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The Liturgy Wars: An Analysis of Pope Francis’s Recent Address
The subject of Sacred Music has come up at least once during the reign of almost every pope in the last century. Pope St. Pius X started with his motu proprio in 1903. Pius XI, who doesn’t get as much … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Liturgy
Tagged CMAA, Corpus Christi Watershed, Culture, Fluffy Horde, Kevin Allen, Pope Francis, Sacred Music
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Amoris Laetitia: What the Pope Actually Said (Part Two)
Today, we continue our analysis of Pope Francis’ post-synodal apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia. Last time, I already told you to go and read the document, so hopefully you did. I’ll say again: don’t believe what the lamestream media says about … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, The Church
Tagged Abortion, Amoris Laetitia, Church Teaching, Euthanasia, Family, Mainstream Media, Pope Francis, Vocations
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Amoris Laetitia: What The Pope Actually Said (Part One)
Every time Pope Francis sneezes, we have to endure the constant lamestream media’s commentary on how that sneeze means that he’s going to change Church Teaching on marriage, the family, homosexuality, abortion, or whatever the hell else they’re lobbying for … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, The Church
Tagged Abortion, Amoris Laetitia, Conscience, Family, Feminism, Homosexuality, Mainstream Media, Marriage, Pope Francis, Transgender
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The Catholic Geek: Pirates and Alternate history 11/15
Description Host Declan Finn (Honor at Stake) will be talking with Fred Heimbach on alternate history, including his latest book, The Devil’s Dictum, where the United States of America was founded by pirates. Frederick Gero Heimbach’s fiction has appeared at … Continue reading
The Catholic Geek: Synods and Starships 11/08
Description Guest host Matthew Bowman (of Novel Ninja, and the owner of The Catholic Geeks) fills in for Declan Finn. Do not be alarmed. This new dictatorship will be peaceful, until the moment it isn’t. Joining Matthew in the … Continue reading
The Catholic Geek: #GamerGate Primer with ShadowDancer, Ninjas and More
Description Declan Finn (Honor At Stake, The Pius Trilogy) has the wonderful RK ‘Shadowdancer’ Modena return. RK Modena is an artist whose work is on sale (and quite beautiful). She will join a panel that includes the Novel Ninja, Matthew … Continue reading
The Catholic Geek: Erin Lale on WorldCon 09/20
Description Tonight, host Declan Finn (Honor at Stake) will talk with Damnation Press’ Erin Lale, as Erin gives us an after action report on this year’s WorldCon. Erin Lale is an author and editor. She’s a frequent contributor to Perihelion … Continue reading
Posted in Science Fiction
Tagged Hugo Awards, Pope Francis, Science Fiction, Strawpope Frank, Worldcon
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Putting a Spolight on “Spotlight”
Finn’s Law: Never Attribute to Malice What Can be Equally Attributed to Stupidity. [Preface to the evil religion blog posts is here.] After the start of my online Twitter career, some moron threatened me because I even implied that someone … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Rants, The Church
Tagged Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope St. John Paul II
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The Catholic Geek: Rory Modena and David Chalmers 08/30 by We Built That Network | Culture Podcasts
Declan Finn (Honor At Stake, The Pius Trilogy) has the wonderful RK ‘Shadowdancer’ Modena and her cohort David Chalmers. We’ll cover art (which Declan knows nothing about), censorship in gaming and game chat, as well as their upcoming collaboration on … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Rants, Romance, Science Fiction, The Church, Writing
Tagged Hugo Awards, Matthew Bowman, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank, The Catholic Geek Radio Show
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What the Pope Doesn’t Say
There is a lot of people online complaining about “Why hasn’t the Pope condemned Obama? Planned Parenthood? Abortion? Communism? WHY HASN’T HE SAID EXACTLY WHAT I WANT SO I CAN BE REASSURED OF WHAT HE BELIEVES.” Yes, really. If they … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Rants, The Church
Tagged Pope, Pope Francis, Pope Francis Visits, Strawpope Frank, Vatican
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Pope In DC: Bitchsmacks Obama
While the media drools over everything that the Pope says, either with THE POPE’S A DIRTY COMMIE, or THE POPE IS A GREAT COMMIE! Let’s look at some of what the Pope is actually doing, because I’m tired of this … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News, The Church
Tagged Mainstream Media, Pope, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank
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Pope in US
You can’t visit social media without tripping over news or opinion about Pope Francis visiting the United States right now usually with the hashtag #PopeInUS. I’d say that it was finally drowning out political infighting, but that’s not actually true. … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, News, The Church
Tagged Mainstream Media, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank
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Dear Media: Stop Lying about the Pope
There is a new article out about the six times that you’ve been flat out lied to about Pope Francis. While long-time readers of The Catholic Geeks have noticed the running gag based around this problem — Strawpope Frank — … Continue reading
Judge Napolitano’s Odd View of Catholicism
The Catholic Geek network brought to my attention an interview with Andrew Napolitano, a former judge on the New York Superior Court and now a law professor and a commentator for various publications in both print and on television. The former … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fisks, History, News, Rants, Resources, The Church
Tagged Annulment, Capitalism, Communism, Doctrine, Economics, Papal Infallibility, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Strawpope Frank, Traditionalism
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Obama to Francis: Screw You
Dear President Obama, can we talk? Because, I know that you’re a complete and total douchebag. But does that mean you have to be rude as well? Look at this lineup for Obama to meet the Pope next week: a”pro-abortion religious sister, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, News
Tagged Episcopal bishop, Gay Marriage, Obama, Pope Francis, President Obama, White House
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The NPR’s Pathetic Attempt at Catholicism: A Fisk
Pope Francis will soon visit the United States, and that means ’tis the season for moronic attempts by non-Catholics and fake-Catholics to pretend to explain Catholicism to the Low Information Readers. It’s amazing; not too long ago, people had the … Continue reading
Strawpope Frank Returns: A Fisk
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, the Battle of the Fisks! This article was so horrible, it got not one, but two fisks here at The Catholic Geeks! That has to be some kind of record. Enjoy! Anything that the … Continue reading
Fisking the Post’s Strawpope
Yesterday, the Washington Post published an article on Strawpope Frank. Well, actually, they claim it’s on Pope Francis, but we know how that works now, don’t we? The title of the article is “Conservative Dissent is Brewing Inside the Vatican,” … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fisks, News, The Church
Tagged Cardinal Burke, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank
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Talking Iran and Military Tech with Ava Armstrong
Check Out Military Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio Did I ever mention I live on a corner? A corner that does NOT have a four-way stop sign? What happens when a body (of … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Romance, The Church, Thriller, Writing
Tagged Ava Armstrong, Iran, Military, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank, The Catholic Geek Radio Show
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Did the Pope say ISIS was just like Jesus?
Gasp! Horror! The Pope said something controversial! Wait, haven’t we gone through this at least once a month since he was elected? And didn’t 99% of that proven to be obviously different from what was reported, if not an outright lie … Continue reading →