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19 09, 2020

Joseph Sciambra Asks Fr. David Nix: “Why Should I Stay in the Catholic Church?”
Joseph Sciambra Asks Fr. David Nix: “Why Should I Stay in the Catholic Church?”

Joseph Sciambra Asks Fr. David Nix: “Why Should I Stay in the Catholic Church?”

By Father David Nix|2020-09-18T03:06:15+00:00September 19th, 2020|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

My friend, Joseph Sciambra, recently aired this interview of the two of us on his YouTube channel. A little backstory on Joseph: After escaping 15 years of a flamboyant pagan lifestyle in the heart of San Francisco, Joseph converted back to his original faith of baptism, Catholicism. He eventually made his way back to confession and even the Traditional Latin Mass, which he still attends today. However, as a man who was abused by a priest at the age of 16 years old, Joseph has been very vocal about his temptation to leave the Catholic Church. We discuss the difficult topic of adult survivors of priest-child sex scandals, all the [...]

14 09, 2020

Part 3 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter
Part 3 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

Part 3 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

By Father David Nix|2020-09-15T13:59:07+00:00September 14th, 2020|Theology|

This is the third part of an analysis I wrote on a recent letter from Archbishop Viganò to a layman. Archbishop Viganò's words are in italics. My words are in bold orange font below. AB. Viganò's full letter without my additions can be found here. Dear Mr. Kokx, 1 Sept 2020 ...continued from part 2... It is therefore not a question of working from within the Church or outside it: the winemakers are called to work in the Lord’s Vineyard, and it is there that they must remain even at the cost of their lives; the pastors are called to pastor the Lord’s Flock, to keep the ravenous wolves at [...]

11 09, 2020

Part 2 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter
Part 2 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

Part 2 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

By Father David Nix|2020-09-12T14:11:14+00:00September 11th, 2020|Theology|

Below is a continued analysis I wrote on a recent letter from Archbishop Viganò to a layman. His words are in black italics or bold. My words are in bold orange font below. AB. Viganò's full letter without my additions can be found here. Dear Mr. Kokx, 1 Sept 2020 ...continued from part 1... Therefore let us not give in to the temptation to abandon – albeit with justified indignation – the Catholic Church, on the pretext that it has been invaded by heretics and fornicators: it is they who must be [...]

9 09, 2020

Part 1 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter
Part 1 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

Part 1 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

By Father David Nix|2020-09-12T14:16:54+00:00September 9th, 2020|Theology|

Below is a detailed analysis I wrote on a recent letter from Archbishop Viganò to a layman. This is Part 1 of a several part commentary. Archbishop Viganò's letter is in italics below. My words are in an orange bold font below. AB. Viganò's original letter without any commentary is here. Dear Mr. Kokx, 1 Sept 2020 I read with lively interest your article “Questions for Viganò: His Excellency is Right about Vatican II, But What Does He Think Catholic Should Do Now?” which was published by Catholic Family News on August 22. [...]

5 07, 2020

Earthly Things Part 2: The Days of Lawlessness
Earthly Things Part 2: The Days of Lawlessness

Earthly Things Part 2: The Days of Lawlessness

By Father David Nix|2020-07-05T01:48:00+00:00July 5th, 2020|Theology|

Many prayerful Catholics have been noticing that much of 2 Thessalonians 2 seems to be materializing over the past few years. In fact, it seems prophesies from the Old Testament are being fulfilled. One older friend of mine who is a covert from evangelical Protestant to Catholic believes the "abomination of desolation" (Dan 9:27 and Mt 24:15) was the placement of the Martin Luther statute into the Vatican in October of 2016 (nearly four years ago): Consider also how a priest friend of mine recently pointed out that 2 Thess 2:10 asserts that a group of people during a global "rebellion" will "refuse to love the truth and so be [...]

22 06, 2020

Unanswered Questions on the Travel of Pope Benedict XVI
Unanswered Questions on the Travel of Pope Benedict XVI

Unanswered Questions on the Travel of Pope Benedict XVI

By Father David Nix|2021-04-07T14:43:00+00:00June 22nd, 2020|Theology|

This week I put up a Facebook post that had 440 shares. In it, I suspected that Pope Benedict XVI was being controlled and that he would not come back to the Vatican. When I was proved wrong on the latter of those two, I was asked to publicly apologize for my whole post. No, I'm not going to apologize for noticing that Pope Benedict XVI is back in the Vatican. Why? Because I still insist that something nefarious is afoot. The onus of proof is now on my opposing interlocutors to explain not only a few but all of the following questions if they still insist upon a peaceful [...]

20 06, 2020

Revelation and Revolution
Revelation and Revolution

Revelation and Revolution

By Father David Nix|2020-06-20T02:46:41+00:00June 20th, 2020|Theology|

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.—Eph 3:1-5. Notice above that the Apostle Paul says that “the mystery” (μυστήριον, mysterion) was made known to him by “revelation” [...]

15 06, 2020

A Biblical Look at AB. Viganò with Dr. Taylor Marshall
A Biblical Look at AB. Viganò with Dr. Taylor Marshall

A Biblical Look at AB. Viganò with Dr. Taylor Marshall

By Father David Nix|2020-06-15T06:21:36+00:00June 15th, 2020|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

Dr. Taylor Marshall joins me on today's podcast to discuss Archbishop Viganò who just last week wrote a letter to encourage Trump against the "children of darkness." But two days later, he criticizes the hierarchy following the "revolution" of Vatican II. Why would Viganò first encourage a Protestant President with a speckled past and then discourage pro-life albeit modernist Popes?

20 03, 2020

Is It Ever Permitted to Lie to Your Children?
Is It Ever Permitted to Lie to Your Children?

Is It Ever Permitted to Lie to Your Children?

By Father David Nix|2020-03-20T20:00:17+00:00March 20th, 2020|Theology|

What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all.—Chernobyl, TV series. Most people today will lie if necessary. If you ask them why they lie, it seems that most people believe that all will be forgiven at the end of time, especially if they are lying "for a good reason." Now, most of these people remember their Ethics 101 that teaches, The end does not justify the means. "This is a nice philosophy," they say, "but when the rubber meets the road of my life, I [...]

27 11, 2019

Why “The Young Pope” Had To Be North American
Why “The Young Pope” Had To Be North American

Why “The Young Pope” Had To Be North American

By Father David Nix|2021-04-07T14:38:00+00:00November 27th, 2019|Theology|

Despite what I’m going to write here, I would dissuade any readers from watching anything on HBO. It’s a very lewd channel and I don’t want to go to Purgatory for extra time for you watching The Young Pope or anything else on that channel on my account. What I put together below came after talking to friends and researching the episodes. The Young Pope was a TV drama series produced in Europe in 2016. When the liberal Pope dies, a controversial and conservative young prelate named “Lenny"(Jude Law) from the U.S. is elected to the throne of Peter. He takes the name of Pope Pius XIII. His rallying reform [...]