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Avoiding Babylon

Avoiding Babylon Crew
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Avoiding Babylon was started during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. During these difficult and dark days, when most of us were isolated from family, friends, our parishes, and even the Sacraments themselves, this channel was started as a statement of standing against the tyrannical mandates that many of us were living under. Since those early days, this channel has morphed into an amazing community of friends…no…more than friends…Christian brothers and sisters…who have grown in joy and charity.  As we see it, our job here at Avoiding Babylon is to remind ourselves and those who enjoy the channel that being Catholic is a joyful and exciting experience. We seek true Catholic fraternity and eutrapelia with other Catholics who, like us, are doing their best to live out their vocation with the help of God’s Grace.  Above all, we try to bring humor and joy to the craziness of this fallen world, for as Hillaire Belloc has famously said: “Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!”

  1. -4 j ·  Vidéo

    Vatican Picks A Zionist As Press Secretary | McElroy Removes The Exorcist

    Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! A few viral clips and one Vatican appointment raise a bigger question than most Catholic media wants to touch: when Church communications tries to sound modern, does it end up teaching something else entirely? We dig into the resurfaced audio around a former EWTN executive tapped for a Vatican communications role, including her comments on supersessionism, Catholic-Jewish relations, and the claim that “all Jews should become Christians… is wrong.” For us, that line isn’t a hot take, it’s a doctrinal fault line, because Catholic theology can’t treat salvation, evangelization, and conversion as optional without changing the faith into something unrecognizable. We also unpack the Phylos Project and the broader ecosystem of “dialogue” branding, Israel trips, and Catholic influencer pipelines that can nudge people toward a softer, more therapeutic version of Catholicism. The issue isn’t polite conversation or basic respect, it’s what gets quietly edited out: the uniqueness of Christ, the purpose of the Church, and the danger of confusing goodwill with agreement. We talk through why this messaging lands especially hard with the EWTN crowd, and why media-savvy appointments can calm headlines while pushing big changes underneath. Then the conversation pivots to Washington, DC, where Monsignor Stephen Rossetti is removed from his exorcist role after warning that some UFO or UAP encounters may be demonic deception. We read his response, play what he actually said, and sort speculation from doctrine while asking why the backlash got so loud that the story spilled beyond Catholic news into mainstream outlets. Subscribe, share this with a friend who follows Catholic current events, and leave a five-star review so more people can find the show. Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?ref=AVOIDINGBABYLON and using code AVOIDINGBABYLON at checkout! Check out our sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off of your first order! Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Merchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.com Locals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.com Full Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribe RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

    1 h 12 min

  2. -4 j • Abonnés uniquement

    Vatican Picks A Zionist As Press Secretary | McElroy Removes The Exorcist (Full LOCALS Show)

    The internet can bury a clip for years, then resurrect it the moment a person gets real power. That’s the mood today: a major Vatican communications appointment collides with old comments about Catholic-Jewish relations, evangelization, and “supersessionism,” and we try to sort out what’s actually being claimed and why it matters for faithful Catholics. We talk through the Phylos Project, the broader ecosystem of Catholic media, and the quiet ways bad theology spreads when “dialogue” becomes a substitute for proclaiming Christ.Then the headlines turn strange fast: Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, one of America’s best-known Catholic exorcists, gets removed after suggesting some UFO encounters could involve demonic deception. We read what he said, what the Archdiocese implied, and why the backlash exploded beyond the usual Catholic bubble into mainstream UFO culture. Along the way we lay out the main theories people argue about: drones, psyops, mental illness, drugs, or the demonic, and what spiritual warfare language actually means in a Catholic framework.The conversation gets personal too. We react to a terrifying kidnapping scare involving Joe Heschmeyer’s child, then pivot into a conversion story that hit us as parents: a father learning online that his own son became a viral Gen Z Catholic convert after years of hidden atheism. We close with a hard look at a viral post defending abortion after a Down syndrome diagnosis, and what that tells us about the moral instincts of our age. If this pushed you to think, subscribe, share the show, and leave a five-star review so more people can find it.

    1 h 45 min

  3. -5 j ·  Vidéo

    Rome Has Spoken: The Encyclical That Brought Aquinas Back | Aeterni Patris (Apple Video Podcast Test)

    Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Europe is declaring the Catholic faith “obsolete,” the Papal States are gone, and the Pope is effectively boxed into Rome. That’s the moment Leo XIII steps into, and instead of answering with another list of condemnations, he reaches back to a 13th-century friar and bets the future on Catholic intellectual formation. We walk through the history behind Aeterni Patris and why Leo thinks the real crisis of the modern world is a crisis of philosophy that spills out of universities into law, media, family life, and public morality. We break down the four big currents shaping that era and, honestly, still shaping ours: Kantian subjectivism, Hegelian historicism, positivism, and materialism. Each one chips away at the idea that truth is knowable and stable, and we talk about what happens when seminaries and Catholic education absorb those habits instead of resisting them. From Perugia’s Thomist experiment to Leo’s push for the Leonine edition and a worldwide revival of Thomism, you’ll hear why St. Thomas Aquinas becomes the Church’s chosen model for thinking clearly about God, the human person, liberty, authority, and the moral order. Then we make the jump to today: AI, advertising, “slop” content, and the uncomfortable question of what happens when powerful technology grows faster than moral reasoning. If you’ve been looking for a Catholic take on modern philosophy, Thomism, and AI ethics, this conversation is built for you. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves big ideas, and leave a review with the one modern assumption you think needs to be challenged first. Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?ref=AVOIDINGBABYLON and using code AVOIDINGBABYLON at checkout! Check out our sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off of your first order! Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Merchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.com Locals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.com Full Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribe RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

    1 h 22 min

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    Rome Has Spoken: The Encyclical That Brought Aquinas Back | Aeterni Patris

    Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! The modern world keeps telling you the problem is politics, policy, or personality. We argue it’s deeper: bad philosophy becomes bad theology, then bad culture, and eventually a society that can’t even explain what truth, freedom, or the human person are. That’s why we go back to 1879 and Pope Leo XIII’s Aeterni Patris, written when the Church is politically cornered, mocked by the academies, and squeezed by hostile states across Europe.  We walk through the real intellectual enemies Leo sees rising behind the scenes: Kantian subjectivism that cuts reason off from reality, Hegelian historicism that turns doctrine into something that “evolves,” positivism that treats only lab results as knowledge, and materialism that reduces mind and soul to chemistry. Then we track Leo’s response: recover the Catholic intellectual tradition with St. Thomas Aquinas at the center, rebuild seminaries and universities, and use philosophy as a bridge to faith rather than a replacement for it.  From there we bring Leo’s warnings forward into the AI era. We talk about media saturation, the coming ad-driven “slop” economy, and why technology without moral formation doesn’t stay neutral for long. We also ask the uncomfortable question nobody wants to face: will pornography and artificial intimacy become the profit engine that pushes AI into every corner of life?  If you want a grounded Catholic take on faith and reason, Thomism, modernism, Catholic education, and AI ethics, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review. What part of modern life do you think is most shaped by bad philosophy? Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?ref=AVOIDINGBABYLON and using code AVOIDINGBABYLON at checkout! Check out our sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off of your first order! Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Merchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.com Locals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.com Full Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribe RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

    1 h 22 min

  5. -5 j • Abonnés uniquement

    Rome Has Spoken: The Encyclical That Brought Aquinas Back | Aeterni Patris (Full LOCALS Show)

    Europe tried to bury the Catholic Church in the late 1800s. The Papal States were gone, bishops were being exiled, Catholic schools were getting squeezed, and the intellectual class was busy announcing that faith was obsolete. So when Leo XIII takes the chair of Peter, he makes a move that still surprises people: he doesn’t lead with a new list of condemnations. He leads with a 13th-century Dominican, St. Thomas Aquinas, and an encyclical that treats the crisis of the modern world as a crisis of philosophy.We break down Aeterni Patris and why Leo insists that false ideas about God, man, morality, and the soul don’t stay in classrooms. They spread into law, politics, journalism, and family life until society can’t even agree on what “truth” means. Along the way we map the big modern currents Leo is up against, including Kantian subjectivism, Hegelian historicism, positivism, and materialism, and we talk about the uncomfortable fact that Catholic formation had already weakened in many places before the culture fully collapsed.Then we pull the thread forward to today: AI hype, attention slop, and the way technology accelerates whatever a culture already worships. If you’ve been looking for a Catholic philosophy framework that can actually engage modern science, mental health narratives, politics, and the ethics of AI, Thomism is not a museum piece. It’s a discipline for clear thinking and moral realism.If you enjoy deeper long-form Catholic conversations, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review. What do you think is the most destructive “modern” idea Leo XIII would call out today?

    2 h 6 min

  6. 28 mai • Abonnés uniquement

    100,000 Subscribers: Where Avoiding Babylon Goes From Here (Full LOCALS Show)

    100,000 subscribers is supposed to mean you “made it” but the weird truth is our views don’t look anything like they used to, and the algorithm feels more unpredictable than ever. So we kept this milestone stream honest: we troubleshoot the studio in real time, talk lighting and sound, laugh at how brutal live chat can be, and admit what it’s like trying to stay consistent when platforms and software don’t cooperate.We also get into the bigger picture of Catholic content and the creator economy. We’re tired of the endless negativity cycle and the constant pressure to manufacture drama for clicks, especially when the Catholic audience is smaller than people think. That’s why we’re doubling down on evergreen work: Catholic history, thoughtful interviews, and our ongoing Pope Leo XIII encyclical series, with Aeterni Patris next on the list and more topics like Christian marriage coming soon.Then we dig into what’s changing online: YouTube recommendations that stop showing creators you actually subscribe to, X feeds that overreact to what you watch, and the flood of AI slop that crowds out real conversations. We talk about why short clips matter, why community support on Locals keeps the lights on, and how we’re planning the show schedule going forward. If you enjoy the mix of behind-the-scenes talk and Catholic commentary, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find us.

    1 h 4 min

  7. 28 mai

    100,000 Subscribers: Where Avoiding Babylon Goes From Here (Live Q&A)

    Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! 100,000 subscribers is supposed to feel like a finish line. For us, it feels like turning on the camera, realizing the lighting is still bad, and choosing to fix it live anyway. This milestone stream is a behind-the-scenes look at how our Catholic podcast and livestream actually runs: the studio build, the sound and echo battles, why backlight matters, and how a “nice background” can still make you disappear on camera if you don’t shape the scene. We also get real about the creator economy. Subscriber counts don’t mean what they used to, the YouTube algorithm can reward clips while long-form shows stay steady, and the X algorithm can hijack your feed if you pause on the wrong video for eight seconds. That pressure fuels the negativity cycle, especially in Catholic media, and we’re tired of it. We talk about why keeping day jobs gives us freedom to experiment, joke around, and focus on content that actually lasts. So where do we go next? We want to keep at least one weekly deep-dive anchored in Catholic history: papal encyclicals, older councils like Trent, and even “faith in film” style episodes that start with real events like the French Revolution and the War in the Vendée. We share sponsor updates, a listener success story, and why we care more about real community than raw views. If you like candid creator talk mixed with Catholic commentary and history, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?ref=AVOIDINGBABYLON and using code AVOIDINGBABYLON at checkout! Check out our sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off of your first order! Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Merchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.com Locals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.com Full Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribe RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

    28 min

  8. 27 mai

    The Glorification of Man Over God w/ Michael Hichborn

    Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! A papal document tries to warn the world about artificial intelligence, but what happens when the warning itself is so ambiguous that it feels like it cannot guide anyone’s conscience? We dig into Pope Leo’s new AI text and ask the questions the average Catholic is already asking: What does “remain profoundly human” actually mean, what is “true progress,” and why does so much Church messaging sound allergic to naming sin, conversion, and the spiritual stakes of modern tech? From there, we zoom out to the bigger picture driving the anxiety: a Church leadership culture that often aims for unity without defining unity in Christ, and “solutions” that feel more humanist than Catholic. We talk about how social media dehumanizes people through anonymity, why AI can become an oracle if we treat it like one, and how older Catholic writing often delivered clearer moral reasoning in fewer words. We also explore why many Catholics see the current moment as a hostile takeover in slow motion, not a clean break from the faith, but a steady dilution that confuses the faithful while keeping the sacraments intact. Then the conversation gets blunt about ideology and influence: communism and apostasy in light of Pope Pius XII’s 1949 decree, the Vatican’s World Meeting of Popular Movements, and the danger of pairing local churches with activist networks that push revolution, abortion politics, and syncretistic spirituality. Along the way we touch prophecy, Jerusalem, Fatima timelines, and why end times talk keeps resurfacing when institutions look unsteady. Subscribe, share this with a friend who is trying to think clearly about AI and the Catholic Church, and leave a review with the one line from the conversation you cannot stop thinking about. Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?ref=AVOIDINGBABYLON and using code AVOIDINGBABYLON at checkout! Check out our sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off of your first order! Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Merchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.com Locals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.com Full Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribe RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

    1 h 47 min
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Avoiding Babylon was started during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. During these difficult and dark days, when most of us were isolated from family, friends, our parishes, and even the Sacraments themselves, this channel was started as a statement of standing against the tyrannical mandates that many of us were living under. Since those early days, this channel has morphed into an amazing community of friends…no…more than friends…Christian brothers and sisters…who have grown in joy and charity.  As we see it, our job here at Avoiding Babylon is to remind ourselves and those who enjoy the channel that being Catholic is a joyful and exciting experience. We seek true Catholic fraternity and eutrapelia with other Catholics who, like us, are doing their best to live out their vocation with the help of God’s Grace.  Above all, we try to bring humor and joy to the craziness of this fallen world, for as Hillaire Belloc has famously said: “Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!”

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  • Créateur
    Avoiding Babylon Crew
  • Années d’activité
    2022 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    664
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    Contenu explicite
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    © 2026 Avoiding Babylon
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    Avoiding Babylon
  • Fournisseur
    Robert Blyton

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