The Church’s Islam Problem
After a series of terror attacks in France, including one that left three people dead at a Catholic Church in Nice, Vatican Cardinal Robert Sarah said that the West must wake up to the threat of Islamism. “Islamism,” His Eminence said, “is a monstrous fanaticism which...
Covering-up for Islam
Everyone knows about the cover-up of the priestly abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, and the great damage it has caused. But did you know that the Church has been engaged in another, even bigger cover-up? This cover-up has received little attention, but in the long...
Common Sense and the Cult of Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism, which started off with the proposition that all differences must be respected, eventually developed into something like a sacrificial religious cult. Over the last two decades, it has claimed many victims. The prime example is the Pakistani rape...
Francis’s Disastrous Influence on World Affairs
I’ve written frequently about the great harm that Pope Francis has done to the Catholic Church as the result of his subtle and not-so-subtle attacks on Catholic teaching, Catholic tradition, Catholic morality, and Catholic liturgy. But it’s also important to realize...
Part 2: The Cover-Up: How the West Whitewashes Islam
A look at why no one tells the truth about Islamic beliefs -- but particularly the pope. In Part 1 of this article, I explained that after 9/11, American and European opinion makers engaged in a massive whitewashing of Islam. What was once the most feared religion in...
The Big Cover-Up, Part 1: Is “Jihad” an Interior Struggle?
A look at why no one tells the truth about Islamic beliefs — but particularly the pope. I hope the title of this article doesn’t sound like a conspiracy theory — but if it does, keep in mind that not every conspiracy is a theory. Many of them have been thoroughly...
The Popular Belief That Empties Churches
The devastating impact of the premise that people are essentially good. In a recent Front Page column, Dennis Prager criticizes the idea that people are basically good. The belief that humans are inherently good is both “foolish” and “dangerous,” writes Prager,...
The Light that Shines in the Darkness
How Christmas gives meaning to life. When Samuel Huntington wrote “The Clash of Civilizations,” he was referring to the clash between Western Civilization and Islam. But there is a clash within Western Civilization itself which may determine the outcome of the...
The Spirit of Christmas and the Spirit of Islam
How much do Christians and Muslims have in common? Plenty of clues can be found in the celebration of Christmas. “The man that hath no music in himself/ Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds/ Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils” –William Shakespeare,...
Is Bishop Strickland’s Appeal a Dead Letter or a Call to Action?
A few weeks ago, Bishop Joseph Strickland sent an open letter to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops as the group met in Baltimore for its fall plenary assembly. It was a remarkable letter in which Strickland accused his fellow bishops of silence in the...
