Death Penalty for Post-Aborts?
p/c Statesman Journal. My answer is "No" to the death penalty for those who have committed abortion, but the abolitionists make a logical argument. Before I get to my answer, let me say I am no softie on abortion. I still try to pray and counsel at the abortion center every other week. I have been arrested for peaceful prayer inside abortion centers on the East Coast twice. But I am not as extreme as the "abolitionists" and a few Catholics who say that women who have had abortions should receive the Death Penalty. Do people really say such things? Yes. Although NPR is rarely to be trusted, they quoted a pro-life woman who stated this on that topic: "God values human life so highly that when one human chooses to murder another innocent human, they forfeit their own life. [...]
RCT 79: Extreme Unction 1: Institution.
-The Roman Catechism of Trent (RCT) p. 328-333. -The Sacraments, ep. 31. -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/
Due-Process: Torquemada vs. Tucho.
Today, we are going to look at canonical due-process as executed by the 15th century Spanish Grand Inquisitor, Tomás De Torquemada (top left) versus that of Cardinal Tucho Fernandez (top-right.) Tucho is the Cardinal who allegedly-excommunicated the SSPX recently on 2 July 2026. (SSPX is the American abbreviation for FSSPX which stands for the Fraternity of the Priestly Society of Pope St. Pius X.) Although a heretic can’t excommunicate anyone (as explained here by the WM Review) we are going to suspend that obvious ecclesial reality in order to evaluate the difference in legal process between the 15th century Dominican and the porn-writer currently living in the Vatican. Fr. William Saunders of the Diocese of Arlington wrote a short two-piece series on the Inquisition. In Part 1, he wrote the basics of why the Inquisition was established: The Lord entrusted [...]
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost.
-Traditional Latin Mass sermons by Fr. David Nix. Today I preach on St. Mark 8:1-9. -Donate: https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/
The Heresy of Consequentialism.
Even JP2's Veritatis Splendor tackles the modernist heresies of moral theology called "consequentialism" and "proportionalism." These two errors "claim to draw the criteria of the rightness of a given way of acting solely from a calculation of foreseeable consequences deriving from a given choice." He continues that proportionalism "weighs the various values and goods being sought, focuses rather on the proportion acknowledged between the good and bad effects of that choice, with a view to the 'greater good' or 'lesser evil' actually possible in a particular situation."—Veritatis Splendor #75. In fact, Veritatis Splendor quotes Christ telling the rich young man that to be saved, he first must keep the commandments. So what do keeping the commandments have to do with the recent heresies of moral theology called "consequentialism" and "proportionalism"? To understand consequentialism, picture this imaginary story that has happened [...]
RCT 78: Emergency Sacraments.
The Sacraments, ep. 30. -Donate = https://www.padreperegrino.org/donate/ -Act of Perfect Contrition: https://youtu.be/ncNNME98vyA?si=xLiq4rPOiee8PGq6
Fifth Sunday After Pentecost Sermon.
Sermon from Fr. David Nix on the 5th Sunday After Pentecost on 1 Pet 3 and Luke 15. Music bumpers by Enrique Aguilar.
Did the Pharisees Keep the Law?
One of the hazards in growing up in a Protestant nation like the USA is that our theology is suffused with dispensationalism and odd evangelical movies. Because of this, many American Christians (including Catholics) picture Jesus as a hippie with no concern for the moral law. The Pharisees, on the other hand, are portrayed as the people of the First Century in Israel who were overly-concerned with the Commandments and the Jewish law. Indeed, many Christian movies make Jesus out to be the beatnik who dissolved the moral law while the Pharisees were not only hypocrites, but even bad for thinking the Commandments mattered. The Church Fathers, however, paint a very different picture. As we will see from Scripture and the Fathers below, the Pharisees were not only hypocrites—they didn’t even take the Jewish law seriously. Firstly, let us remember [...]
End of Life Care: What is NOT Required.
p/c American Nurse Journal. What does the Catholic Church teach about DNRs and Ventilators? I have had an article go viral recently on the topic of bioethics. Many in the pro-death world were shocked by my words and tried to counter me. Such people were easy to disprove because I sourced secular links into my articles, showing what even non-Christian surgeons were admitting about euthanasia. On the other hand, some people in the pro-life world misunderstood the difference between ordinary care (required by the Catholic Church) and extraordinary care (not always required by the Catholic Church because it's often disproportionate to what can be accomplished.) Their over-reaction in going even beyond me in bioethical stringency was out of well-placed zeal. So, I don't blame them for doing this in a world where we traditional Catholics are always swimming upstream. [...]
Europe’s Open Borders with Fr. Calvin Robinson and Fr. David Nix.
Fr. David Nix interviews Fr. Calvin Robinson on the history of Christian border-defense and foreign invaders. Fr. Robinson’s new book is titled “The Silent Jihad” and it can be found here: https://shop.newchristianright.com/products/the-silent-jihad -Subscribe to Fr. Nix’s YouTube channel for free here.