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Category Archives: Catholics
The Tower and the Sewer
Mark Lilla writes: Catholic postliberal thinkers opposed to modern liberal individualism are less interested in transforming people’s unhappy lives through the power of the gospel than in jockeying for political power as the vanguard of a conservative revolution… It has … Continue reading
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How did the Catholics lose Latin America? (1-12-22)
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The Pen and the Cross: Catholicism and English Literature 1850 – 2000
Richard Griffiths writes in this 2010 book: * The concerns of English Catholic literature on the whole failed to mirror those of its French equivalent. The reason for this lies mainly in the position, and history, of the Catholic Church … Continue reading
Catholicism Is Gay
Dennis Dale writes: Was the abomination that has become of the Catholic Church inevitable due to its celibate order? Was the abomination that has become of Christianity generally also inevitable due to the preponderance of gay ministers? My impression is … Continue reading
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LAT: ‘Nearly 100 nuns at a nursing home near the Skirball fire were evacuated. With nowhere to go, staff took them in’
Whatever happened to Catholic charity? I can’t believe a group of 100 nuns could find no help from the Los Angeles Catholic community. If these were Jews in trouble, our community would have rallied to help them. Unlike Protestantism, which … Continue reading
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Why Was There A Sudden Explosion Of Gay Pedophilia In The Catholic Church In The 1960s? And Why Did It Die Down The Last 15 Years?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Here are the stats: Victims’ ages: 5.8% under 7; 16% ages 8-10; 50.9% ages 11-14; 27.3% ages 15-17. Victims’ gender: 81% male, 19% female http://archives.weirdload.com/stats.html So there were indeed pepophile priests. 3/4s of the victims … Continue reading
Are There Any Roman Catholic Countries Low In Corruption & High In Social Trust To Compare With Anglo Countries?
Ryan White, director of the Netflix docu-series The Keepers, says: “Baltimore is a very Catholic city where the separation of church and state … there’s not a strong line of demarcation. There’s too much power of the Catholic Church in … Continue reading
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The Keepers (2017)
I am watching this Netflix docu-series about the murderous corruption in the Roman Catholic church in Baltimore and how it warped law enforcement and the judiciary, and I am thinking — I’ve heard this story before. I watched the movie … Continue reading
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The Young Pope
In episode four, Cardinal Voiello says to The Young Pope: “Do you want to look into the [particular pedophilia ] case?” Pope: “Yes, but from a broader point of view. The individual case is always an indicator a broader issue.” … Continue reading
Steve Sailer: Pope Pretty Much Plagiarizes Lennon’s “Imagine”
Comments: * He’s an old man in a dress…. Should we really be surprised that an organization of drag queens is like this? * “Having condemned borders, the Pontiff then returned to his walled compound.” I visited the Vatican last … Continue reading
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