ChurchMilitant.com: On this week’s edition of Mic’d Up, Michael Voris unpacks the heresy of Americanism. Guests include historian Charles Coulombe, Catholic apologist Robert Sungenis, and theologian Fr. Brian Harrison. Catholicism.org comment: Charles Coulombe’s interview is first, beginning right after the short … Continue reading
Category: Apologetics
The Globe’s Kevin Cullen Defines Once Catholic Ireland as “Backward”
In a metro column of The Boston Sunday Globe of August 24th, serial Catholic basher Kevin Cullen wrote about the controversy in Ireland over the discovery of unmarked graves of children at the site of a maternity home in Tuam … Continue reading
Protestant Convert Writes Excellent Letter Telling Family Why She Became a Catholic
Defenders of the Catholic Faith website Dear Family, So that you know I have been vigilant in reading and studying about the Catholic Church. Below are the many, many reasons why it is apparent to me that the Catholic Church … Continue reading
Very Good Article on Christ and the OT Figure of the Lamb of God
Quartermaster of the Barque: For those of us who lack multiple degrees in theology, ancient history, and sacred scripture, diving into exegesis isn’t much different than Aristotle recognizing a Nike “swoop” or President George Washington thinking the Apple Computer logo is just a … Continue reading
The Folly of Materialism
Here is interesting admission of one materialist, quoted by Joe Heschmeyer in his brilliant article “Nothing’s the Matter with Atheistic Materialism” posted on Shameless Popery website: I’m reminded of the biologist Richard Lewontin, who candidly admitted that he and other scientists accepted materialism in … Continue reading
Ten Great Passages Supporting Papal Primacy and Authority
This a powerful “top ten” list from Tim Staples of Catholic Answers, wherein he proves from the New Testament that Saint Peter and his successors are the Vicars of Christ. The only thing I would have added, along with the commission … Continue reading
Faith and Miracles
With his Apostolic Letter of October 11, 2011, Porta Fidei, Pope Benedict XVI declared that a “Year of Faith” will begin on October 11, 2012, and conclude on November 24, 2013. October 11, is the feast of the Divine Maternity. … Continue reading
The Brother of the Lord
Just imagine this. The religious Jews were in expectation of the prophesied coming of the Messiah. The scepter had passed from Juda and the seventy weeks of Daniel were at an end, when “the Saint of saints” was to appear. … Continue reading
Saint Irenaeus: The Peacemaker Who Hated Heresy
Saint Irenaeus’ name comes from the Greek word for “peace”: εἰρήνη (eirēnē). Catholic authors often mention that he fulfilled his beautiful name when he made peace between the Christian East and Rome: “In 190 or 191 he interceded with Pope … Continue reading
Burden of Being a Good Reformer: Protestants and Birth Control
In the matter of the much-discussed HHS “contraception mandate,” the violation of our God-given, constitutionally protected rights is the principal matter at hand. These rights, of course, are based on our duty to follow the moral law. All individuals of … Continue reading
How to Fight Grace
Today’s lesson in how to fight grace comes from the Reformation tradition: Every year I tell my Reformation history class that Roman Catholicism is, at least in the West, the default position. Rome has a better claim to historical continuity … Continue reading
Moslems Do Still Convert, but Salvation Comes with a Heavy Price
How sad it is that so many of us Catholics take our gift of Faith for granted! After reading the astonishing story of Joseph Fadelle and his wife, I am sure, like myself, your soul will feel shaken over its … Continue reading
The Law of Causality and Sola Scriptura
I do not expect that the following argument is going to win a Protestant to the Catholic Faith. I have learned from St. Thomas Aquinas that reason has its limits in persuasion, and when reason reaches the wall, Grace is … Continue reading