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Ellen provides some commentary on the #DefendOurChurches movement. 0:00 Intro 3:41 The two streams of tradition 5:38 What the dudes are saying Catholics should do 16:25 A critique of what the dudes are saying 19:38 The "Just Defense" mentality runs rampant 29:06 A Pinterest conspiracy? 30:28 "There is a war on Christianity" -- Taylor Marshall 32:12 What's this about blood?...

In this episode, Ellen analyzes sixteen lines from Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex, and wonders if the pagans understood the nature of violence better than we do. 0:00 Intro 2:08 Background to the play 5:03 Oedipus's narration of what happened at the place where three roads meet 20:41 Oedipus's later claim of self-defense 24:59 Key points of reflection 30:03 Two personal anecdotes Find...

How are they alike? How are they different? Is Gospel Nonviolence an option or an obligation? Does one have to be a Christian to love like Christ? 0:00 Intro 3:20 Gandhi, Jesus and Tolstoy 8:41 The problem that arises 13:46 Love and fear 16:58 What is fear? 21:11 Jesus and fear 27:46 A lesson from the life of St. Theresa of Lisieux 31:14 The two big differences 37:27 Ending on a controversial note...

Ellen investigates some intriguing footnotes on the Visitation of Mary (as told in the Gospel of Luke) and reads aloud from an essay written in 2016 called "Matriot or Patriot?" Covered: feminism, beheadings, World War I, wandering wombs, Mother's Day/Month, female Secretaries of State, recent popes on war, Beyonce/torture, and more.  Find the CAM podcast here:   www.catholicsagains...

On May 21, the feast day of Blessed Franz Jagerstatter, Fr. McCarthy joins us to tell us his thoughts on the film "A Hidden Life" (2019). Did the film portray the "real" Franz? Why can Franz be considered, not just a prophet of the Church, but a prophet to the Church? And why is his feast day on the day of his baptism instead of the day of his death?  Find Fr. McCarthy here:  w...

The United States has reached an impasse: Either end the draft entirely, and abolish the Selective Service system, or expand the draft to include women. Edward Hasbrouck joins us today to explain the outcome of last year's National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS) and to inform us about the bill to abolish the draft (H.R.5492), as well as the possibility of a medi...

In his recently published memoir "Writing Straight With Crooked Lines" (2020), Jim Forest writes about growing up during the Cold War the child of two Communists, his struggles with marriage, and his spiritual quest, which led him to working with Dorothy Day at the Catholic Worker in the early sixties and to befriending some of the twentieth century's most famous spiritual leaders,...

Some thoughts on the documentary "Out of Shadows" and why it should be watched. "Out of Shadows" (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY8Nfzcn1qQ&t=1108s 0:00 The documentary 7:04 Anderson Cooper 10:20 Whitney Houston and other Christian singers 16:58 Jessica Lynch 26:51 The Franklin Cover-up 36:02 PizzaGate and "fake news" 45:12 Normalization of pedophilia 56:0...

Thoughts for Holy Thursday: Fr. McCarthy explains how the Nonviolent Love of Jesus for both friends and enemies is historically at the heart of His passion and death. It must therefore be communicated as being ineradicably at the heart of the Eucharist.  Find this lecture in written form here:  http://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com/speeches-and-sermons/the-nonviolent-eucharist/ Find Fr. McCarthy h...

Part III of the "coronavirus conversation" with Fr. McCarthy. What lessons can we learn from the plagues on Egypt as they appear in Scripture? What is the spiritual significance of this moment in history? How do we find peace, and what is the role of the Church during a pandemic of fear? 9:51 "Fear not" 13:00 "Fear and trembling" ---Sidenote: Edith Stein on the afterl...

Part II of the "coronavirus conversation" with Fr. McCarthy: Does the U.S. have something like the "patriotic church" of China? What does it mean to be "Hunthausened"? What should the Catholic Bishops be doing right now? (Stay tuned for Part III when we discuss what we should be doing right now.) 0:00 Control and the impersonal agencies of the state 4:43 Iraq 2 6:53 T...

Fr. McCarthy gives us a history lesson on the role the mass media plays when it comes to social and economic engineering, as we try to figure out what to make of this coronavirus situation. (Part I) 1:00 Tom Brady (just because) 6:06 A funny meme 7:00 What is this thing? 11:26 "A New Pearl Harbor" 15:48 Spanish American War and Cuba 20:00 The oldest trick in the book 22:13 Trump and &quo...

On the 17th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq , Mark Scibilia-Carver tells us about his website and the Scroll of Remembrance he created for American Catholics (or at least those who had Catholic funerals) who have died in this pre-emptive, unjust, and unnecessary war. Let us pray for and grieve the loss of all victims of the "War on Terror." https://thecatholiccostofwar.org Mentioned...

The little known writing of Saint Patrick and a few thoughts on "Irish Catholicism," with our special guest, Fr. McCarthy. 0:00 The icon that Fr. McCarthy made 8:45 "Killing" versus "murder" 17:17 Fighting Irish 19:13 Irish Catholicism 22:24 Jansenism 35:07 "Felt banners" and the Second Vatican Council 38:00 Return to the good ol' days? 39:40 A little d...

These are short meditations on the final day of Jesus' earthly life written and recorded by Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy, and they are used here with his permission.  "Jesus, Remember Me" “copyright © Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, 71250 Taizé, France.” Find Fr. McCarthy here:  www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org Find CAM here:   www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www....

An interview with Hugh Turley, co-author of the book "The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation." In the more than fifty years since Merton passed, this has been the only investigation of his death ever conducted. Find CAM here:  www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171 Mentioned in this episode: "The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investi...

A look through the spiritual classic "The Seven Storey Mountain" to find out what shaped Thomas Merton's views on war and how those views developed in the first half of his life. (Note: spoilers!) 0:00 Intro 3:13 Early life 8:12 Leaving England/Cambridge (1934) 15:48 Communism at Columbia ---The Peace Strike and The Oxford Pledge 22:23 Merton discovers the need for a spiritual life...

Ellen shares a personal story and reads her essay "What about Franz?", a reflection on the film "A Hidden Life" written in January 2020. 0:00 Personal story 4:12 Christ the King 11:22 Things Hidden 22:39 Similarities between Franz and Ben 25:07 Speaking versus Silence 35:37 Better Questions Mentioned in this episode: "A Hidden Life" (2019) trailer https://youtu.be/qJX...

Sam Dean, husband, father of seven children, Catholic convert and former Army Officer (1988-2010), tells us about his quest to find answers to his "Just War" questions and where it has led him. 0:00 Sam's background 7:30 Two memories that stand out from his military career 12:00 Discovering Just War Doctrine / Theory / Tradition (?) 19:15 How JWT is taught in a Catholic seminary 22:...

This is the third and final piece of a longer conversation with Fr. Charles McCarthy. We respond to Bishop Barron's article "1917 and Remembering Who We Are" (Jan. '20), in which he seems mystified as to how Christians, "presumably schooled in the moral principles of Jesus Christ," could have participated en masse in the "folly of war" during WWI, especially...

This episode is part two of a three part conversation. In it, Fr. McCarthy responds to Bishop Barron's take on nonviolence as expressed in his 2016 YouTube video: "Bishop Barron on Daniel Berrigan and Nonviolence." Can Christian nonviolence be likened to celibacy? Are those Christians who choose to be nonviolent, like Daniel Berrigan, merely providing an "eschatological witness...

Fr. James Martin recently wrote an article for America magazine entitled "The Teaching of the Catholic Church is Clear: We Are Against War." You might want to read his (very short) article, linked below, before you listen to this podcast. Fr. McCarthy joins us to discuss. 0:00 Intro 3:10 Overview of Fr. James Martin's article 10:08 Revisionist history 13:13 "Against war"?...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as the result of a conspiracy that included elements of his own government: This was the verdict in a civil trial that took place in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1999. Twelve jurors reached a unanimous verdict after four weeks of testimony and over 70 witnesses.  They were only in deliberations for about an hour. Jim Douglass (a guest on the CAM podcast Episo...

Pat McGeehan is a graduate of the Air Force Academy and served as an intelligence officer overseas. A former businessman, he is currently an author and a state representative in the West Virginia legislature. Eric Morris, who was interviewed in Episode 19 and is a former member of the Wyoming National Guard, interviews Pat about the "Defend the Guard Act" and "Bring Our Troops Home,...

Forty-eight hours into the new year and "world war 3" was already trending on Twitter. How can a Catholic respond to so much evil in the world? Is it wrong to be angry? Is prayer and fasting all we can do? What is the relationship of Christianity to activism? Fr. McCarthy returns to give us his thoughts. 0:00 Introductory chit chat 6:00 Thoughts on "nobodies" and hidden things...