Tag Archives: Conservatism / Liberalism

Blaming Hippies

Posted on Saturday, 8 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I occasionally look at Fr Zuhlsdorf’s blog, and find his articles worth what they are worth. This one hit me – Are the aging-hippies burying Benedict’s legacy? As I mentioned in an article a few days ago, I have never … Continue reading →

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The World of the Hippies

Posted on Friday, 31 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Over the past few days, I have been reading bits and pieces about popular sub-cultures in the 1960’s and 70’s, from teddy boys to the rival gangs of Mods and Rockers in the 60’s. There are other sub-cultures today, usually … Continue reading →

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Predictions about the Future of Christianity

Posted on Sunday, 19 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Two interesting links have been sent out this week by Dr William Tighe, one to the future of Christianity being conservative Evangelical – Atheism is doomed: the contraceptive Pill is secularism’s cyanide tablet.The other is Why Millennials Long for Liturgy. … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the Decline of Christian Europe

Posted on Thursday, 31 October, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been on this subject before, and I may have some insight not being a sociologist or a “new atheist”. It is very difficult to get any kind of objective understanding of a situation that seems to elude anything … Continue reading →

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Matthew Fox

Posted on Wednesday, 23 October, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been familiar with the name of Fr Matthew Fox for a number of years, but have never taken the trouble to investigate him in any depth. My attention has only been drawn by a recent exchange of comments … Continue reading →

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Mysticism and Asceticism

Posted on Friday, 11 October, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There is an extremely interesting article from the Latin Mass Society Chairman Joseph Shaw in his blog – Mystical not ascetic: a response to Pope Francis, Part 5. This is the last part of a series of articles on Pope … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis on Progressivism and Traditionalism

Posted on Sunday, 4 August, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I found this fascinating quote in the article From Rio de Janeiro to Rome, from Poetry to Prose by Sandro Magister. In it, Magister quotes the Pope’s take on two opposite tendencies, progressive and traditionalist, present in the Church: The … Continue reading →

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Pristinos dies?

Posted on Thursday, 11 July, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The title comes from the Vulgate version of Hebrews x.32: Rememoramini autem pristinos dies in quibus inluminati magnum certamen sustinuistis passionum But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings This … Continue reading →

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Mystical Aestheticism

Posted on Wednesday, 10 July, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I come to a subject that is quite related to some other posts I have written on Romanticism and “neo-medievalism” in the nineteenth century and up to the outbreak of World War I. This term is coined by Embryo Parson … Continue reading →

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Fourteenth Century Catholicism in a Dead Language?

Posted on Saturday, 29 June, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Yes, I look at the “progressive” point of view as well as everyone else’s. The so-called Enlightened Catholicism blog has done a trashing job on the traditionalists by contrasting the way Benedict XVI hoped to deal with the Society of … Continue reading →

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