Also of interest is War We Are In, Part Two Communism vs Capitalism, a lecture by Dr. George S. Benson, former President of Harding. It's a strong defense of a pro-God, pro-American and an unabashed pro-capitalism philosophy. Yes, it's a bit dated, but Dr. Benson's words still are meaningful here in the 21st Century as the world faces the dangers of atheistic liberalism.
In the interest of full disclosure, I am a member of a church of Christ congregation here in Texas. I'll add that guns are not only permitted during services but are, in fact, encouraged. Our preacher carries a gun as do most of our members. In that regard, it's much like Baptist-affiliated Liberty University in Lynchburg which also stands for freedom by permitting guns on campus.
To Catholic FReepers: Is there an official stance from the Vatican on guns at Mass or is it up to each Catholic Church?
Attitude towards guns is a very good proxy for someone’s individual freedom index,
and for a church, another indicator is whether they use any sort of coercion to get people to part with their money.
Each should give what he feels comfortable with, under no coercion but the Holy Spirit.
Since it’s private property, any individual Catholic parish can post notices that firearms are prohibited. I have never seen this, however, not even in the more liberal parishes I’ve been to. The Vatican takes no official stance, although I’m sure they would prefer people come unarmed.
Unfortunately, Americans tend to think that their ideological classifications apply all over the world. They do not.
Catholicism prefers an "organic society" such as existed in the Middle Ages. From this perspective capitalism is radical and leftist. So is individualism, for that matter. The traditional Catholic Right views not the individual, but the family, as the basic unit of society, and sees in the individualism American Protestant conservatives swear by the philosophy responsible for all our contemporary decadence.
It wasn't a leftist, but a French right winger, who said "The individual is nothing; society is everything."