Pornography is another elephant in the room and something which has destroyed many lives and souls and …well we can only guess how many vocations to the priesthood were stubbed out because of it. This article recently appeared in the
Some of you may have heard of the book by Edward Feser called “The Last Superstition”. If you have not read it, read it. It is definitely in my top 3 favorite books of all time.
Why? I wish
It has been a while since a post on Libertas. Here is 7-9. Below follows the text:
10. From this it is manifest that the eternal law of God is the sole standard and rule of human liberty, not only
As referenced a few times before, it seems that the faith and reason that accompanies it is not being transmitted very well… It is already apparent that this is the case but now there are more numbers. From the Cardinal
We left off by recognizing that reasoning always takes place before an act of will/volition. Thus continues the text:
7. Such, then, being the condition of human liberty, it necessarily stands in need of light and strength to
Here we continue our analysis of Libertas Praestantissimum, the relevant encyclical of Leo XIII in 1888. Read here the last (and first post), in which Leo XIII defines liberty and begins identifying the modern shift in its definition. Here follows the
We have some disappointing news from the Cardinal Newmans Society which continues to inform us on the sad state of Catholic higher education in many places in the United States:
Priest at USD: No Professor or Chaplain
In light of all the public debate about religious liberty, and confusion of terms following Vatican II's document Dignitatis Humanae, I thought it would be useful to review/parse the most directly related document the Church has ever produced on the topic of
I thought I would share a few relevant quotes this morning:
“If people are scandalized at the Truth, it is better to allow the birth of scandal, than to abandon the Truth.”
Pope Saint Gregory I,
From the Cardinal Newman Society:
The Faithful Catholic College Boom
It’s springtime for faithful Catholic colleges in America, the National Catholic Register is reporting, with an emphasis on those featured in The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College.
For a variety