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Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy reads a reflection he wrote on the second week of Advent. Find Fr. McCarthy here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzhM.. . https://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org Find CAM here:  www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​ https://www.youtube.com/@catholicsagainstmilitarism Support the show Find CAM here:  https://catholicsagainstmi...

Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy reads a reflection he wrote on Advent. Find Fr. McCarthy here:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzhM... https://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org Find CAM here:   www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​ Support the show Find CAM here:  https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​ Rumble: https...

A reflection on Cardinal McElroy and the U.S. Bishops, written on November 19, 2022, by Fr. McCarthy and recorded shortly thereafter. Subscribe to Fr. McCarthy's YouTube channel here:  https://www.youtube.com/@emmanuelcharlesmccarthy3292 Find CAM here:   www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc1nSUTY-wNdsKxSzmUOzCA RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​ Supp...

E. Michael Jones returns for his third interview on the CAM podcast, this time about the overturning of Roe v. Wade and its aftermath. 0:00 New book The Dangers of Beauty 5:36 The soul 8:36 Overturning of Roe vs. Wade ---Most significant event that has happened since, according to Dr. Jones ---Ben Shapiro's talk in South Bend 16:44 Women, Abortion, and the Vote 21:00 Who is James Carroll? --A...

Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy reads a reflection he wrote on November 11, Armistice Day, Veterans Day, St. Martin of Tours Day. Subscribe to Fr. McCarthy's channel here:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzhM... Find CAM here:   www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​ Support the show Find CAM here:  https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http:...

Follow up to 2020's Parts I and 2 with Fr. McCarthy. And Ellen announces a new venture! Subscribe to Fr. McCarthy's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzhM... More about Teach to the Text: https://teach-to-the-text.teachable.c... First study: Let's Read The Iliad https://teach-to-the-text.teachable.c... Find CAM here:  www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://...

A personal narrative of a canoe trip taken July 29-Aug. 13, 1962, written by Fr. George Zabelka, found by Ellen and read here on Aug. 9th in memory of Fr. Zabelka, in celebration of life, and as a protest against the metaverse.  August 9, a book by Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy https://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AUGUST-9-Book-by-Fr-Emmanuel-Charles-McCarthy.pdf OPEN...

Overwhelmed by current events? This is a reading of the essay "Events and Pseudo-Events" from the book Faith and Violence by Thomas Merton. Support the show Find CAM here:  https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast

August 9 marked the 40th anniversary of Fr. McCarthy's ordination. This is a recording of the homily he gave at his first Divine Liturgy (Mass) on September 13, 1981, previously heard only by the people who were there. It tells the story of an incredible 20-year journey that led a Roman Catholic boy from Boston to being ordained by Patriarch Maximus V as a married priest of the Melkite Rite o...

Guests Brian Jobe and Jordan Almanzar join us for a freewheeling conversation on the Catholic scholar Rene Girard, his thoughts and theories, and how we see them reflected in the world today. Dr. Jordan Almanzar earned his Ph. D. in History and Literature of Ancient Christianity from Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen, Germany. He currently teaches Latin and Greek at Magdalen College and Kolbe...

Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy joins us to answer this important and thought-provoking question: Should a Christian vote? 0:00 Intro 4:39 The Smothers Brothers PART 1 8:22 The perspective Fr. McCarthy is coming from 11:53 Does Fr. McCarthy vote? Why or why not? 19:55 Clinton vs. Bush, 1992 (example) 25:13 The critical thing in society --crimes against humanity --the Patriot Act 29:55 Concluding tho...

Writer and former professor Edward Curtain joins us to talk about his research into the events of September 11th, some similarities we see with COVID today, and his new book, "Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies."  0:00 Edward's background 2:00 Trump and foreign policy 11:35 Similarities between COVID and Sept. 11th 15:35 "Science!" 21:22 "Conspiracy theories!" --...

Seventy-five years ago, during the Second World War, Fr. George Zabelka was the Catholic chaplain for the 509th composite group, the group that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the mid-1970's, Fr. Zabelka repented for the role he played in the Second World War and became a public advocate of Christian nonviolence. No Catholic publication in the late '70s was interested...

What if someone is trying to kill your wife and kids? Are Christians supposed to stand by and do nothing? No! Fr. McCarthy uses a story about Clarence Jordan in the 1940's to demonstrate how nonviolent love is neither passive nor powerless. It is a skill that requires practice and creativity. Jordan found himself in a situation that was not entirely unlike the situation many Catholics feel th...

Fr. Mark educates us about teaching on war in the Orthodox Church. Along the way, we also discuss: Russia's new "military cathedral,"  Koinoinia Farm, Mikhail Kalashnikov (the inventor of the AK-47), and the connection between war and the American funeral industry. 0:00 Fr. Mark's background 7:00 Russian Orthodox Church and the new military cathedral 10:40 History of the Orthod...

Fr. McCarthy joins us to talk about: 0:00 Who is worthy of life? 14:41 Another, more fundamental question 20:23 The Christian's choice Find Fr. McCarthy here: www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org www.centerforchristiannonviolence.org Find the CAM podcast here:  www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171 Support the show Find CAM here:  https://catholicsagainstmil...

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...