Henry IV at Canossa

Politics Is Downstream From Religion

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November 13, 20234 Comments
Young Priests

Antibodies of Christ

Heads up: The Burned Book is on the cusp of reaching Stretch Goal 4. Get a bunch of cool perks, and get your backers-only invite to the author reading livestream when we hit $5000. Don't miss out! Pledge now. One fact that is as true of spiritual maladies as physical…
November 8, 20235 Comments
niceness

The Church of Nice

It's no secret that many Christians have lapsed from our ancient, masculine faith into the modern Church of Nice. To defeat the Death Cult, the Church will have to tie on the head band, spit on her hands, and make some messes. TTRPG enthusiast and fellow Catholic theologian Rick Stump…
November 7, 202325 Comments
All Saints

All Saints

After this I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands: And they cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to…
November 1, 2023
God's Word

Heathens Know Best

Or so they still keep insisting to Christians when it comes to the Bible. The character of the smug atheist who can quote Scripture chapter and verse better than Christian rubes from central casting is a shopworn oldpub cliché. Neither the fact that it's a dead meme nor that it's…
October 27, 20239 Comments
Euchaistic Procession

Eucharistic Revival

Criticizing the hierarchy is a favorite pastime of trad Catholics. And in strict  justice, many prelates could use some filial correction. But credit where credit is due: American bishops are turning the Eucharistic crisis around. A new study shows that almost two-thirds of adult Catholics in the United States believe…
October 4, 202321 Comments
Guadalupe Image

Another Icon Not Made by Hands

Following up to our post about the Shroud of Turin, neopatron BayouBomber shares these amazing facts about the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. First, some background: Our Lady of Guadalupe first appeared on December 9th, 1531. According to the account, the Virgin Mary told Juan Diego, an Indian convert,…
October 2, 20232 Comments
Western RPG

West vs West

Here at this blog, we're inclined to frame the crisis facing the West as a spiritual battle between Christendom and the totalizing Death Cult seeking to destroy it. But just yesterday, a reader pointed me to a post that examines our civilizational decline through the lens of video RPGs, which…
September 26, 202315 Comments
True Likeness

The True Likeness

Regular readers of this blog have known for some time that the Shroud of Turin is the real deal. In fact, a surfeit of physical and historical evidence - including a compelling logical chain of custody - makes denying that the shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus the much…
August 28, 20232 Comments
Assumption

The Assumption

From MUNIFICENTISSIMUS DEUS APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION OF POPE PIUS XII 1. The most bountiful God, who is almighty, the plan of whose providence rests upon wisdom and love, tempers, in the secret purpose of his own mind, the sorrows of peoples and of individual men by means of joys that he…
August 15, 2023