Tag Archives: Mystery of Evil

The Nightmare of a Post-Human World

Posted on Sunday, 21 April, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Dr William Tighe sent out an e-mail with the text of Leon Kass: The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial. Gosnell, according to the evidence given by the media, is a quack specialised in abortions “on the cheap”. The story is … Continue reading →

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Another Reflection for this Lent

Posted on Thursday, 14 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is customary during Septuagesima-tide to prepare ourselves for Lent, deciding which spiritual disciplines we are going to be more serious about, which sins and vices we are going to work against, what things which are neutral or good in … Continue reading →

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Survivalism

Posted on Sunday, 3 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We humans are strange creatures! I occasionally read about Americans and people in some other big countries of the world going to live in some isolated place and stocking up on guns and provisions. Fuelled by the “work ethic” and … Continue reading →

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Holocaust Memorial Day

Posted on Tuesday, 29 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I missed it yesterday, but Holocaust Memorial Day is something of great importance to us in Europe. It provides an opportunity for us to learn from what the Nazis did during World War II and the entire philosophical and political … Continue reading →

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Technological Prometheanism

Posted on Tuesday, 22 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Now, that’s a mouthful! It’s nothing new, but Pope Benedict XVI is giving warnings of terrible dangers of “technological prometheanism”, meaning something like the message of Mary Shelley in 1816 when she wrote Frankenstein. It has been a big concern … Continue reading →

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Facing a World without Christianity

Posted on Friday, 18 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I occasionally look at the blog of Fr Ray Blake, who is a Roman Catholic priest in Brighton. He bewails the increasing secularism in England through his entry of yesterday, Like the Monks of Egypt. I have very simple questions … Continue reading →

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Charlie Chaplin Speaks in 1940

Posted on Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick
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An Excellent Explanation of French “Intégrisme”

Posted on Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This comment on Fr Smuts’ blog about Bishop Fellay, superior of the Society of St Pius X, calling the Jews the “enemies of the Church” is worth reading. Friends used to joke with me in private, calling them the “Waffen … Continue reading →

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The Dream of Non-Papal Catholicism

Posted on Monday, 26 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Young Fogey is writing on a favourite theme, trying to prove that only Roman Catholicism is viable enough to foster and continue the Catholic way into the future. One by one, he proceeds to trash the alternatives. The disillusionment of … Continue reading →

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Evil as the Absence of Empathy

Posted on Wednesday, 7 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Last night for just under three hours, I watched the film made in around 2000 about the Nuremberg Trials of the leading war criminals in 1945-46. I found the acting brilliant, especially the psychopathic manipulation and evil “aura” of Herman … Continue reading →

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