“Is God acting providentially in the emergence of Israel in 1948? I think so, and I think the Catholic magisterium is pointing toward that answer as well,” wrote in 2019 University of Bristol Catholic theology professor Gavin D’Costa. The views of this adviser to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales indicate the increasingly […]
America’s Middle Eastern School Ties
Experienced political analyst and writer Pratik Chougule has written a fascinating new book on the history of American higher education efforts in the Muslim-majority countries of Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and Qatar. In American Universities in the Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy: Intersections with American Interests, Chougule details the record of American university foundings in the wider Middle East, […]
Rome and Zion (Part Two)
The “State of Israel has every right to exist in safety and prosperity” and an “outright attack on the State of Israel is also anti-Semitism,” stated Pope Francis on October 28, 2015, at the Vatican to visiting World Jewish Congress leaders. Such remarks reveal an ongoing, historic sea change in Catholic views on Zionism, in […]
Rome and Zion (Part One)
The “Zionist State of Israel represents the apostasy of the Chosen People from fidelity to their one True God,” wrote late Catholic priest Vincent P. Miceli in his 1981 book, The Antichrist: The Final Campaign Against the Savior. Recently republished by Sophia Institute Press, Miceli’s book indicates the long-term struggles the Catholic Church has reconciling with Zionism, as […]
New Book Reveals Magi History for All Ages
In Sophia Institute Press’s new children’s book, The Wise Men Who Found Christmas, Catholic journalist and author Raymond Arroyo presents the traditional tale of the Three Wise Men or Magi who visited the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem with important, often overlooked historical details. Beautifully illustrated by Diane Le Feyer, Arroyo’s book brings to light factual questions about who the Magi […]
China, Russia, and War in Ukraine
The United States and its allies currently confront Russian aggression in Ukraine even as threats from China to Taiwan and the wider Pacific region are growing. Former Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy Seth Cropsey founded the Yorktown Institute to focus on American responses to this increasingly dangerous world. He joined Conservative Casual Friday show host Andrew E. […]
Living with Less for Individuals and Societies
Catholic author Laraine Bennett discusses how letting go of material clutter frees individuals and societies in the upcoming Sophia Institute Press book, The Little Way of Living with Less: Learning to Let Go with the Little Flower. Taking her inspiration from the French Catholic saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897), Bennett offers important lessons for how abstinence from affluence liberates body and […]
New Book Examines Atheism’s False Gods
Recently republished by Sophia Institute Press, the 1971 book The Gods of Atheism by Catholic priest and commentator Vincent P. Miceli offers a comprehensive examination of the errors of leading atheist thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx. Sophia Institute Press spokesperson Kristen Van Uden joined Conservative Casual Friday show host Andrew E. Harrod to discuss the malevolent theological and political influence of these individuals across […]
Katy Faust Places Children before Adults and Their Leftist Ideologies
After Katy Faust‘s parents divorced, she split time between the home of her father and the home of her mother who had repartnered with a woman. Now a Christian mother of four children married to a church pastor, Faust has become a unique voice in advocating children’s rights to be raised by their biological mother and […]
Professor Defeats Sharia Censorship in Academia
Scottsdale Community College political science professor Nicholas Damask returned to Global Patriot Radio to discuss his appeals court victory in defending his academic freedom to teach about the Islamic doctrinal basis of jihad terrorism. The United States Ninth Circuit of Appeals recently upheld a district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) against Damask. […]