The Catholic Storyteller

E. R. BARR is a Catholic priest & #Theologian writing #UrbanFantasy & #ParanormalThriller novels inspired by #CelticSpirituality.

[The Catholic Storyteller @erbarrauthor]

@JamianGerard Now, you just have to get the right pope

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The arrogant heretic speaks

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I love Rothman, but he needs to correct this post. I also love Victor David Hansen, but he is wrong on this. The so-called award that the Iranian ambassador got is what all ambassadors to the Vatican get when they leave. It is not presented personally by the pope. So this is no mistake of the Vatican. It is just the way diplomacy works. This is not a special honor to Iran. Mistakes are mistakes, but this one needs to be corrected not only by Hansen but also by Rothman.  incidentally the US ambassador has officially gone on record, correcting this mistake and speaks for the United States government and the Vatican has also explained the same. 

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐕𝐃𝐇 𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐎 𝐗𝐈𝐕 — 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐒 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍’𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐌∗𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝟒𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐗𝐈𝐗

Hanson, on the Vatican honor:

‘𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘬!𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 40,000 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘳∗𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 — 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮∗𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 40,000 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”

‘𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘟𝘐 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘦𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘐. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘺𝘻𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 — 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘬!𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 — 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘫𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮∗𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦.”

Why this is the worst possible diplomatic signal. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. Pope Leo XIV’s award to the Iranian ambassador in the middle of an active U.S.-Iran war 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩-𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧, and Tehran will use it as propaganda for a decade.

𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐌∗𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝟒𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍, 𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 — 𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐆 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭 — 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵 6 𝘰𝘧 12

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@ChristopherHale He is simply wrong about this being an immoral war. His presentation of democratic talking points as Church teaching is reprehensible.

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@roddreher Great article: balanced, informative, in-depth, and surprisingly free of bias

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Got a new podcast! Try it out. See if you like it.

Skittles, my parrot, sat through an entire podcast episode without interruption.

Which is more than most Catholics manage at Mass.

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Virtue Signaling At Its Worst

Calling Trump a racist only reveals the hypocrisy of the radical Left

https://t.co/zJ0FsgNjMG

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Cardinal Sin? A Troubling Intervention

Is the Catholic hierarchy telling Catholics they must act a certain way in the immigration controversy?

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My new video on WHAT’S A CATHOLIC TO DO ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS?

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I hope you get to read it. I think you will really like it. I so enjoyed writing it and also its sequel called SKELLIG:the tales of Conor Archer part two. I’m currently writing volume three.

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Book of the Day, January 3rd – Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Rated 5 stars

Available for only $2.99 on Kindle, and FREE on Kindle Unlimited:
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Roan: The Tales Of Conor Archer by E. R. Barr
Connect with the Author: @erbarrauthor
Published by @TelemachusPress

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@OnlineBookClub @erbarrauthor @TelemachusPress The reviewer enjoyed this novel, ‘ Roan: The Tales of Conor Archer’, and on sampling the first few pages, it seems rich in fantasy, other-worldliness and a rather nice exploration of the characters. The reviewer summarised it nicely and I feel it will be enjoyed by older teens.

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Thanks for saying that. I hope you get to read it. I think you will really like it. I so enjoyed writing it and also its sequel called SKELLIG:the tales of Conor Archer part two. I’m currently writing volume three.

[Sarah Zain @Sarohrose]

@OnlineBookClub @erbarrauthor @TelemachusPress Roan: The Tales of Conor Archer follows Chicago teen Conor Archer as tragedy leads him to Tinker’s Grove, ancient prophecies, Celtic myth, and dark figures like the McNabb boys, Piasa, and Prince Madoc. A gripping battle of Light vs Darkness. Congrats on BOTD

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I think you would really like it. I hope you get to read it. I so enjoyed writing it and also its sequel called SKELLIG:the tales of Conor Archer part two. I’m currently writing volume three.

[priya @mpriya85]

@OnlineBookClub @erbarrauthor @TelemachusPress Roan: The Tales Of Conor Archer by E. R. Barr sounds like a ideal urban fantasy novel. It follows Conor Archer who learns about his Celtic ancestry. I am also intrigued about prophecies and dark secrets.

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This was so much fun to write. I hope you get to read it. I think you will really like it. I so enjoyed writing it and also its sequel called SKELLIG:the tales of Conor Archer part two. I’m currently writing volume three.

[Jessica Saade @JessieSaad30153]

@OnlineBookClub @erbarrauthor @TelemachusPress A gripping mix of myth, science, and character-driven storytelling, this book draws readers deep into Conor Archer’s journey. Despite its length, the immersive narrative and high stakes make it a rewarding and memorable read, clearly deserving its five-star praise.

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I hope you get to read it. I think you will really like it. I so enjoyed writing it and also its sequel called SKELLIG:the tales of Conor Archer part two. I’m currently writing volume three.

[Nisha D'Souza @byronish1]

@OnlineBookClub @erbarrauthor @TelemachusPress "Roan: The Tales Of Conor Archer" by E. R. Barr sounds like a fascinating coming-of-age novel about an orphan boy named Conor Archer. What are the dark secrets about Tinker's Grove that Conor discovers, and will he choose to be the warrior of Light?

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I hope you get to read it. I think you will really like it. I so enjoyed writing it and also its sequel called SKELLIG:the tales of Conor Archer part two. I’m currently writing volume three.

[Cristina Toader @IoanaToader13]

@OnlineBookClub @erbarrauthor @TelemachusPress "Roan: The Tales of Conor Archer" by E.R. Barr sounds like an urban fantasy that mixes modern life with Celtic myth and darker folklore. I like the blend of different legends and the coming-of-age angle, especially with real stakes involved.

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