Church Crisis

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 [...]

19 11, 2019

The Steeling of Adversity in a Church Crisis
The Steeling of Adversity in a Church Crisis

The Steeling of Adversity in a Church Crisis

By Father David Nix|2019-11-22T20:24:25+00:00November 19th, 2019|Theology|

The 2016 New York Times Bestselling book Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging was recently discussed by the author Sebastian Junger on a podcast by another host. Neither the host nor his guest, Yunger, have a Christian worldview, but they both said something very profound to Catholic men out there "who have ears to hear." Junger described on the podcast (and in his book) that when the Nazis bombed London in the early 1940s, the British banded together in fire brigades to put out the fires; they slept shoulder-to-shoulder in the tube; they found meaning and camaraderie in pulling the living and the dead out of the rubble amidst 30,000 deaths. [...]

7 11, 2019

40 “Smaller” Heresies of Modernism
40 “Smaller” Heresies of Modernism

40 “Smaller” Heresies of Modernism

By Father David Nix|2019-11-07T12:37:49+00:00November 7th, 2019|Theology|

Many Catholics studying the current crisis in the Church have become numb to the definition of Pope Saint Pius X that modernism is "the synthesis of all heresies." Some may think "synthesis of all heresies" is an amorphous problem of general doctrinal malaise. Others might classify it as a paranoid papal prophesy that never really materialized for the good-willed but jumpy Pope. But what has been astonishing to me lately is that I keep seeing that I learned everything, yes, quite literally everything, while growing up in Catholic grade school, high school and even seminary—wrong. I don't mean just liturgical issues. I mean the seemingly-smaller issues of Catholic doctrine are all turning [...]

29 10, 2019

RomeCast 21: Is Pachamama in the Old Testament?
RomeCast 21: Is Pachamama in the Old Testament?

RomeCast 21: Is Pachamama in the Old Testament?

By Father David Nix|2019-10-29T16:41:40+00:00October 29th, 2019|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

On today's podcast, I discuss my trip to Rome just outside the Amazon Synod. Andromeda discusses her work for the University of California, Berkeley in the Near East department's URUK Research Team. We discuss the fertility demonesses of Mesopotamia and South America that may or may not have shown up at the Amazon Synod.

26 10, 2019

Transpontina: Why Would God Let This Happen?
Transpontina: Why Would God Let This Happen?

Transpontina: Why Would God Let This Happen?

By Father David Nix|2019-10-31T13:26:20+00:00October 26th, 2019|Theology|

Most Catholics know that the Vatican placed in the Roman Church Santa Maria Transpontina (St. Mary's Across the River) a display of indigenous costumes for the "Amazon Synod" this month (October 2019.) This transformed the beautiful and ancient Church of Our Lady into a kitschy display jungle items and pagan rituals. The first problem with this is a violation of the First Commandment. The second problem with this is that it is racist: A white liberal hierarchy imposed paganism on indigenous peoples of Brazil. I know this to be a political (or diabolical) move because the native people of Brazil do not promote such rituals in their Catholic Churches. (As [...]

10 10, 2019

Science and Religion Part 2: The Superstition of Those Who Reject Religion
Science and Religion Part 2: The Superstition of Those Who Reject Religion

Science and Religion Part 2: The Superstition of Those Who Reject Religion

By Father David Nix|2020-06-03T15:11:21+00:00October 10th, 2019|Theology|

In my last blog post, I explained how important it is for science to be concerned with the object (objective truth) more than the subject (subjective truth.) Strangely, many people in the West who reject Christianity now also reject science. They put on their cars and on their lawns a new secular creed called the "Sign of Justice." Let's examine their claims from a scientific (not religious) point of view: Sign of Justice: "Black Lives Matter." (See picture above) Assertion: Those who do not support "Black Lives Matter" are racists. Historical Reality: Black Lives Matter was created by George Soros to use blacks as pawns to cause civil unrest in the United [...]

2 09, 2019

Real Men of the Church Take Ownership
Real Men of the Church Take Ownership

Real Men of the Church Take Ownership

By Father David Nix|2019-09-03T02:31:02+00:00September 2nd, 2019|Theology|

Real men take ownership. Cowards blame each other. In the below video, Navy Seal Jocko Willink describes a fire-fight in Iraq that went bad into a situation of deadly friendly-fire. At minute 8, Willink asks: "Who’s fault was this?” One Seal stood up and explained the deadly situation, adding: “…And it was my fault.” But then the next Navy Seal stands up and says: “It was my fault…” The next Navy Seal stands up and says: “No, it was my fault, because…” Again, watch time stamp 8:00 to 9:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljqra3BcqWM Contrast this to the below video from the 1960s where a young Irish priest asks an older Irish priest why [...]