Year: 2021

How Bravely Embracing Suffering Can Lead to Joy

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How Bravely Embracing Suffering Can Lead to Joy

In Virgil’s Roman epic poem, The Aeneid, there is a famous scene when a terrible storm washes up the protagonist Aeneas and his men on the shores of Carthage. The crew is bruised, battered and discouraged by its misfortunes. The men are tempted to give up. Aeneas encourages them, concluding with one … Read more

America Must Go Beyond Wishful Thinking About China

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America Must Go Beyond Wishful Thinking About China

America and the West’s policy of “constructive engagement” with Communist China make up the most egregious case of wishful thinking in history. For almost fifty years, the West has pumped trillions of dollars into the Chinese experiment and now has little to show for it except a much stronger China. Fortunately, many … Read more

Pope Francis Approves Curia Note Condemning Same-sex “Marriage” While Appointing Notorious Homosexual to Pontifical Commission

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Pope Francis Approves Curia Note Condemning Same-sex “Marriage” While Appointing Notorious Homosexual to Pontifical Commission

With Pope Francis’s approval, on February 22, the feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published a Responsum to a dubium regarding the blessing of a same-sex union. The dubium received at the Dicastery read: “Does the Church have the power to give the blessing … Read more

The Triumph of the Resurrection

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The Triumph of the Resurrection

The end seemed to have come. The Prophet of Nazareth had died on a cross, like a vile slave. The apostles, terrified, had disappeared; some women, after following Him to His burial place, were returning home weeping. The chief priests and pharisees were unquestionably triumphant, and nevertheless, astonishing to say, they seemed … Read more

How the Pope Persuaded Our Lady to Renovate the Holy House of Loreto

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How the Pope Persuaded Our Lady to Renovate the Holy House of Loreto

The Holy House of Loreto is Our Lady’s house from Nazareth. Jesus spent His adolescence there when they returned from Egypt. The Angels later transported the House to Loreto, Italy. The ecclesiastical historian Father Réné François Rohrbacher (1789-1856) narrates this impressive episode about how the Popes protected the House. “The local authorities … Read more

Here’s the Anti-People Agenda of H.R.1

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Here’s the Anti-People Agenda of H.R.1

Liberals often accuse conservatives of undermining the electoral process. They cite state voter ID laws, security protocols and other reasonable restrictions as “proof” of efforts to disenfranchise minorities and the poor. They forever portray themselves as defenders of the ballot box. However, leftists often project onto the right what they are doing. … Read more