My recent trip to Ukraine was interesting. One thing that I found interesting was how anti-Russian the Ukrainians were. Aren’t they brother and sister? Well, yes they are though to Ukraine’s defense the big brother has often acted horribly toward its younger sibling. Anti-Russian, anti-communist and anti-Stalin sentiment is at least understandable from a Ukrainian point of view. What is not understandable was their sympathy for the Nazi Third Reich. I found a very “If only” attitude toward Hitler and the Nazis regarding the outcome of the second World War. According to a Ukrainian friend of mine, this new mindset has emerged only after the “Revolution of Dignity” in 2014.
Category Archives: Catholicism
The Empty Threat of Sharia Gave Us Pride Parades
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Yesterday my city had it’s annual Pride parade. The parade where people gather and celebrate a sin that cries to heaven for vengeance. Of course this has only gotten worse since they allowed homosexual marriage. How did this happen? I think that there are about three or four main reasons. One is the sexual revolution. Another is the collapse of the Church on this issue. However, there is a really important issue that I don’t think people quite comprehend.
The Homosexuals in Clerical Ranks
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnZXo6TZyZw
It’s pretty fascinating watching the secular media react to the Vigano letter. That letter rallied a bunch of conservative and traditional Catholics against Pope Francis and are now calling on him to resign. While Pope Benedict was not a conservative, he did appear to be one to the outside world. Vigano’s letter deeply indicts Francis in lifting restrictions placed on McCarrick by Benedict. The secular media isn’t going after Francis. They’re just saying that conservatives in the Church are rallying and trying to oust Francis. If Benedict was caught doing what Francis had done, the media would be showing absolutely no mercy. It shows how much the media really cares about sex scandals in the Church. They only care about them if they can advance their leftist agenda.
The Conversion Story of Rod Dreher
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Rod Dreher
A couple of days ago, Catholic journalist Damon Linker left the Catholic Church and it was essentially due to scandals. Immediately Rod Dreher writes a piece on this which can be found here:
Reflections on Two Days in Poland
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A Church in the little town of Miekicz Nowy where my great grandfather Anton was born.
My recent trip to Europe was mainly to the Ukraine but we did spent two days in Poland. I go to Church with a lot of Polish people. I also go to church with a lot of people who have visited Poland. My Church has two priests, one of whom is Polish. Every time one of my friends comes back from visiting Poland they always tell me that I have to visit to see how Catholic it is. I finally got that chance.
Archbishop Vigano vs Pope Francis
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Pope Francis must be the first to set a good example for cardinals and bishops who covered up McCarrick’s abuses and resign along with all of them.
– Archbishop Vigano
Michael Coren, How Many Priests Were Actually Indicted in the Grand Jury Report?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDz_uoJRUfU
Several years ago when Michael Coren left the Catholic Church to become an Anglican for collapsing on the issue of sodomy, he would talk about how he still respected the Catholic Church but had almost lost his faith so he had to become and Anglican. At times he actually said he was still a Catholic but worshipped in the Anglican communion. I actually believed that he still respected the Church. Shame on me.
Matt Walsh Takes the Wrong Approach
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Being back home, I’m catching up on a lot of stuff that happened when I was in the Ukraine, including current events. I knew about the Grand Jury report from Pennsylvania but couldn’t comment on it as I only had an iPad on me and all of my posts were pre-written and scheduled. I’d like to talk more about theological insights that I picked up in Eastern Europe but I can’t stand by and let Matt Walsh make the wrong argument on such a critical issue.
One Last Jewish Charge Against the Church and the Holocaust
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There is one more argument that is sometimes made about the Catholic Church being responsible for the Holocaust. Although the Vatican never called for and even opposed extermination, doesn’t the participation of individual Catholics make the Church at least partly responsible.
Did the Church Make the Holocaust Possible as Kertzer Says?
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This post is a follow up to the last post where I dealt with the attempted slight of hand of David Kertzer to say that anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism are essentially the same thing. One popular charge leveled against the Church is that while it isn’t directly responsible for the holocaust, it played a role by it’s previous actions by spreading hatred and implementing the policies of segregation and other milder forms of persecution in past centuries.