Year: 2022

Chile’s Radical Leftist Referendum Suffers A Clear, Crushing, and Definitive Defeat

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Chile’s Radical Leftist Referendum Suffers A Clear, Crushing, and Definitive Defeat

The September 4 Constitutional referendum in Chile was a clear lesson that handed an overwhelming defeat to the proposals of the radical left. The option was simple: Approve or Reject a 388-article projected constitution drafted at a constitutional convention completely dominated by extreme leftists utterly ignorant of constitutional law. Antecedents The text … Read more

Against Traditionalist Neo-Gallicanism

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Against Traditionalist Neo-Gallicanism

The Barque of Peter, the Holy Catholic Church, has been sailing the seas of history for two thousand years. Sometimes the sea is calm, the wind is favorable, and the barque glides smoothly over the waves. At other times, the sky darkens and becomes threatening. The winds rage and a terrible storm … Read more

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: Breaking the Silence

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Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: Breaking the Silence

During a conversation, someone reportedly told Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: “You are little known.” With that quickness of mind that he never lacked, the Catholic leader replied: “In fact, I have the reputation of being unknown.” Indeed, Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira’s public life was a rollercoaster alternating between long periods of … Read more

Portuguese Christendom under the Southern Cross—Reasons for Hope: A Splendid Past, an Even Brighter Future

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Portuguese Christendom under the Southern Cross—Reasons for Hope: A Splendid Past, an Even Brighter Future

Introduction This year, on September 7, marks the bicentennial of Brazil’s independence. More precisely, the day will celebrate the foundation of the Brazilian Empire, which emerged as a sovereign nation. Celebrations of great anniversaries offer opportunities to reflect on the past and scrutinize the future. We can ask: Where did we come … Read more

America Faces Problems that Refuse to Be Left Behind

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America Faces Problems that Refuse to Be Left Behind

The philosopher George Santayana (1863—1952) once observed that we Americans don’t solve problems; we leave them behind. If there’s an idea we don’t like, we don’t bother refuting it but simply talk about something else, and the original idea dies from neglect. We leave the problems that bother us in the past … Read more

Nineteenth Century Salons Were the “Greenhouses” Where British Catholicism and the Ultramontanes Germinated and Flourished

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Nineteenth Century Salons Were the “Greenhouses” Where British Catholicism and the Ultramontanes Germinated and Flourished

Many Catholics today are unaware of the immense contributions of the Ultramontanes of the nineteenth century to the resurgence of Catholicism worldwide. Prof. Fernando Furquim de Almeida (1913-1981) studied the movement and produced dozens of articles detailing the movement’s work. We have edited these articles and will be featuring them. They highlight … Read more

How Our Lady Appeared to the Three Fatima Seers

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How Our Lady Appeared to the Three Fatima Seers

Many refer to the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917 as the greatest Marian apparition in history. Pope John Paul II called it the greatest message in recent times. Pope Benedict said it was the most significant prophecy in our times. The scope of Our Lady of Fatima’s message, … Read more