Pints With Aquinas

What the 1960's Did to the Catholic Church & Why the Tide Is Finally Turning (Fr. Perricone) | Ep. 574

Apr 13, 2026
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Fr. John Perricone
Fr. John A. Perricone, a priest, author and teacher formed in the late 1960s, recalls seminary turmoil and a decades‑long crisis in doctrine and discipline. He describes classroom heresies, moral collapse, and efforts to preserve the Traditional Latin Mass. He also celebrates a growing revival: young priests, renewed interest in Thomism, and a return to traditional liturgy and formation.
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Modernism Aims To Create A Religion Without God

  • He diagnoses the modernist project as stripping Catholicism of the supernatural and replacing it with a secular, utopian ideology focused on human progress.
  • Perricone cites demythologizing theology and liberation theology as culprits aiming for a 'religion without God.'
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Youth-Led Return To Tradition

  • Despite hierarchical failings, Perricone sees a youth-driven revival: seminarians and young priests intentionally embracing the traditional Mass and catechesis.
  • He views this as a work of the Holy Spirit reversing earlier losses and signaling institutional decline among dissenters.
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Aquinas As The Church's Intellectual Fortress

  • Perricone argues St. Thomas Aquinas functions as an intellectual encasement preserving the faith by harmonizing reason and revelation; discarding Aquinas weakened Catholic defenses.
  • He cites Leo XIII's Thomistic revival as essential for rebuilding Christian thought after cultural decay.
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