Monthly Archives: March 2021

“Marxist atheism demands that the new ‘Church’ it seeks to fashion fabricate a false god–one that doesn’t insist on the observance of reasonable moral laws that foster human dignity, especially if someone has ‘great difficulty’ understanding, in ‘conscience,’ their relevance to his own situation, or if he has ‘discerned’ that they would not be appropriate to follow at this time. Better yet, this ‘god’ can ratify in a person’s own conscience his decision to sin gravely, given his personal limitations and concrete circumstances. In the end, moral subjectivism such as this leads to the denial of the existence of any morality at all, and hence to the denial of the existence of its Author.”

Posted on March 4, 2021 by abyssum

THE CATHOLIC MONITOR SEARCH John Paul II & Pius XII approved Visionary: “I Hope the Lord will not allow the Pope to Deny any Truth of the Faith and put himself in the Place of God” March 04, 2021“Marxist atheism … Continue reading →

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One of the ironic things about a diploma from Princeton is that it is written in a language that almost none of the graduates understand: Latin. It confers the degree of Artium baccalaureus, literally, crowned with bay leaves for knowledge of the arts. Since most college graduates write badly, if they write at all, and know very little about the literature of their own language, let alone the fine arts, it is not clear what the degree means. I wonder whether we might substitute for it a new distinction, Barbarus artium, for people who enter college with little knowledge and less love of those matters, and who leave no wiser, even supposing they have not been taught to scorn them as having come from the dark ages, that is, from before yesterday afternoon.

Posted on March 4, 2021 by abyssum

MARCH 4, 2021 The Church and the Barbarians ANTHONY ESOLEN CRISIS MAGAZINE One of the ironic things about my diploma from Princeton is that it is written in a language that almost none of the graduates understand: Latin. It confers upon … Continue reading →

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When you read Bishop Barron’s descriptions of traditionalist Catholics, you find the words “extreme,” “radical,” and “angry” peppered throughout. Apparently, in his view traditional Catholics are a fringe movement of socially-inept people who desire to overthrow the Church and install their own 1950’s-style religion in its place. Clearly the good bishop hasn’t kept his finger on the pulse of this movement. Traditionalism is booming (in this country, at least), and it’s a diverse, joyful group of people who want exactly what Barron first promoted: a faith that’s no longer watered-down to conform with the surrounding culture.

Posted on March 4, 2021 by abyssum

Crisis MagazineA Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity MARCH 4, 2021 The Beiging of Bishop Barron ERIC SAMMONS Bishop Robert Barron first came to fame in the Catholic world for his fight against what he called “beige Catholicism.” The founder of Word … Continue reading →

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ANN BARNHARDT TELLS IT LIKE IT IS

Posted on March 1, 2021 by abyssum

Barnhardt Judica me, Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta. Eight years ago today, in a packed Piazza San Pietro, Pope Benedict made it clear that he was not validly resigning the Papacy. Pope Benedict XVI Ratzinger, almost … Continue reading →

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