Muhammad attacked the doctrine of original sin and the "reverse side" of that doctrine, the Gospel that Jesus is the Savior of all men, that all men need salvation, and that salvation is offered to all men and women through Christ Jesus.  Muhammad "tampered" with the revelation of original sin, and thereby "undermined" the mystery of Christ. 

While the Obama Koolaiders maintain the Administration's policies do not attack religious liberty, I beg to differ, and James Kalb is prescient on the point in his recent discussion . I particularly like the comparison of faithful Catholics today with St. Thomas More!

No, not my new book, though itis exciting, too.... but in my new book I do rely on Dr. Hitchcock 's previous publications, and so am happy to report on his brand new issue!  The endorsements rank among the best the Church in the U.S. has to offer!

When asked about her "brushes" with the Catholic Church recently, Nancy Pelosi stated: "I have some concerns about the church’s position respecting a woman’s right to choose," Pelosi responds. "I am a practicing Catholic, although they’re probably not too happy about that. But it is my faith." "I practically mourn this difference of opinion because I feel what I was raised to believe is consistent with what I profess, and that is that we are all endowed with a free will and a responsibility to answer for our actions," she continues. "And that women should have that opportunity to exercise their free will." To which I would add: so was Lucifer.

AS I mention in my first chapter, Pope Paul VI  wrote that the Devil undermines man’s moral equilibrium with his sophistry. "He is the malign, clever seducer who knows how to make his way into us through the senses, the imagination and the libido, through utopian logic, or through disordered social contacts in the give and take of our activities, so that he can bring about in us deviations that are all the more harmful because they seem to conform to our physical or mental makeup, or to our profound, instinctive aspirations.  This matter of the Devil and of the influence he can exert on individuals as well as on communities, entire societies or events, is a very important chapter of Catholic doctrine which should be studied again, although it is given little attention today."  Evidence for such as this can be seen in exposition such as that regularly featured in the Huffington post.  Here is one among many examples of assimilated demonic sophistry: "   But t...

Piers has begun the dance with the Dragon, sadly. Let us pray...

Kresta In The Afternoon: Fathers disappear from households across America : Big increase in single mothers By Luke Rosiak The Washington Times   Tuesday, December 25, 2012     Photo by: Damian D...

Having viewed the libido as a way in which Satan can lead us away from the designs of the Father for His gift of sex, the following is welcome news!

The concluding seventh chapter of The Smoke of Satan in the Temple of God comes to the same conclusion, especially relevant in this season for which Jesus is the reason! Enjoy!

When God wanted to defeat sin, His ultimate weapon was the sacrifice of His own Son. On Christmas Day two thousand years ago, the birth of a tiny baby in an obscure village in the Middle East was God’s supreme triumph of good over evil.

New York Times best-selling author and Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist  Regina Brett has issued a call for Vatican III . She says the Church needs true renewal. I agree that She does need true renewal, the best explanation of which is set down in Vatican II's call to personal holiness, yet to be acknowledged by a majority of Catholics in the U.S. at present (hence the Year of Faith!). Brett writes: " Instead of renewing our faith by returning to the fundamentals of church teachings, why not open our minds to a new church? It's been 50 years since Vatican II renewed the church and helped it face the modern world. The world has only gotten more modern. The Catholic Church hasn't." Just how will this produce true renewal? The New Evangelization is about true renewal, and the first step toward personal holiness. She also recites the familiar " God speaks, not only through popes, bishops and priests, but through ordinary p...

"The angel's invitation to Mary is an invitation to a deep joy and announces the end of the sadness that is in the world caused by suffering, death and the darkness of evil, which seems to obscure the light of the divine goodness." As we are in the Year of Faith, and nearing the end of 2012, I thought it apropos to mention an insight by the Holy father, reflecting on the gift of faith

On this day, the saddest of days, let us reflect on this piece...

Having written a book which discusses the reality of Hell in Catholic teaching, it is noteworthy to note the discission on social media of late! Fr. Barron weighs in here .

Having taught theology for 20 years, my experiences in cateshesis bear out the Archbishop in the following: The illiteracy goes beyond history and other academic subjects.  Notre Dame social researcher Christian Smith and his colleagues have tracked in great detail the spiritual lives of today's young adults and teen-agers.[2] The results are sobering.  So are the implications.  The real religion of vast numbers of American young people is a kind of fuzzy moral niceness, with a generic, undemanding God on duty to make us happy whenever we need him.  It's what Smith calls "moralistic therapeutic deism."  Or to put it in the words of a young woman from Maryland, "It's just whatever makes you feel good about you." [3] As Smith observes: "It's not so much that Christianity in the United States is being secularized.  Rather more subtly, either Christianity is [degenerating] into a pathetic version of itself or, more significantly, [it's...

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Having authored The Smoke of Satan in the Temple of God, I found Stephanie Block's new book both eye-opening and in the end not surprising!