by Raul Zavaleta | Oct 29, 2023
The Religion of Global Climate Change (Article) My worry about Laudate Deum (“all you praise God”), the recent Apostolic Exhortation “to all people of good will on the climate crisis,” is that because it represents an incursion into the domain of the laity, it...
by Raul Zavaleta | Jun 17, 2023
8 Modern Errors Every Catholic Should Know and Avoid (Article) There are many errors in our time that masquerade as wisdom and balance, but they are no such thing. I have written before (HERE and HERE) on many errors of our time of a more philosophical nature. The...
by Raul Zavaleta | Apr 27, 2022
The Infrequency of Infallibility (Article) There was a time, not so very long ago, when it was widely assumed among Catholics, never mind the diversity of their political views, that when the pope spoke on matters of faith and morals, what he said mattered; that owing...
by Raul Zavaleta | Feb 16, 2022
20 Years After the Dallas Charter, Has Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse Been ‘Solved’? Clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church is not “over.” I mean this in two ways. First, some clergy sexual abuse is undoubtedly still taking place. But more importantly, we haven’t really...
by Raul Zavaleta | Oct 12, 2021
Two Moralities (Article) “I know of no public opinion polling data to support me in this belief, but I believe, and have believed for many decades, that many American Catholics, perhaps most of them, equate the Christian moral law with the natural law of...
by Raul Zavaleta | Jul 21, 2021
A Time for Anger “The arrival of Traditionis Custodes is nothing less than a declaration of total war against traditionalist Catholics everywhere. Much more than that, however, it is a direct attack against all faithful Catholics of good will, regardless of our...