Avoiding Babylon

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Anthony and Rob discuss the rumors and leaks of a possible upcoming Apostolic Constitution from Pope Francis that could further restrict the traditional Latin Mass even more than "Traditionis custodes". Another disturbing part of the rumor is t...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Today, Bishop Daniel Felton of the Diocese of Duluth, MN announced how Pope Francis's motu proprio, "Traditionis custodes", would be implemented in the Duluth diocese.  It was much better news than many dioceses have received.  The current...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! You probably saw Joe and Anthony derail the whole channel last week in their discussions on the SSPX, sedevacantism, "nuance", etc.  Well, Rob finally has a chance to respond and share his thoughts.  Will he use nuance to get the channel back o...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Jason from @tradmenpodcast397 joins Anthony and Rob to review and give their personal Catholic perspectives on the sixth episode of the new season of @TheChosenSeries.  Will this be an episode Rob actually likes? Is the show growing on him?  No, to both...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! This is the show that Anthony promised he would never do. Nothing will be off the table in this discussion.  Honestly, this could go so wrong that Rob has decided to not even show his face.  Be warned! Anthony and Joe discuss much of the controversy and...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Jason from @tradmenpodcast397 joins Anthony and Rob to review and give their personal Catholic perspectives on the fifth episode of the new season of @TheChosenSeries.  Will Peter be an insensitive husband again? What did Eden want to discuss with him? W...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Jason from @tradmenpodcast397 joins Anthony and Rob to review and give their personal Catholic perspectives on the fourth episode of the new season of @TheChosenSeries. #TheChosen #Christianity #Catholic #Bible *******************************************...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Kennedy Hall from The Kennedy Report and Matt Gaspers from Catholic Family News join Anthony and Rob to discuss the big stories in the Catholic world from 2022 and to make predictions for the upcoming year. ***********************************************...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Rob and Mark from Trad Men talk about their memories of Pope Benedict XVI on the day of his death. #PopeBenedictXVI #MementoMori #RIP #Catholic ******************************************************** Avoiding Babylon was started during the height of the...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Jason from @tradmenpodcast397 joins Anthony and Rob to review and give their personal Catholic perspectives on the third episode of the new season of @TheChosenSeries.  This episode may be the most contentious yet of the season.  Will Jason still be posi...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Jason from @tradmenpodcast397 joins Anthony and Rob to review and give their personal perspectives on the second episode of the new season of "The Chosen".  Will the team from @TheChosenSeries see this episode and comment on it like the first e...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! A good friend sent me this video from the  @nytimes earlier today.  I got so worked up watching it that I found myself more or less live-tweeting my responses to him via text message.  I got to thinking that this may be a great video to do a reaction/res...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Dr. Paul Thigpen joins Anthony and Rob to discuss his new book, "The Life of St Joseph as Seen by the Mystics".  This book is a compilation and retelling of visions from five of the Church's mystics on the life of Saint Joseph. This work s...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Jason from Trad Men joins Anthony and Rob to review and give their personal perspectives on the first episode of the new season of "The Chosen". #TheChosen #Christianity #Catholic #Catholicism ***************************************************...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! The fashion brand Balenciaga has been in very hot water recently over advertising/marketing campaigns that seem to celebrate and promote the sexual exploitation of children.  Was this some attempt to be fashionably edgy and controversial? Or is this just...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Anthony was able to pester and goad Eric Sammons to come on the show once again, this time to talk about the season of Advent, family Advent traditions, and the book on the Jesse Tree written by Eric and his wife. https://ericsammons.com/product/the-j......

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Happy Thanksgiving! We just wanted to give thanks to everyone that has helped us make Avoiding Babylon a reality.  You are all truly the best and we are very grateful for you. ******************************************************************************...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Going to discuss the most controversial opinions from Mary Did You Know, to the gay “marriage” bill actually being a good thing, and Anthony’s Twitter account being restored. #Catholic #Catholicism #trad **************************************************...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Avoiding Babylon dives into the Nov 15th, 2022 New York Times article on the traditional Latin Mass and asks the question, "Has Traditionis custodes already failed less than 2 years after its publication?" Avoiding Babylon was started during th...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Anthony and Rob have Tim Gordon from Rules for Retrogrades on to discuss the #mattwalsh appearance on #joerogan  Ant, Rob, and Tim will give their thoughts on Matt Walsh's defense of #traditional  #marriage  as well give what they think would have b...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Anthony and Rob, with their wives, have a discussion with Art and Laraine Bennett on the subject of temperaments.  Art & Laraine literally wrote the book(s) on temperaments from a Catholic perspective.  Anthony, Rob, and their wives hope to learn abo...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Ant and Rob decided to have a quick, impromptu show review of their interview with Art & Laraine Bennett.  Like usual, they go somewhat off topic and talk about controversy between Kennedy Hall and Michael Lofton, the horrors of Communism, and the My...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Anthony and Rob discuss the Catholic Triduum of Hallowtide, the pagan Samhain, and the modern celebration of Halloween. Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?ref=AVOIDINGBABYLON and using...

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Rob and Anthony pop on for a Sunday evening chat about the future of the channel and some cool shows we have planned.  Angela from @Integrated with Angela Erickson and Jeremiah from @The Meaning of Catholic and @Paleocrat pop in to chat with us as well....

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Our Steubenville trip recap show where we talk about our stalking of Matt Fradd, the crew meeting for the first time, and the mischief we got into. Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?r...