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Valle de los Caídos civil war monument by Jess Gambacurta under CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jessgambacurta/3644962481/

How Anti-Catholicism works: the example of Spain

Published on 04.08.2025.

There is something curious about certain anti-Catholic opinions regarding Spain. They fault the Church for both the Inquisition and for supporting Franco in the civil war, even though the side of the Republic killed many priests.

Val Gardena in South Tyrol

Josef Mayr-Nusser, a lay martyr of Nazism from South Tyrol

Published on 03.30.2025.

This article is reprinted from Vision2000, a defunct Austrian Catholic magazine.

The dome of St. Peter's at night

Musings on 12 years of Bergoglio

Published on 03.30.2025.

Now that Antipope Bergoglio has been released from hospital, we can take a look back at the last twelve years of his “pontificate”.

A stained-glass window of Christ the King surrounded by saints in a church in Rome. Photo by Lawrence Lew OP, CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/paullew/5194470404/.

Previous popes on the rights of the Church and the relationship between Church and state

Published on 03.18.2025.

In this article, there are some quotes are from older papal documents about the relationship between the Church and the state, and the rights of the Church.

Portraits of Napoleon and Pius VI on Wikimedia

How God paid Napoleon back everything he did to the Pope

Published on 03.13.2025.

There are some surprising parallels between the lives of Napoleon and the two popes he held captive for a time: Pius VI and Pius VII.

Mount of Olives by Stephanie Matthiesen in 2018, CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/160071034@N05/39967057245/

Three modern misconceptions about God

Published on 03.06.2025.

In this article, I will address the following: “God’s mercy is infinite”, “Everyone is welcome” and “Everyone has equal dignity”.

A screenshot from the Uncensored Library promotional video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBI7-pL52GY

Creative evangelization ideas: Minecraft

Published on 03.06.2025.

Especially in this time of never before seen Church crisis, creative methods are needed to get the message of the faith out. I have stumbled upon an idea: displaying content as book items in Minecraft.

Bamberg Cathedral by Ted McGrath, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0, 2015

Bamberg Cathedral by Ted McGrath, CC-BY-SA 2.0, here

New imaginary offices in the German Church

Published on 02.20.2025.

In the last few years, a few German “bishops” have been inventing new offices in their dioceses, calling them “authorized representatives of the vicar general” or “episcopal authorized representatives”. One bishop is planning to establish an “arbitration council”, to which he subjects himself.

The seven canonized nuns martyred in Taiyuan in 1900.

Saints together in photos

Published on 02.11.2025.

In Christian sacred art, there are often paintings and drawings, where many saints are portrayed together. In this article, I present two photos, which actually show saints together.

Fátima, photo by Konrad Marciniak https://www.flickr.com/photos/konmar/3369115778/, CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0

The Third Secret of Fátima was probably about apostasy in the Church

Published on 02.03.2025.

In this article, I quote multiple people who have read the Third Secret in advance. The quotes are from the book “The devil’s final battle” by Father Paul Kramer, an Irish priest.

hospital beds

Organ donation from a Christian perspective – Part 2

Published on 01.29.2025.

This is part 2 of the organ donation article series. I list some cases where “brain dead” people have recovered, sometimes seconds before doctors started taking their organs out.

Hospital monitoring equipment

Organ donation from a Christian perspective – Part 1

Published on 01.17.2025.

This is part 1 of a new article series, where I show why organ donation after a so-called “brain death” is nothing more than killing. This first part deals with the history of the “brain death” definition.

Bergoglio and Tucho, in the background a picture of St. Ignatius

Bergoglio was asked about his Jesuit vows

Published on 01.13.2025.

Jesuits promise “never [to] strive for or ambition any prelacy or dignity outside the Society” and not to “consent to my election unless I am forced to do so by obedience”. Bergoglio was asked in 2023 how this squares with his so-called election in 2013. Here’s how he answered.

Cathedral of Győr, Hungary. Image by István on Flickr under the CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 license, https://www.flickr.com/photos/i_csuhai/2870279447/

Forgotten Hungarian martyrs – Part 2

Published on 01.11.2025.

In this article, I present some priests who were martyred in the first two decades of Communism in Hungary. The text was taken from the book “They wanted us to die – but we are still alive!” by the Hungarian priest Ferenc Tomka.

A view of Eger, Hungary

Forgotten Hungarian martyrs – Part 1

Published on 01.07.2025.

During the years of the years of Communism after World War II, multiple priests and religious have been martyred in Hungary and neighboring countries. In this article, I present some of them.


Coat of arms of the Holy See during sede vacante.

The chair of St. Peter is empty since the death of the true pope, Benedict XVI on December 31, 2022. Please pray for the election of a new, saintly Roman Pontiff! 

Image references:
Benediktbeuern Abbey Church, by Allie Caulfield under the CC-BY 2.0 license in 2021, here
Our Lady of the Korean Martyrs by Lawrence Lew OP under the CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 in 2021, here
Lateran Basilica by Lawrence Lew OP under the CC-BY-NC 2.0 license in 2007, here
An image from the Yellow Mountains (黄山) region by David Almeida under the CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 license in 2013, here