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Dorothy Day Catholic Worker 2024 Fundraiser

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We are getting many requests for visits and volunteer opportunities, and Larry continues to get invitations to write, and speak at various venues. God is good! We need your help to enable us to continue our mission in the New Year.…

Announcing our 2025 fundraiser!

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We have discovered through bitter experience that the food pantries near our farm simply do not want our eggs, milk and fresh produce. They therefore contribute to the nutritional deficit and the food desert experienced by the poor who are forced to live on cheap, processed foods.…

In Praise of Gestis Verbisque: My Latest in Catholic World Report

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Gestis Verbisque is a breath of fresh air. My latest in Catholic World Report. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/02/09/in-praise-of-gestis-verbisque/. Larry Chapp. Support Gaudium et Spes 22 by clicking on the button below!…

Low Hanging Fruit: Part Two. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano

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O’Reilly was hearing fresh rumors in 2002. How could the hierarchy not know? Could they really be that obtuse? And so with regard to the original letter from Vigano I thought “Well here at last is a brave whistleblower!” Here at last the truth is going to come out!…

The Constantinian Heathenism of the Church: Joseph Ratzinger and the Crisis of our Time

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Best of Larry Chapp. How Constantinian Heathenism within the Church is a crisis in our time.…

Universalism, Balthasar, the Massa Damnata, and the Question of Evangelization

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Best of Larry Chapp. A discussion of universalism, balthasar, evangelization, and massa damnata. If you want a dog whistle guaranteed to summon a pack of barking traditionalists just mention the names of either Hans Urs von Balthasar or Bishop Robert Barron.…

The Choice: Bourgeois Well-Being or Conversion to Christ: Beige Catholicism and the Challenges of the Young Priest

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Best of Larry Chapp. A discussion of beige Catholicism in the context of bourgeois well-being or conversion to Christ. “Today Christians are faced with a no less heavy responsibility.…

The McCarrick Report and the De Facto Atheism of the Church

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Best of Larry Chapp. A discussion of the McCarrick report and its relationship to the de facto athetism of the Church. Several people have asked me to comment on the recently released McCarrick report and so I thought I would offer the following brief comments.…

A Married Priesthood? A Meditation on Mandatory Celibacy: The Witness of Damien Alfonso Bergman

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Best of Larry Chapp. A meditation on the discipline of mandatory celibacy for priests in the Catholic Church. This blog post is very personal to me, for reasons that will become clear.…

Balthasar, Universalism, and the “Massa Damnata” Part Two: a Defense of Adrienne von Speyr

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Best of Larry Chapp. A discussion of Adrienne Von Speyr, Balthasar, Universalism, and "Massa Damnata". Ralph Martin, in his latest book “A Church in Crisis,” has some very uncharitable things to say about the mystic Adrienne von Speyr that merit a response.…

The Hermeneutics of the Abyss: Some Thoughts on Traditionis Custodes

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Best of Larry Chapp. A discussion of traditionis custodes through a hermeneutic of the abyss. Joseph Ratzinger, in his marvelous book, “. Introduction to Christianity. ,” speaks about Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and her temptations to atheism and despair.…

The Valor of the Unshielded Heart: A Lenten Meditation

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Best of Larry Chapp. How the unshielded heart leads to a recovery of what it truly means "to be saved". “But … the situation in which this truth emerges is now that of suffering … which lays man bare in his vulnerability, forcibly exposing and humiliating him.…

Vatican II as a Ressourcement Council. Part One: Father Robert Imbelli's Conciliar Retrieval

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Best of Larry Chapp. Vatican II has come under heavy fire from many quarters these days as a "failed council" that should just be ignored. In this first post in a new series on Vatican II I defend the council as truly profound.…

A New blog feature: Letters from Andrew. Letter Number One where Andrew and Larry Discuss holiness and truth

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I know that beginning with a question in a letter is probably not the best approach, but I think the question points towards the answer not of “yes” or “no,” but instead as a way to elicit the dialogue where we can hopefully pan for some spiritual gold in the mess we have in our culture and…

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Hotel information for the March 2026 Gathering in Scranton

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Website: https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/days-inn/scranton-pennsylvania. Phone: Check website for current number. 3. Econo Lodge Scranton near Montage Mountain. Distance: ~5-6 miles from 801 Taylor Avenue. Website: https://www.choicehotels.com. (search Econo Lodge Scranton). 4.…

Gavin Ashenden joins Larry Chapp to discuss the issue of sexual trafficking of children in the UK

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I do disagree however, that charges of "racism" is not really a valid thing worthy of consideration on the shaky grounds that concepts of race, from a biological perspective, are nebulous.…

Were Vigano and Marshall Right After All? No

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And so I encourage everyone to read Vigano’s Molotov cocktail letters on Vatican II and the modern Church, or to read Marshall’s book “Infiltration” (borrow a copy from an SSPX friend, don’t buy it), or watch one of Marshall’s YouTube performances, and judge for yourself.…

My Response to Dr. Ralph Martin’s Response

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And I admire them, not for emotional reasons related to my own idiosyncratic whims, but because I judge this school of theology to be the best that the modern Church has to offer and the key to understanding the Council.…

Let’s Try Again: Anger and Church Reform

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But, at best, that is a beginning, not an end. ‘And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required’ (Luke 12:48), and much, much more is required of us. Following Christ demands morality, but morality is far more than error-avoidance.…

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