CAM podcast

Send us Fan Mail

Writer and former professor Edward Curtain joins us to talk about his research into the events of September 11th, some similarities we see with COVID today, and his new book, "Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies." 

0:00 Edward's background
2:00 Trump and foreign policy
11:35 Similarities between COVID and Sept. 11th
15:35 "Science!"
21:22 "Conspiracy theories!"
---The Kennedy's and the CIA
30:30 More echoes of Sept. 11th
38:22 The body as mediator of reality
46:17 Story from a local Catholic parish
50:15 From Marine to conscientious objector
57:25 Edward's new book

Find Edward Curtain here: 
http://edwardcurtin.com

Find CAM:  
www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171

Also mentioned on the podcast: 

"Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies" book by Edward Curtain
"The New Pearl Harbor Revisited: 9-11, the Cover-up, and the Expose" by David Ray Griffin
"The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton," by Hugh Turley and David Martin
"The Coming War with China" documentary
"American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family" by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 
"Chasing the Light" by Oliver Stone

Support the show

Find CAM here: 
https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast

Send us Fan Mail

Seventy-five years ago, during the Second World War, Fr. George Zabelka was the Catholic chaplain for the 509th composite group, the group that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the mid-1970's, Fr. Zabelka repented for the role he played in the Second World War and became a public advocate of Christian nonviolence. No Catholic publication in the late '70s was interested in publishing the story of his conversion. Even after his story became internationally known in the '80s and a documentary was made, no American t.v. station, either Catholic or secular, was interested in televising it. This podcast tells the story of George Zabelka from the perspective of his friend, Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy. Hear about the rocky start to their relationship, George's virtues of faithfulness and courage, their lunch with Charlie Sweeney (the Catholic who dropped the bomb on Nagasaki), and some of the fruits that came from Fr. Zabelka's work towards the end of his life. Note: Parts 1, 3, and 5 focus on George. Parts 2 and 4 digress but provide helpful context and more food for thought.

Part 1  0:00 - 1:14:55
Part 2  1:14:56 - 1:39:30
Part 3  1:39:31 - 2:09:47
Part 4  2:09:48 - 2:43:47
Part 5  2:43:48 - end

To further explore this topic, the following are recommended:

"Blessing the Bombs," article by George Zabelka
"A Military Chaplain Repents," interview by Fr. McCarthy (originally published in Sojourners)
"The Reluctant Prophet" documentary (1989)
"August 9," booklet by Fr. McCarthy
"Conversation on Christian Nonviolence" with Fr. George Zabelka, Fr. McCarthy, and Mairead Corrigan McGuire
"The Church a Fold of Lambs," talk given in "Behold the Lamb" by Fr. McCarthy
"The Miracle of Edith Stein," Episode 13 of the CAM podcast

Find Fr. McCarthy and "Behold the Lamb" here:
www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org
www.centerforchristiannonviolence.org

Find CAM here: 
Find us at : www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
Find our podcast/RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171

Support the show

Find CAM here: 
https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast

Send us Fan Mail

What if someone is trying to kill your wife and kids? Are Christians supposed to stand by and do nothing? No! Fr. McCarthy uses a story about Clarence Jordan in the 1940's to demonstrate how nonviolent love is neither passive nor powerless. It is a skill that requires practice and creativity. Jordan found himself in a situation that was not entirely unlike the situation many Catholics feel they are beginning to find themselves in today, in the summer of 2020. Though the details aren't exactly the same, the same dynamics seem to be at work, and Christians are facing the same kinds of choices he faced then with regard to the use of violence.

0:00 Intro by Ellen
2:47 What would you do if...?
14:00 Clarence Jordan and Koinonia Farm

Find Fr. McCarthy's materials here:
https://www.centerforchristiannonviolence.org/index.php/resources/audio-files

"Briars in the Cotton Patch: The Story of Kononia Farm"
https://youtu.be/u336LXW2d-c

"The Cotton Patch Evidence: The Story of Clarence Jordan and the Koinonia Farm Experiment (1942-1970)
https://www.amazon.com/Cotton-Patch-Evidence-Clarence-Experiment/dp/1610976428/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=clarence+jordan&qid=1595445175&s=books&sr=1-5

Find the CAM podcast here:  
www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171

Support the show

Find CAM here: 
https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast

Send us Fan Mail

Fr. Mark educates us about teaching on war in the Orthodox Church. Along the way, we also discuss: Russia's new "military cathedral,"  Koinoinia Farm, Mikhail Kalashnikov (the inventor of the AK-47), and the connection between war and the American funeral industry.

0:00 Fr. Mark's background
7:00 Russian Orthodox Church and the new military cathedral
10:40 History of the Orthodox Church
13:28 Teaching on war in the Orthodox Church
21:06 What steps could the churches take to return to the nonviolent Way of Jesus Christ?
30:58 Is all life sacred?
41:18 Kalashnikov rifle
47:19 Christ tramples down death by death

Find Fr. Mark here: 
http://www.korbanworkshop.com

Find the CAM podcast here:  
www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171

Support the show

Find CAM here: 
https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast

Send us Fan Mail

Fr. McCarthy joins us to talk about:

0:00 Who is worthy of life?
14:41 Another, more fundamental question
20:23 The Christian's choice

Find Fr. McCarthy here:
www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org
www.centerforchristiannonviolence.org

Find the CAM podcast here: 
www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171

Support the show

Find CAM here: 
https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast

Send us Fan Mail

Ellen provides some commentary on the #DefendOurChurches movement.

0:00 Intro
3:41 The two streams of tradition
5:38 What the dudes are saying Catholics should do
16:25 A critique of what the dudes are saying
19:38 The "Just Defense" mentality runs rampant
29:06 A Pinterest conspiracy?
30:28 "There is a war on Christianity" -- Taylor Marshall
32:12 What's this about blood?

Find the CAM podcast here:  
www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171

Also mentioned on the podcast:

Donate to Timothy Gordon at his website here:
https://donorbox.org/timothy-gordon

A Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace
http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/the-harvest-of-justice-is-sown-in-peace.cfm

Behold the Lamb
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLExfYuh4OTPv4gWqqfZSbA8iFdnaH_BBC

Support the show

Find CAM here: 
https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast

Send us Fan Mail

In this episode, Ellen analyzes sixteen lines from Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex, and wonders if the pagans understood the nature of violence better than we do.

0:00 Intro
2:08 Background to the play
5:03 Oedipus's narration of what happened at the place where three roads meet
20:41 Oedipus's later claim of self-defense
24:59 Key points of reflection
30:03 Two personal anecdotes

Find the CAM podcast here:  
www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171

Support the show

Find CAM here: 
https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast

Send us Fan Mail

How are they alike? How are they different? Is Gospel Nonviolence an option or an obligation? Does one have to be a Christian to love like Christ?

0:00 Intro
3:20 Gandhi, Jesus and Tolstoy
8:41 The problem that arises
13:46 Love and fear
16:58 What is fear?
21:11 Jesus and fear
27:46 A lesson from the life of St. Theresa of Lisieux
31:14 The two big differences
37:27 Ending on a controversial note
40:05 Questions and Thoughts
---Participation in police/military and conscientious objection
---The Infallibility Decree of 1870
---Is Gospel Nonviolence an option or an obligation?
---Can only Christians love like Christ?

Find Fr. McCarthy here:
https://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org
https://www.centerforchristiannonviolence.org

Find CAM here: 
https://www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: https://www.buzzsprout.com/296171

Mentioned in the podcast: 

"The Kingdom of God is Within You," by Leo Tolstoy
"Gandhi on Nonviolence," by Thomas Merton

Support the show

Find CAM here: 
https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast

Send us Fan Mail

Ellen investigates some intriguing footnotes on the Visitation of Mary (as told in the Gospel of Luke) and reads aloud from an essay written in 2016 called "Matriot or Patriot?" Covered: feminism, beheadings, World War I, wandering wombs, Mother's Day/Month, female Secretaries of State, recent popes on war, Beyonce/torture, and more. 

Find the CAM podcast here:  
www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171

Also mentioned in this video:
"Women and War" by Ellen Finnigan
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/05/ellen-finnigan/women-war/

Memorializing Motherhood: Anna Jarvis and the Struggle for Control of Mother's Day
https://www.amazon.com/Memorializing-Motherhood-Struggle-VIRGINIA-APPALACHIA/dp/1938228936?imprToken=TWVcmnrCKEqDcW2gMbSLCw&slotNum=0&SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&tag=lrc18-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1938228936

Support the show

Find CAM here: 
https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast

Send us Fan Mail

On May 21, the feast day of Blessed Franz Jagerstatter, Fr. McCarthy joins us to tell us his thoughts on the film "A Hidden Life" (2019). Did the film portray the "real" Franz? Why can Franz be considered, not just a prophet of the Church, but a prophet to the Church? And why is his feast day on the day of his baptism instead of the day of his death? 

Find Fr. McCarthy here: 
www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org
www.centerforchristiannonviolence.org

Find CAM here:  
www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171

Support the show

Find CAM here: 
https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast