Conspiracism and Creationism
Check out the fourth episode of The Critical Catholic on Where Peter Is Media, with Mike Lewis and D.W. Lafferty. Mike was away this week. We stream live every Sunday on YouTube at 8 p.m. EST. This week’s guest: Brett...
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Postcard #7: Puente la Reina – The Needle and the Cross
The Camino route junction where pilgrims walking to Compostela from France meet those coming from the east in Spain on the Camino Aragonés is at Obanos, after which they all mix together in the hostel dormitories of Puente la Reina. ...
Going Live with Brett Salkeld at 8:00 p.m. EST!
Tonight, D.W. Lafferty will be speaking with Brett Salkeld, Archdiocesan Theologian for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina. We’re going to discuss some of the philosophical and theological problems with conspiracy theory, as well as how Catholic creationism can function...
Being angry with God is a way to pray too
I found comfort in this. From today’s general audience… Pope Francis discusses what we must do when we find it difficult to pray. One must learn to go forward always. True progress in the spiritual life does not consist in...
Christendom and Conspiracism
Check out the third episode of The Critical Catholic on Where Peter Is Media, with Mike Lewis and D.W. Lafferty. We stream live every Sunday on YouTube at 8 p.m. EST. This week’s guest: Paul Fahey Overview: We all have a...
Postcard #6: Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Covid at the sharp end
Pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago passing through Santo Domingo de la Calzada soon learn how devastating the Covid-19 losses have been. The town’s high death rate makes it one of the worst affected rural communities in Europe, but that...
Going live at the top of the hour!
D.W. Lafferty, Paul Fahey, and Mike Lewis discuss the desire of many to restore Christendom, the phenomenon of “highbrow” conspiracism, and other subjects entering Catholic discourse. Sources: The Church’s Mission and the Allure of Neo-Christendom by Paul Fahey How American...
Alessandra Harris has a challenge for WPI readers
The fourth installment of our Women of Color in Catholic Media interview series is a candid conversation with author Alessandra Harris. We explore several topics, ranging from her books to the global debt crisis to the racial demographics in Catholic...
Postcard #5: Foncebadón – Resurrection on the Margins
Foncebadón is the highest village on the Camino, where pilgrims climb the mountain trail west from León. The area is known as the Maragatería and by the 1990s its ruined villages had become emblematic of the new social problem of...
The Problem of Internet Radicalization
Live at 8 pm Eastern, 5 pm Pacific! In the second episode of The Critical Catholic, DW Lafferty and Mike Lewis look at the censorship of outlets like LifeSiteNews for disseminating conspiracy theories and misinformation by social media platforms like...
Postcard #4: Ligugé Abbey – Obedience or fragmentation?
This is the fourth in “Postcards from the Camino” by Gareth Thomas, a series of reflections on the Camino de Santiago, the pilgrimage route leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela...
Watch Episode 1 of the Critical Catholic
David Lafferty and Mike Lewis are going live at the top of the hour for the first episode of the critical Catholic. Topics: the latest Vigano letter, Jim Caviezel and QAnon, the cancelation of Patrick Coffin’s Covid conspiracy conference, Q:...
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