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How to Overcome Nonfactual Emotional “Arguments”
In his essay “Why No Civility is Possible Today,” Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. writes that, “A common good can be worked out among those citizens who may prudentially disagree on this or that point of policy.” It is necessary for citizens to come together and debate because there is almost never one single way to […]
Top 40 Catholic Book Recommendations
From OnePeterFive Editor’s note: Over the years, we’ve often received requests for a Tradition-friendly reading list to deepen Catholics’ knowledge of and sophistication on the Faith. As our list of books to read and recommend grows, so does our list of tasks, and so the reading list had to hit the back burner – which […]
With All Our Heart
The first commandment of the law – to love God with all our being – provides the means whereby man obtains happiness in life.
Why Can’t I Hear God?
God does speak to us. No, I don’t mean in an apparition or with an audible voice. God has His own voice and we have to attune our hearts to Him to be able to hear it. Robert Cardinal Sarah speaks of the importance of silence in hearing God’s voice: At the heart of man […]
Freemasons and Their Craft: What Catholics Should Know
Many Catholics view Freemasonry as a dangerous—even Satanic—conspiracy founded to destroy the Faith. On the other hand, the Craft likes to present itself as “an ancient Order dedicated to the Brotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God.” Some of the “Brethren” may take that description seriously, depending on which room of the Masonic edifice […]
Ideology is the Enemy of True Faith
ANTHONY ESOLEN, NOVEMBER 9, 2016, Crisis Magazine Events at the college where I teach have me thinking about the ersatz religion known as ideology. What are the signs that mark the difference between believing in God and asserting that if only everyone on earth would accept, let us say, the gender ideology of the secular west, we […]
Vote as a Catholic with a Catholic Moral Vision
Posted by Msgr. Charles Pope on Tuesday Sep 27th, 2016 at National Catholic Register Satan is no idiot. He has successfully convinced most Catholics that moral issues are political issues. And in so doing he has successfully shut down a huge amount of moral exhortation and reflection. This is especially true in a political season […]
Is Islam a Religion of Peace or Violence?
On Relevant Radio’s Drew Mariani Show on August 10, 2016, Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer and Msgr. Stuart Swetland, President of Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kansas, engaged in a lively discussion over whether Islam is a religion of peace or of violence. Several Catholic writers have weighed-in on the debate: links to their posts […]
The Abolition Of God And The Annihilation Of Man
“It is not true, as is sometimes said, that man can organize the world without God. What is true is that, without God, he can ultimately only organize it against man. Exclusive humanism is inhuman humanism.” ∼ Henri de Lubac, The Drama of Atheist Humanism “If God does not exist … everything is permitted.” ∼ Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime […]