A small work is now circulating in the Catholic world, shrouded in mystery. Published this fall by Catholics for Catholics, it is titled: The Trojan Horse in the Catholic Church: Synod of Synodality: The Attempt to Invert the Bride of Christ’s Hierarchy and Moral Order. What makes the book so mysterious and … Read more
Bartolo Longo was born in 1841 in the Italian village of Latiano. His parents were devout Catholics and prayed the Rosary every day. A Young Radical However, the sympathy of the young Bartolo lay with the revolutionary Italian nationalists. This radical group advocated atheism and Masonic practices. They viewed the Catholic Church … Read more
Saint Thérèse of the Infant Jesus introduced a spirituality that she called the Little Way. It called for offering up small sacrifices in a big way. However, the core of the Little Way is the idea that the soul possesses a childhood innocence. It consists of a sense of wonder that gives … Read more
France is changing its face. The churches are emptying. Mosques are multiplying: there are more than 2,800 today. For example, in the medieval priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, the church has disappeared. A mosque has replaced it. In our cities as well as in our villages, Islamization is progressing under the guise of worship. … Read more
The victory of socialist candidates in recent elections has highlighted the renewed appeal of the Marxist system. Some now see socialism as the wave of the future. Conservatives reply by saying that this system must be rejected because “socialism does not work.” Whenever I hear this “socialism does not work” mantra, I … Read more
Before Pius IX had restored the episcopal hierarchy in 1853 with the papal bull Ex Qua Die (1853), Catholics in the Netherlands were forbidden by law to publicly manifest their Faith. The Church was reduced to scattered groups, which would secretly gather for Mass celebrated by fugitive priests inside sheds, attics and … Read more
For some time now, I had heard about a tour of the relics of Saint Therese circulating in the United States. The relics have been received by crowds of pilgrims wherever they have travelled. They are the occasions of many graces. I had always had a devotion to Saint Therese. She has … Read more
Previous articles in this series have alluded to Napoleon’s desire to conceal news of his excommunication by Pope Pius VII. This article reveals many otherwise unknown details of the heroic actions of the Marian Sodalities in spreading the news in defiance of Napoleon’s orders. All documents related to the struggle between the … Read more
Never underestimate the desire of the left to obliterate the influence of Christianity, and particularly that of Our Lady. No battlefield is too small nor tradition too cherished to be a target. For its Revolution to succeed, the left must obliterate any official notice of the Mother of Our Lord. That is … Read more
The following article is one of a four-part series that features the life of Augustus Pugin, the renowned English Catholic architect of the nineteenth century. When examining the great Catholic figures, architects seldom rank among them. Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin is a name known to relatively few, but his influence is all … Read more