Setting The Record Straight

Persecution of Catholicism and other religions continues in China. The severity of it is seldom reported accurately by our major news outlets. The record must be known. Listen to the astounding story of Chinese Bishop Ignatius Kung’s mighty faith. He endured a life sentence for his faithfulness to the chair of Peter. Listen to the words Bishop Kung shouted as he stood before a large stadium of Chinese people who had come to see him ridiculed and confessing his betrayal of the People’s Republic of China. Listen to his sermon spoken at the end of his life. It was directed to you and me.

If it wasn’t displeasing enough to our British friends that so much of their “English Literature” was written by the Irish, now it turns out that Shakespeare was a Catholic ! Well…maybe very very probably a Catholic. There is a lot of evidence. Listen to a bit of it. There is also an interview with the brilliant Joseph Pearce who has written several books on this subject.

Attila The Hun’s Shocking Vision. Unbelievable things do happen. Attila The Hun was a savage and merciless marauder, a tyrant that ruled a tribal empire. During his reign, he was one of the most feared enemies of the Roman Empire, What do you think would probably happen when Attila invaded Rome and faced off against Saint Pope Leo I? You might be surprised. Listen to an astounding eyewitness account of a face to face confrontation that changed the course of history.

Castaways, Castaways, Castaways All ! We have been marooned by the retreating tide of Christianity. Our country cannot survive long without its culture. Our culture cannot survive long without its cult…its Christianity. Like the novel Robinson Crusoe we have been edited into a secular version of ourselves. A culture that has been deliberately secularized has been eviscerated.

Rewritten and changed into something else! Even inverted ! The novel “Robinson Crusoe” has been the repeated victim of the literary crime of secularization of a great Christian novel. Before the end of 1719, the book had already run through four editions, and it has gone on to become one of the most widely published books in history. The original is a powerful story of conversion and redemption. It has been often adapted for movies usually in sadly distorted form. Listen to the eye-opening truth of what happened to “Robinson Crusoe”.

Isabella was praised as “ The Catholic Queen”, or even more praised as simply “The Catholic”. It is often said that there was never a more accomplished Queen. Under her rule Spain became the most cultured and advanced country in the world. It had the most sensible and humane justice system. She banned slavery. Under her rule Spain reformed the Catholic Church long before the Reformation thus avoiding the bloody sectarian wars of the rest of Europe. Isabelle was lovely, serene, wise, and devout. She believed in Columbus when few others did, and thus opened up the half of the world to the rescuing gospel of Christ and the gift of salvation through His sacraments.

Women and The Catholic Church. How has the Catholic Church affected the status of women? Surprise ! The Catholic Church has done more to elevate the status of women than any other entity in history. Isn’t it well known that the Catholic Church is an old fashioned remanent of inflexible Patriarchy ? Hasn’t the Catholic Church stood athwart the path of the progressive liberation of women blocking the way and yelling “Stop ! ” ? Mythbusting again, Chuck brings an authoritatively documented rebuttal of common misconceptions about how it happened that, in some societies, women have risen to take their place as equals today. It was, in great part, the influence of Catholicism.

The Catholic Church has done more to elevate the status of women than any other entity in history. What !!! Isn’t it well known that the Catholic Church is an old fashioned remanent of inflexible Patriarchy ? Hasn’t the Catholic Church stood athwart the path of the progressive liberation of women blocking the way and yelling “Stop ! ” ? Mythbusting again, Chuck brings an authoritatively documented rebuttal of common misconceptions about how it happened that, in some societies, women have risen to take their place as equals today. It was, in great part, the influence of Catholicism.

It's a big surprise to many people when they first hear about the unappreciated accomplishments of monks and monasteries. What a rich inheritance we have received from our cutural ancestors , the monks. This is part 2 of 2 podcasts in which Chuck reveals a whole list of cultural foundations that we owe to the monks.

What Good are Monks? A Protestant friend asked this question and I was rendered speechless. Where do you begin to describe the thanks we owe to monks for the stupendous gifts they gave us? They created and provided a great part of of what we think of as our civilization. They created the university system, the foundations of science, the foundations of modern agriculture, etcetera. Listen and be amazed at this forgotten history. It is a big subject so this is part one of two podcasts.