De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

 Watch this — at least the first section where the tenets are discussed. If you feel worried about the world or the way society is increasingly influenced by ideas we would have called crazy just a short while ago. Perhaps this helps us understand why? I watched this discussion and it struck me just how real this is. I am fighting this daily in my local Catholic School, in my diocese, with my friends, while the diocese seems to be obsessed with climate disaster and migrants. When you think about it, it really does seem like the perfect cover doesn't it? I mean, you have to wonder when the last time the bishops had a discussion about the reality of evil...Because you don't have to look far to see the very real effect of it in our world today. And, as this video shows, it is coming out of the darkness and showing itself in broad daylight now. Perhaps because our society is sufficiently corrupted: determined that our truth is defined by our sexual appetites, distracted from the re...

Recently, Pope Francis spoke at morning Mass about the devil. This is something you probably won't find reported on mass media, it is really disquieting that the head of 1.1 billion Catholics, a man of science, a man with such a wealth of experience, a man with such an inspirational, humble, way about him, should believe in the reality of evil spirits. Here's the homily: Pope Francis brilliantly preaches on an important topic. It is a topic to which he seems often pressed to return: the reality of the enemy, and the necessity of resisting him. Really important things to take to heart, here, things we need to think about. I posted the video on my Facebook page and it sparked off a rather valuable theological discussion. There is no doubt that the devil is a bit of a touchy subject in modernity, and I think it would be fair to say that we have quite limited knowledge about that sort of thing. It is interesting to note, however, that every culture in human history has...