Theology

16 10, 2025

We Need Another “Dagger John.”
We Need Another “Dagger John.”

We Need Another “Dagger John.”

By Father David Nix|2025-10-15T16:56:13+00:00October 16th, 2025|Theology|

p/c NYT My mother's four grandparents came from Ireland to the United States. They settled in Chicago by way of New York City in the first half of the 20th century. But in the 19th century, the Irish immigrants were so involved in sex, violence and drink that their mortality rate in New York City was higher than African-Americans in either Chicago or Baltimore today. City Journal (a non-Catholic production out of NYC) paints a bleak picture about the first Irish immigrants who crossed the Atlantic to the United States: “In 1847 about 40,000 died making the voyage, a mortality rate much higher than that of slaves transported from Africa [...]

14 10, 2025

“Dilexi Te:” Treating the Poor As Slaves.
“Dilexi Te:” Treating the Poor As Slaves.

“Dilexi Te:” Treating the Poor As Slaves.

By Father David Nix|2025-10-14T13:02:01+00:00October 14th, 2025|Theology|

One of the most blasphemous lines in Dilexi Te comes under the chapter heading titled, “Accompanying migrants.” It reads: “Mary and Joseph flee with the child Jesus to Egypt. Christ himself, who ‘came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him’ (Jn 1:11), lived among us as a stranger. For this reason, the Church has always recognized in migrants a living presence of the Lord…” The author then misappropriates the Holy Family to argue for open-borders. Clearly, the Bible and the Catholic Church have always opposed chaos on national borders, as the true God is a God of order. But manipulating the Holy Family’s desperate [...]

9 10, 2025

Where Mercy Meets Justice On the Gallows.
Where Mercy Meets Justice On the Gallows.

Where Mercy Meets Justice On the Gallows.

By Father David Nix|2025-10-06T17:42:12+00:00October 9th, 2025|Theology|

When I was a student attending a liberal Jesuit high school, I was very much against the death penalty. I even wrote letters for Amnesty International (before they had taken their pro-abortion stance) with my friends in Denver cafes at night, while other guys were out partying. Back in the early 1990s when I was in high school, I also knew of the book Dead Man Walking about an anti-death penalty sister who spent time on death row named Sr. Helen Prejean. Fast forward to the late 1990s where I am studying theology at Boston College, the second most prestigious Catholic University on the East Coast (second only to Georgetown.) [...]

7 10, 2025

The Commandments Are Not Burdensome.
The Commandments Are Not Burdensome.

The Commandments Are Not Burdensome.

By Father David Nix|2025-10-06T17:05:55+00:00October 7th, 2025|Theology|

It seems the current Vatican apparatus is promoting sixth commandment sins committed contra naturam even more than even the last Vatican regime. Of course, that last sentence seems impossible for real Catholics who just endured the last decade of dogmatic madness issuing from Rome. But it's obvious the current agenda is even more pronounced than the last one. (Consider the Chicago-based male-couple just brought in to be personal chefs at the Vatican's new Laudato Sí restaurant.) A few Catholics might be thinking (especially after this much brainwashing and gaslighting from the Vatican over the past 14 years) that perhaps the traditional teaching on the commandments is just too hard in [...]

2 10, 2025

Suffering Transformed In Your Life (by a Dominican.)
Suffering Transformed In Your Life (by a Dominican.)

Suffering Transformed In Your Life (by a Dominican.)

By guest|2025-09-29T02:06:37+00:00October 2nd, 2025|Theology|

Guest Post: One of the evangelization tracts I keep in my truck is a small pamphlet called: Suffering: How to make the greatest evil in our lives our greatest happiness. It was written by Fr. Paul O'Sullivan, an Irish Dominican born in 1871 (seen in the above picture.) Yes, yes, I know—your eyes probably just glazed over at the notion of reading about suffering from a Dominican from the 19th century. You already know what he's going to say? But there's a reason I keep this in my truck. It brings tremendous meaning to both Catholics and non-Catholics who are suffering (every person on the planet) so I encourage you [...]

29 09, 2025

The Humility of Apostolic Catholicism.
The Humility of Apostolic Catholicism.

The Humility of Apostolic Catholicism.

By Father David Nix|2025-09-29T14:46:37+00:00September 29th, 2025|Theology|

p/c Mary's Secretary. On this feast of St. Michael, let’s look at one of the only passages in the New Testament about the Archangel and and those who oppose him: For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ... just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject [...]

25 09, 2025

Got Hope in Human Nature?
Got Hope in Human Nature?

Got Hope in Human Nature?

By Father David Nix|2025-09-25T09:32:32+00:00September 25th, 2025|Theology|

For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”—Luke 23:31. The head of the synodal church (his words, not mine) recently stated to Crux: “We keep hoping. I believe strongly that we cannot give up hope, ever. I have high hopes in human nature. There is the negative side; there are bad actors, there are the temptations. On any side of any position, you can find motivations that are good and motivations that are not so good.” Hope in human nature? Not in Jesus Christ? Not the Catholic Church as the only way of salvation? Nope... hope in human nature. Some [...]

22 09, 2025

What Charlie Thought of Francis and Leo.
What Charlie Thought of Francis and Leo.

What Charlie Thought of Francis and Leo.

By Father David Nix|2025-09-22T12:40:54+00:00September 22nd, 2025|Theology|

It is common at the death of a great man for smaller minds to weaponize great minds for their own personal wheelhouse of ideas. For example, in regards to the fallen Charlie Kirk, his friends on earth are currently engaged in bitter debates on if he was changing his once-favorable views towards the current state of Israel. (We will not be delving into that today.) People are also debating if Charlie Kirk was on his way to Catholicism before his assassination. Of course, Catholics are insisting he was. Evangelical Protestants are saying he was not. In previous articles, I wrote that I believed there was a good chance he was [...]

18 09, 2025

Why Are Protestants Chanting “Christ Is King”?
Why Are Protestants Chanting “Christ Is King”?

Why Are Protestants Chanting “Christ Is King”?

By Father David Nix|2025-09-18T13:11:24+00:00September 18th, 2025|Theology|

p/c Eric Daugherty. Why are Protestants chanting "Christ Is King" while Catholic bishops promote Black Lives Matter? Shouldn't it be the opposite? St. Thomas Aquinas once wrote "Grace builds on nature without destroying it." Similarly, we could say that Divine Revelation is built on the Natural Law without destroying it. When St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that, he never would have guessed large populations of so-called Catholics would be one day rejecting the bare-bones basics of the Natural Law like "Unborn children deserve to live" and "Marriage is between only one man and one woman" and "It is bad to mutilate your children, even if they have mental disorders." This is [...]

16 09, 2025

The Death of Dialogue in Church and State.
The Death of Dialogue in Church and State.

The Death of Dialogue in Church and State.

By Father David Nix|2025-09-16T13:28:28+00:00September 16th, 2025|Theology|

Above, Mrs. Erika Kirk mourns at the casket of her fallen husband, Mr. Charlie Kirk. Charlie was assassinated on 10 Sept 2025 by a male shooter (who had a trans-identifying boyfriend.) Candace Owens recently stated: “I can tell you factually: Charlie was praying the Rosary. Charlie was going to Mass.” Additionally, I am told by a good authority in Phoenix that Charlie and Erika had their marriage convalidated in the Catholic Church the day before his assassination. Thus, more and more evidence is surfacing indicating that God Himself might honor Charlie not just as a political martyr, but perhaps even as a religious martyr. Of course, many normy Catholics will [...]