I wasn’t wondering what they would be like for me when next I was in Richmond. When ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/next.html/feed 2 http://catholicism.org/the-advent-of-a-new-dark-age.html http://catholicism.org/the-advent-of-a-new-dark-age.html#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:17:29 +0000 Gary Potter http://catholicism.org/?p=23982 Many years ago, when the Catholic magazine Triumph existed and I was one of its editors, Malcolm Muggeridge stopped by our Washington offices one day. Several of us joined him for drinks on the rooftop terrace of the nearby Washington Hotel.

Muggeridge, who had introduced Mother Teresa to the world with ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/the-advent-of-a-new-dark-age.html/feed 15 http://catholicism.org/rip-archduke-otto-von-habsburg.html http://catholicism.org/rip-archduke-otto-von-habsburg.html#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:32:23 +0000 Gary Potter http://catholicism.org/?p=23465 As has already been noted on the SBC website, Archduke Otto von Habsburg, who in 1916 became heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, has died. I’d like to offer a couple of additional thoughts.

The Archduke passed away in his sleep at his home in Bavaria during the night of July ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/rip-archduke-otto-von-habsburg.html/feed 2 http://catholicism.org/the-right-on-the-rise.html http://catholicism.org/the-right-on-the-rise.html#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:54:28 +0000 Gary Potter http://catholicism.org/?p=21897 For better or worse, France has had a dominating intellectual and cultural influence throughout the West for a very long time. For most of the past couple of centuries, the influence has been for the worse. Many of the Enlightenment ideas that now shape our lives in society may have arisen first ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/the-right-on-the-rise.html/feed 4 http://catholicism.org/a-presidential-inauguration-150-years-ago.html http://catholicism.org/a-presidential-inauguration-150-years-ago.html#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:33:07 +0000 Gary Potter http://catholicism.org/?p=21772 It was generally ignored, but this past February 18 was an important anniversary in American history. It was on that date 150 years ago that Jefferson Davis, former U.S. Senator and former U.S. Secretary of War, was inaugurated as the first President of the C.S.A., the Confederate States of America. Alas, ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/a-presidential-inauguration-150-years-ago.html/feed 15 http://catholicism.org/the-rescue-in-copiapo.html http://catholicism.org/the-rescue-in-copiapo.html#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:15:47 +0000 Gary Potter http://catholicism.org/?p=19220 If there were many persons who didn’t watch on October 13 the television coverage from Chile of the rescue of the 33 miners who had been trapped below ground for more than two months, they missed some of the most soul-stirring moments anyone is ever likely to experience. It was also an ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/the-rescue-in-copiapo.html/feed 1 http://catholicism.org/the-case-of-mel-gibson.html http://catholicism.org/the-case-of-mel-gibson.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:24:36 +0000 Gary Potter http://catholicism.org/?p=17410 “Put not your faith in princes,” Scripture exhorts us. In our day and age it might be added, “Put not your faith in celebrities.” I say that on account of the case of Mel Gibson.

Back when his movie The Passion of the Christ was current a very great many Traditional Catholics went ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/the-case-of-mel-gibson.html/feed 5 http://catholicism.org/the-greatest-that-ever-lived-on-the-apotheosis-of-michael-jackson.html http://catholicism.org/the-greatest-that-ever-lived-on-the-apotheosis-of-michael-jackson.html#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:50:47 +0000 Gary Potter http://catholicism.org/?p=11194 Think of a civilization as a fruit. The interior of the fruit — its meat — consists of the ideas, principles and beliefs professed by the members of a society, and thence of the civilization of which that society is part. Throughout history until modern time, the ideas, principles and beliefs of all ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/the-greatest-that-ever-lived-on-the-apotheosis-of-michael-jackson.html/feed 13 http://catholicism.org/a-conversation-with-the-president.html http://catholicism.org/a-conversation-with-the-president.html#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:31:43 +0000 Gary Potter http://catholicism.org/?p=10966 (Note: When Mr. Potter sent me this piece for consideration, he said, “I can think of several reasons why you might decide not to post the piece I am attaching for your consideration. If you so decide, there’ll be no upset feelings at my end.” He’s a magnanimous gentleman, Gary Potter. Although some superficial ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/a-conversation-with-the-president.html/feed 13 http://catholicism.org/is-evil-a-problem.html http://catholicism.org/is-evil-a-problem.html#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:29:13 +0000 Gary Potter http://catholicism.org/?p=9454 On the Sunday after Easter readers of the Washington Post were shocked and saddened by a story on the paper’s front page. It concerned a family who lived in Middletown in the Maryland countryside about 50 miles outside D.C. The 34-year-old father of the family had killed his wife, their three young ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/is-evil-a-problem.html/feed 0