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A priest in white vestments holds a monstrance with the Eucharist, leading a nighttime procession. Surrounding individuals hold lit candles in an urban setting with city lights and buildings in the background.

From Sizzle to Steak: Serving Up Radiant Mystery in Catholic Media

By John B. Manos | May 10, 2025

Catholic social media loves sizzle, but souls crave steak. Discover how radiant mystery can make faith glow with depth and awe.

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McLuhan’s 1 Way Catholics Survive the Maelstrom

By Randon LeDescale | May 4, 2016

Marshall McLuhan was highly praised by Fr. John A. Hardon, who often cited that McLuhan observed, “all of the media is engaged in a Luciferian conspiracy against the truth.”  McLuhan wasn’t making a bald assertion, or a phantasmic observation. Rather, he was a studied philosopher of the first order who had many observations on how modern…

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Text from an encyclopedia entry discussing "MENTICIDE," defined as breaking beliefs and allegiances through physical or psychological means. The text also mentions "MERCEDARIANS," a religious order founded by St. Peter Nolasco, focusing on ransoming Christians from Muslim captivity. The text is in black ink on a white background, with some blurred text visible in the background."

Catholic Dictionary: Menticide?

By John B. Manos | February 16, 2014

I was looking for something recently in my copy of Fr. John Hardon’s Modern Catholic Dictionary when I noticed an entry that caught my eye: Menticide. Mind killing. “The systematic effort to break down the beliefs and allegiances of a person by physical or psychological means, in order to substitute one’s own. Also called brain-washing, it…

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