In the beginning of the story of Man, we are presented with the Garden of Eden. The garden was watered (ade) daily by a mist that can be understood as a figure of the Holy Spirit. The eretz (earth, land) was cared with the Holy Spirit and the adamah (ground) was infused with the humidity necessary to sustain life. “And a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground.” (Genesis 2:6) Adam was mysteriously connected to the land (adamah) because God had made him of … [Read more...]
Madness in the Garden of Reason
This 2020 is my 20th year in the Catholic Church. The very day I was baptized, August 15, 2001. In a conversation that took place after my First Communion, the priest that baptized me said a few things that I could not quite understand. Perhaps under the influence of a glass of good wine, he carelessly uttered words of apprehension. Who was I? why was I writing defending the Catholic religion? where were those skills coming from? and other questions of that nature. I was saddened by those words. … [Read more...]
US Representative of Pope Francis to Participate in Assembly of Heretical Priests
In early December, the Lepanto Institute learned that the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States (Abp. Christophe Pierre) is scheduled to participate in the annual assembly of a heretical priestly association called the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP). Since the Lepanto Institute has conducted multiple investigations of the AUSCP since 2015, we decided to contact Abp. Pierre to present him with some of our findings and to urge him to withdraw from the AUSCP’s Annual As … [Read more...]
A private encounter
On February 13, I learned about a private encounter between Pope Francis and former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. It is quite difficult for me to write this, mainly because I am profoundly ashamed by the words, actions, and attitudes of the present occupier of the Chair of St. Peter. I was born in Argentina, I live in Buenos Aires and I know my feelings are shared by many Catholic and non-Catholic Argentines. We owe the world an apology but lately we owe a special apology to the … [Read more...]
A critique of false critics
I present to you two quotations before we get into the subject. “The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.” ― Gilbert Keith Chesterton, The Blue Cross: A Father Brown Mystery Chesterton is right only if one looks a a criminal act in a vacuum, isolated from everything else. The criminal's objective is to commit a perfect crime, something that detectives would be unable to distinguish from honest activities. The profits from the crime, and the inevitable clues have to b … [Read more...]
