This is Episode 145 of the A Catholic Life Podcast. In today’s episode I discuss the traditional Catholic view of Just War Theory and the Morality of Nuclear Weapons.  The Catholic Church has long upheld a doctrine of just war, providing moral criteria by which the use of force by nations may be judged. Rooted in Sacred Scripture, clarified by the Scholastics—especially St. Thomas Aquinas—and codified in authoritative theological manuals and catechisms, Just War Theory is not a license f...

Episode 146: Despair, the Virtue of Hope, and the Indefectibility of the Church

A Catholic Life seeks the preservation of authentic traditional Catholicism, as practiced before the Second Vatican Council.  The focus of this podcast will be directed toward the Traditional Catholic Mass, Traditional Fasting and Abstinence, the Breviary, Prayers and Devotions, and Unwaveringly Traditional Catholic Catechesis. Episodes will typically be released each Sunday.