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Setting the Record Straight: The Catholic Camelot - The Jesuit Reducciones

It was Catholic and it was a real-life Camelot !

It lasted from 1609 to 1767 in a vast area of South America.  A total population of almost 300,000 Catholics spread across a Jesuit-ruled independent country that encompassed the huge area of today’s Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Uruguay. There were  30 technologically advanced cities of up to 20,000 citizens.

Hollywood made a great movie about it: The Mission (1986) Listen to some of the award winning soundtrack here. Music by Ennio Morricone. It starred Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro, Liam Nesson, Aidan Quinn.

Setting the Record Straight - The Failure of Liberation Theology

Listen to the thoughts of Pope Saint John Paul and Pope Benedict on the rise and fall of  the movement  called Liberation Theology. It was most prominent in 20th Century Latin America.
Liberation Theology was the child of Soviet Communism and these two great Popes were no deceived.

Setting the Record Straight - The Darker Age -The 21st Century

A hard and clear look at the status of our culture war. At the cultural mudslide of our 21st Century. And finally, an optimistic vision of the future.

Setting the Record Straight: Left to Tell

Setting The Record Straight about history is of life or death importance.  Read the best seller, “Left To Tell”. 

Rwandans must indeed take history very seriously.  Hutu who killed Tutsi did because of a common fear rooted in firmly held but mistaken ideas of the Rwandan past.  Organizers of this genocide, in part an anti-Catholic genocide, who had grown up believing distortions of history and misconceptions about who the Tutsi were, where they had come from, and what they had done in the past. From these elements, they fueled the fear and hatred that made genocide imaginable.

Setting the Record Straight: The Red Terror and The Spanish Holocaust 1-14-16

The truth about the severity of Anti-Catholicism in 20th Century Europe will surprise you. Tough to hear but important to know.

Setting the Record Straight: Harmony of Science and Religion - Part Two 1-13-16

Surprise! Catholic scientists were the foundation of modern science and continue to predominate some scientific fields.

Setting the Record Straight: The Harmony of Science and Catholicism

You would never guess it but the the Roman Catholic Church is the true mother of science. True science, that employs the scientific method, was created only within a Catholic Culture that was based on faith and reason.

Setting the Record Straight: Catholic Schools in The USA

God musty have showered His grace on Catholic Schools in the USA. Catholic schools are fountainheads of learning  in the Arts and Science. They impart a healthy moral culture, and train youth in basic good manners. Listen to some remarkable facts about the status of these schools today.

Setting the Record Straight: Catholics in New France

New France was the name applied to eastern Canada before the British, envying its greater prosperity than their own American Colonies, decided to take it by force.  While they lasted the Catholic French colonies had been a remarkable success for both the Indians and the French.

Setting the Record Straight: The Failure Of Liberation Theology

Liberation Theology was been effectively rejected by both Pope John Paul and Pope Benedict. This program reflects on their writings that expose the fallacies that lay at the heart of this popular contemporary Christian movement in the Americas.

Setting the Record Straight - Albigensians and Cathars

One of the apparently serious criticisms of our Church is in the matter of the the Albigensian Crusade or Cathar Crusade. It was a 20-year military campaign ( 1209 – 1229 AD) initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, in the south of France.the matter. The record needs to be set straight.  Listen to this spirited defense of our Catholic Church’s position on the most strange heresies of this movement. 

Setting the Record Straight: How Is Catholicism Doing In Communist China?

It may surprise you. This factual assessment of the state of the underground Catholic Church in China may give you a modest insight into the character of the Communist government we are supporting when we buy Chinese goods.

Setting the Record Straight - More Christmas Carol Stories

Listen to more famous Christmas Carols and the story behind them.

Setting the Record Straight - Wayfarer's Last Chapter plus Christmas Carol History

Listen to the final chapter of Chuck's Kentucky Christmas story “Wayfarer” plus some interesting stories about famous Christmas Carols. You get to hear the carols too.

Setting the Record Straight - Wayfarer Part 1

Setting the Record Straight - The Pope and The Tango

A you tube sensation was created when somebody dug up a video of a mass celebrated by Cardinal Bergoglio (now Pope Francis) in Argentina. As part of the planned celebration of the Mass a couple danced a tango in front of the altar. The congregation applauded. The you tube comments varied from outrage to approval. What does the Tango have to do with Catholicism? Should there be dancing in Church? Wait till you hear Chuck’s opinion.

Setting the Record Straight - Some Christmas Gifts from Chuck

From Christmases past, Chuck Coughlin offers a few personal gifts to the Breadboxmedia family of listeners. First there his his piano version of Vince Guaraldi's “Christmas Time Is Here”. Then there is his reflection on Christmas bread and wine in words and music.  A couple other things follow including Chuck’s Christmas story  “Cow Music”.

Setting the Record Straight - How the Irish Saved Us

What was the Green Martyrdom? Find out if you would like to be a Green martyr too.

Then find out about the great penance given Saint Columbkille for having loved a book so much that he violated a copyright and caused a war. To the Irish written language was a great boon to both their passion for learning and love of play. The result was that the Irish gave us two wondrous gifts that saved us from destruction

Setting the Record Straight - Meditations

Calm your mind, rest your heart, feel heaven’s glow in your soul

with these beautiful assemblages of meditative  words.

Setting the Record Straight - How Did The Incorrect Become So Politically Correct

“Bridge Of Spies” In a major new motion picture from Steven Spielberg that got great reviews. Why did these movie critics not notice that the film distorts ands reverses events in our history?  And why would a group of some of our greatest Hollywood artists produce such a superbly made film that does such a disservice to the virtues of our country. In the film recent history is altered so that the communists become the heroes and the Americans are mean-spirited bumbling fools.

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