Love and thunder, signifying nothing? Religion and nihilism in recent Marvel movies
Note: This essay contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Eternals. “I shouldn’t be alive…unless it was for a reason.” “You’re not getting what the universe is […]
CRISTEROS SPOTLIGHT: Fr. Jose Maria Robles
If you are Catholic, the Cristeros are your ancestors in the Faith, no matter your nationality, race or social standing. – Anonymous ATOP LA LOMA, a small rise in the foothills of the Sierra de Quila… See more at http://remnantnewspaper.com
Democrat bills to protect interstate abortion travel pass in House, fail in Senate
A preview of what Democrats have planned for 2023 if they win this fall.
Rapist of 10-year-old Ohio girl confirmed to be illegal alien, revealed to be mother’s boyfriend
Troubling questions arise in a case used by the media to attack pro-life laws.
Does butter really need to be refrigerated?
You can tell a lot about a person by where they store their butter. In the refrigerator? They’re probably overly cautious about safe food practices and they don’t mind struggling with an uncooperative stick that needs to be mashed into toast. On the counter? They’re too busy to bother with spreading issues. They want something […]
Desiderio Desideravi: Connecting some papal dots…
With the issuance of the apostolic letter Desiderio Desideravi Pope Francis has once again, for better or for worse, stirred the liturgical pot. He has shown little interest in liturgy for most of his papacy, but over the past year, and beginning with Traditionis Custodes, he has shown increasing interest in the liturgical debates that […]
The War of the Conciliar Succession, continued…
While I’ve never been able to remember the details of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748), I’ve riffed on those monikers to denominate a major struggle over the meaning of the Second Vatican Council: the “War of the Conciliar Succession.” As I explained in my book…
How can stock trading (or any other job) be a path to sainthood?
A stock is a small piece of ownership in a company purchased with hopes that the company’s value will increase over time and so produce a profit for the stockholder. Presuming a company is not involved in gravely immoral practices, and presuming the money one invests is not irresponsibly earmarked (i.e., should be spent caring […]
‘Greater than all the Milky Ways in the universe’ — God and NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope images…
The five spectacular images that have just been released by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope tell a story about the universe and reveal new, never before seen details that promise many more to come in the future. They also tell a story about human beings and God. On Christmas, 2021, a fragile cylinder of […]
Viewer beware: ‘Big Hero 6’ just lost its biggest hero…
Big Hero 6 just lost its (literally) biggest hero to the “LGBTQ+” agenda within Disney. In the latest Disney+ series, Baymax! the big, beloved, cuddly Baymax is no longer a personal health-care assistant, but a catalyst for Disney’s “LGBTQ+” agenda. Big Hero 6, released in 2014, remains a remarkable family-friendly film…