The Red-Herrings Upon Which Canceled-Clergy Are Hanged
A red-herring is defined as “something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question.” In this blog post, I will use that term to describe the false-pretext upon which good bishops and good priests are removed from ministry. A "canceled priest" or a "canceled bishop" is one who is removed for unjust reasons, never for being a real-criminal. Recently, at the Conference for the Coalition of Canceled Priests, Brian McCall gave a phenomenal talk on the definition of a canceled priest and the limits of obedience according to St. Thomas Aquinas. Every canceled-priest has a real-reason and a fake-reason why he is on the shelf. For example, Fr. Altman told me he was canceled because he "brought up the dogmatic truth that your body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit and you do not have to be [...]
Liberation Theology and Synodality
"Liberation Theology" is a Marxist heresy that developed in Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s declaring that the way to liberate the poor was not liberation from sin, but rather liberation from oppression, even to the point of using violence against the upper-class and middle-class. Like all Marxist movements, it lost control of its violence. The epicenter of "liberation theology" in the 1980s was Nicaragua when countless bishops and priests supported the Marxist "Sandisista" movement. Malachi Martin, in his 1987 New York Times Bestseller, The Jesuits, explains this movement of Marxist priests and bishops: It was a dream come true. A dream put into clear words by the same Father Boff: “The sacred power must be put back in the hands of the people.” No teaching or directing authority would be allowed “from above,” from the alien, hierarchic Church. [...]
VLX Special: Recorded at Loyola, Spain
I was in Loyola, Basque country. At the location of the birth and conversion of St. Ignatius of Loyola, I explain to our 80 American pilgrims the way of St. Ignatius’ prayer and discernment. This was the instructions on the interior life that captured the heart and mind of millions, including St. Francis Xavier, the dear friend of St. Ignatius.
Nativity of St. John the Baptist Sermon
Sermon for the Feast of St. John the Baptist 2023.
Ten Tips To Walking the Camino De Santiago
In the first century, following his martyrdom in Jerusalem, the body of St. James the Greater (one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ) was taken by angels and disciples back to the Northwest part of the country he had previously evangelized: Spain, specifically Galicia. His body was discovered nearly a millennium later, and pilgrims through the middle ages walked to Northwest Spain to the bones of the Apostle. In fact, Santiago was one of the three greatest pilgrimage sites of the Middle Ages, next to Rome and Jerusalem. Our 2015 walking Pilgrimage across Spain By the 1970s, the Way of St. James (Camino De Santiago) had nearly fallen into oblivion. But then something happened in the 1980s and 1990s: Both Catholics and secular Europeans began to walk the Way again. Today, about 200,000 pilgrims walk the Camino [...]
RCT 21: Christ Died Freely
The Roman Catechism of Trent {RCT} p. 53-57. The Creed, Article IV, Part B. Where does donor-money go? https://www.padreperegrino.org/2023/05/donormoney/
Fatima, Modesty and Hell
As many Catholics know, the three children of Fatima had a vision in 1917 of many souls falling into hell. In fact, they described it as a multitude of souls falling "into hell like snowflakes." Bl. Jacinta (a Fatima visionary who died young) said, “The sins which cause most souls to go to hell are the sins of the flesh.” Fr. Bernard Kunkel then adds the following: "Our Blessed Mother knew in advance the moral havoc that would follow the introduction of these unholy fashions. This is why she came personally at Fatima in 1917 to forewarn us. At the same time she gave the answer in advance to the question, 'Is it a sin to follow these fashions?' To little Jacinta, aged seven, Our Lady entrusted this prophecy, which embodies her theology on the modern fashions: 'Certain fashions will be introduced [...]
Eastern Orthodox and the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
If Jesus does not return soon, I look to Our Lady of Good Success who said "the total restoration of the Catholic Church" would come some time after the 19th century. Our Lady of Fatima also speaks of the Triumph of her Immaculate Heart in "an era of peace." Would this be the miraculous beginning of the Angelic Pope and Great Monarch in the 6th age of the Church before the Antichrist arrives in the 7th age? In such prophesies, we need to consider not just the Western Rite of the Catholic Church, but also the Eastern Rites. In this CPX catechism video, I explain the difference between Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox. Both Churches have seven valid sacraments. But only Eastern Catholics are in union with Rome. There is a hope that the Eastern Churches (especially the Russian Orthodox [...]
QuickPod: Fear Leads to Sin
The phrase "be not afraid," is not just for your emotions... It's for your soul. https://rumble.com/embed/v2rncjq/?pub=e5jg1
Custody of the Eyes by St. Alphonsus
The following was written for religious, but lay people can learn much from The True Spouse of Jesus Christ by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori. The following excerpt is also found at www.saintsworks.net. 'Turn away your eyes lest they behold vanity; (cf. Ps. 119:37) for license causes souls to perish.'—St. Poemen Almost all our rebellious passions spring from unguarded looks; for, generally speaking, it is by the sight that all inordinate affections and desires are excited. Hence, holy Job made a covenant with his eyes, that he would not so much as think upon a virgin. Why did he say that he would not so much as think upon a virgin? Should he not have said that he made a covenant with his eyes not to look at a virgin? No; he very properly said that he would not think [...]