is short, read the saints,\” once quipped the late Dr. John Senior, the inspiring humanities professor of Kansas University.
