Category: Randall Smith

Improving the Church

by bcadmin | Nov 23, 2022 | 2022, 2023-2024 Synod on Synodality, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, David Carlin's "Improving the Church", Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy OFM Cap., Jesus Christ, moral decline of the Democratic Party, News, old liberalism v. new leftism, Pope Francis, Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing | 0 |

Decades ago, American conservatives used to say that liberalism was “creeping socialism.” It wasn’t true at the time – although…

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Synodality? How about Better Preaching

by bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | 2022, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, improving Catholic preaching, News, Randall Smith, Randall Smith's "Synodality? How about Better Preaching", The Catholic Thing, the problem of poor homilies | 0 |

The whole business of the “synod on synodality” is above my head. So I’m not sure how a synod on…

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The Jesuits: What Went Wrong

by bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | 2022, Brad Miner, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Francis X. Maier's "The Jesuits: What Went Wrong", Jesuit order, News, only Jesuit pope, Pope Francis, Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing, Tim Russert | 0 |

Tim Russert, the late, great anchor of NBC’s Meet the Press, died in 2008. Praised as an “honorary Jesuit” in…

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Advantages of Inflation

by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | "closed societies" communism, 2022, Columns, David Warren, David Warren's "Advantages of Inflation", Fr. Paul D. Scalia, helping the poor, Jesus Christ, News, Pope Francis, Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing, wealth and poverty, wealth and power | 0 |

A surprising number of our social problems will be peacefully resolved, or at least ameliorated, as we decline into poverty….

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From Here to Eternity

by bcadmin | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022, All Saints Day, All Soul's Day, and the Resurrection of the Body Emmaus Press, book about the resurrection of the body, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Fr. Gerald E. Murray, From Here to Eternity by Randall Smith, From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, Jesus Christ, Michael Pakaluk, News, Randall Smith, resurrection of the body, saints in heaven, The Catholic Thing | 0 |

Few things challenge our tranquility and provoke a sense of existential dread more profoundly than the thought of death. If…

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The Present Desolation

by bcadmin | Oct 21, 2022 | 2022, abandonment of Chinese Catholics, Brad Miner, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, David Warren's "The Present Desolation", decline of faith, decline of the West, Jesus Christ, News, Pope Francis, pro-abort Mariana Mazzucato to the Pontifical Academy of Life, Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing | 0 |

The most recent appointment scandal in Rome – that of Mariana Mazzucato to the Pontifical Academy of Life – did…

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Medieval ‘Reductio’ vs. Modern Reductivism

by bcadmin | Oct 18, 2022 | 2022, Bonaventure's "The Reduction of the Arts to Theology", Catholic Church, Catholic intellectual tradition, Catholicism, Columns, Helen Freeh, Michael Pakaluk, News, purpose of Catholic education, Randall Smith, Randall Smith's "Medieval Reductio vs. Modern Reductivism", St. Bonaventure, The Catholic Thing | 0 |

When, after a series of disputes, the great medieval doctor of the Church, St. Bonaventure was finally incepted as a…

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A Different Kind of Classroom Diversity

by bcadmin | Sep 6, 2022 | 2022, Columns, Diversity equity and inclusion (DEI), News, non-traditional students, older-than-usual students, Randall Smith, Randall Smith's "A Different Kind of Classroom Diversity", The Catholic Thing | 0 |

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has become the new “god” of the university, including many prestigious Catholic universities. Some of…

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Rejecting a Culture of Lies

by bcadmin | Aug 24, 2022 | 2022, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Elaine Riddick, lies in the Washington Post, lying academics, lying media, lying politicians, News, Pinocchio, Randall Smith, Randall Smith's "Rejecting a Culture of Lies", The Catholic Thing | 0 |

It was a very revealing moment. I was driving with a friend through a major university campus. He was working…

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Forming ‘Warriors and Adventurers’ in Christ’s Army

by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | 2022, Bonagura's "Forming 'Warriors and Adventurers' in Christ’s Army", Columns, David G. Bonagura Jr., education children in the Catholic faith, News, Randall Smith, Robert Royal, setting a Catholic example as parents, The Catholic Thing | 0 |

We all know the grim statistics: a mere quarter of Catholics attend Mass each Sunday. Half of those do not…

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Persons vs. Human Beings

by bcadmin | Aug 9, 2022 | 2022, Abortion, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, News, Randall Smith, Randall Smith's "Persons vs. Human Beings", The Catholic Thing, the fetus is a person | 0 |

A common defense of abortion is that the developing fetus within a mother’s womb, although clearly a “human being” –…

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Looking Out at the Heavens

by bcadmin | Jul 26, 2022 | 2022, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, death on the Cross, greatness of God, Incarnation of Christ, James V. Schall, James Webb Telescope, Jesus Christ, News, Randall Smith, Randall Smith's "Looking Out at the Heavens", The Catholic Thing, vastness of the universe, “What is man that you are mindful of him?” | 0 |

Many of us have seen the amazing new pictures from the James Webb Telescope that show hundreds of galaxies billions…

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