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"Larry Chapp and Kale Zelden discuss a demoralized Church," is a YouTube conversation that took place on November 24th, a month before Fiducia Supplicans was even published. I believe the conversation captures the frustration that many of us are feeling, both with respect to Pope Francis and...

Journalist Liz Collin has released her important documentary, "The Fall of Minneapolis," on the heels of her book, They're Lying: The Media, The Left, and The Death of George Floyd. The documentary is freely available at www.thefallofminneapolis.com, and on Rumble (link). Two years ago I wrote...

I was fiddling with the new website UI and I wanted to share a way to curate or filter the "New Threads Feed." I know there has been interest in this, and so I wanted to share what I found so that others can take advantage of it if they so choose. (If there is a better place for this thread...

I recently watched a debate on Sola Scriptura, which admittedly wasn't very good. That said, the argument Jimmy Akin gave is succinct and incisive: P1. Sola Scriptura says that all doctrines must be derivable from Scripture. P2. Sola Scriptura is a doctrine. C1. Therefore, Sola Scriptura must...

I have been pondering Orthodoxy of late. One thing that gives me pause is the present-day lack of resistance to the heresy of Universalism, and the promulgation of that heresy by Orthodox Christians. Specifically I have in mind David Bentley Hart's That All Shall Be Saved and Fr. Al Kimel's...

Personal Assent There are three basic positions that can be taken with respect to personal assent: assent, denial, and indifference. For example, consider the proposition, "It will rain tomorrow." We have three basic options: assent to the proposition and assert that it is true; deny the...

It seems to me that a lot of folks who are critical of morality envision themselves as standing on the sidelines, watching a game they have no interest in, and making jokes to one another about how silly the players are. We could call the game “Moral inquiry” or “Moral reasoning.” In this...

I have never studied the topic of capital punishment from a purely non-religious angle. After listening to Alasdair MacIntyre's recent controversial paper on human dignity I am curious to raise this topic on CF. My hunch is that MacIntyre is right, and as a corollary, when confined to...

- The Pillar Podcast Ep. 51: Vatican II & all that jazz - At 38:50 in the podcast we get a discussion on synods that goes on for about 15 minutes. At 40:30 Ed Condon says: The spiritual sense of communion, a true ecclesiology of communion, which is an emotional as much as an intellectual...

In the thread on mortal force there was a side-discussion about objective morality (for example, see this post). Is there such a thing as objective morality? If so, what is it? If not, why not? Anyone who answers the question needs to give their definitions of “objective” and “morality.”...

This is an interesting conversation between two Bobs: the Christian scholar from Princeton, Robert P. George, and Bishop Robert Barron. They talk about natural law, "wokeness", virtue in relation to society, and a third Bob, Dylan. Barron is the founder of Word on Fire Ministries. As a...

In recent years social and moral critiques of Christianity have become quite common. Although this form of opposition to Christianity is diffuse and does not come from any single party, it surely exists. Some of it opposes Christian teaching on subjects such as marriage, freedom, and sexual...

What do you think of the doctrine of mortal sin? This doctrine is often associated with Catholicism and says that some sins are so grievous as to require a special form of repentance or reparation. According to the doctrine, these sins, when done with freedom and knowledge, place one outside...

Introduction Bostock v. Clayton County is chock-full of terrible reasoning up and down the opinion, but I want to venture an argument that accepts all of Gorsuch's flawed premises and still opposes his conclusion. That is, I want to offer an argument for the invalidity of his reasoning. (This...

From the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem, Dominican friar Anthony Giambroni gives an interesting talk about plagues from the perspective of the Biblical and ancient worlds. The talk ends and questions begin around 38:00. Enjoy! :)

What did you think was the best argument in the Democratic debate on Wednesday? The worst? February 19th debate: In-thread links: February 25th Debate - South Carolina

"All told, Sanders’s current plans would cost as much as $97.5 trillion over the next decade, and total government spending at all levels would surge to as high as 70 percent of gross domestic product. Approximately half of the American workforce would be employed by the government. The ten-year...

Fr. James Brent recently gave a talk at the Thomistic Institute entitled, "Responding to Contemporary Atheism." There he argues that contemporary atheism, rather than being simple adherence to a single proposition, is a complex phenomenon. To paraphrase him: "If you've ever gotten into a...

Serbian Orthodox bishop Maxim (Vasiljevic) wrote a beautiful piece, The Flame in Our Lady's Hair: On the Burning yet Unconsumed Faith that built Classical Buildings. The recent fire at Notre Dame is a central theme: ...Yannaras wondered whether instead of Macron saying that Notre Dame was...

Cardinal John Henry Newman was canonized on October 13th. A famous convert from Anglicanism, Newman is renowned for his sermons, theology, and prose. A few of his well-known works include An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, Pariochial and Plain Sermons, Apologia Pro Vita Sua...