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Vatican II: What a Catholic Crisis Reveals About the Modern West (opens the original)
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IntroductionThe study of Vatican II transcends Catholicism, for the Church’s revolution is emblematic of the very changes that have so ravaged Western civilization.But given its spiritual character, studying the Church enables a case study that secular society does not, namely, a deeper look at how modernism devastates the human spirit.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o0ML!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-po
The Difference Of Man & The Difference It Makes: What Secular Reason Cannot Explain (opens the original)
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IntroductionCurrent advancements in science, technology, and culture force man to reconsider many of the age-old problems concerning his place in the natural world: Is he the only intelligent lifeform? What separates him from animals? What will happen to him if machines surpass his intelligence?<div cl
The Myth of Progress: Fulton Sheen Saw What Modernity Never Could (opens the original)
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IntroductionIn his 2018 book Factfulness, Hans Rosling attempts to address what he calls, “the overdramatic worldview.”“The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer; and the number of poor just keeps increasing; and we will soon run out of resources unless we do something drastic.”1Comparing a host of different graphs, Rosling challenges many of society’s popular misconceptions: how we notice the bad more than the good; how the news selectively reports
Reclaiming Creation: How A Forgotten Skill Can Restore The American Economy (opens the original)
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Introduction“I think because being made by a Creator one of our natural factors is wishing to create. . . .”—J.R.R. Tolkien1Is man merely a worker? Is his craft simply material? Is he nothing more than a cog in a greater machine? For inflation, stagnating wages, and a lack of real economic growth has lead many to question whether America truly is the “Land of Opportunity” she once was. That America’s economy is bleak cannot be disputed.But despite her ails, Americ
Why Men Have Abandoned The Church (opens the original)
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IntroductionIn eras past, the West was filled with an “impulse of faith that erected so many massive if not imposing cathedrals and churches all throughout Europe.”1 For centuries, Christianity and Western Civilization were marked by this masculine ethos.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Es_-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6f76a04-105b-46a7-bf76-
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