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    Allan Ruhl

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    Finally Some Good News

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    There have been three pieces of good news recently and I couldn’t be happier.  The first one is when Dave Reilly(the man above) challenged American conservative Charlie Kirk on his endorsement and promotion of sodomy.  Turning Point USA is a conservative organization.  We religious people tend to think that conservatives are on our side or at least more favorable.  Dave Reilly shows that at least some of them are wolves in sheep’s clothing.  As Catholics it would be wrong to give any money to Turning Point USA.

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    Musings on Catholic England

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    Bede the Venerable

    I’ve been having quite good conversations online with English Catholics recently, both convert and cradle.  I know that English Catholics are required to do the fast every Friday of the year with no exceptions.  In Canada we’re allowed to substitute a penance while in America you only have to fast on Fridays during lent.  A priest told me that England is pretty unique in this regard as not many countries actually require the strict fast anymore.

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    What the Amazon and Canada Have In Common

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    Neo-Scholastic literature

    One of the major issues of the recent Amazon Synod was the shortage of clergy in the Amazon region.  I wrote a post on how this should be handled, but the final document didn’t include any of the stuff that I was proposing.  It’s a bit of a shame really.  However, this week I was browsing the website for my diocese and saw some alarming stuff.  I want to take this information and build on my previous priesthood shortage solutions.

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    Should Catholics Attend SSPX Chapels?

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    My local Byzantine Catholic Church

    I try to avoid getting into traditionalist issues on this blog because they normally involve a lot of drama.  Should faithful Catholics attend SSPX chapels?  I will admit that I’ve been to the local SSPX chapel, though I can count the number of times on one hand.  I remember one time it was the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and my Church wasn’t having a mass and I really wanted to go so I went to the SSPX chapel.  I’ve also gone to masses offered by the Resistance which is a breakaway group from the SSPX because they thought they were too liberal.  I haven’t been to either in years.  I’ve never gone to a sedevacantist mass and I never will. 

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    Debunking Spanish Inquisition Myths For Vocab Malone

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    Last night I happened to catch the end of a livestream by Vocab Malone.  It was on the Protestant reformation but he dabbled in the Inquisition as well.  I want to clear up some inquisition myths.  I love Vocab Malone’s work but I don’t think that he understands the Inquisition, particularly the Spanish Inquisition.  Here’s the story of the Spanish Inquisition.

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    We Need Allies

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    Today my country heads to the polls.  None of the parties represent Christian values so I’m going to be voting strategically.  Will we have a new Prime Minister?  I don’t know.  All I know is that it won’t be a great result.

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    What Evidence Would I Accept For the Injeel?

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    Jesus Christ

    What evidence would I accept for the Injeel?  According to orthodox Islam, there was a document given to Jesus Christ called the Injeel.  The truth is that there is no Injeel.  The Quran assumes that the document with the Christians today is the one that was supposedly given to Jesus Christ.  Since this is an obvious impossibility and since the Injeel with the Christians contradicts Islam, this myth was born.

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    Interview With Erick Ybarra

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    I hope that all of my Canadian followers had lots of turkey on Monday as it was Canadian thanksgiving.  My family had our thanksgiving dinner on Sunday so on Monday I was free.  I did the three hour drive home and then got ready because I had an interview booked.  It was with Catholic apologist Erick Ybarra who blogs at erickybarra.org and is a co-host along with Michael Lofton on Reason and Theology.