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
Advocates for the legalization of marijuana promised a new golden era with increased municipal revenue, reduced illegal drug sales and better mental and physical health. This grand vision has failed. The results feel less like a victory and more like a slow-moving train wreck. This failure is based on the dangerous myth … 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
China’s problems can be boiled down to two related issues: underpopulation and overproduction. Both are easy to trace to government policies and Communist ideology. A Population Disaster A recent article in Fortune spelled out the population issues in stark and simple terms. “China may be the only nation that could rival America’s … 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
Nothing devastates Catholic hearts quite like insults to Our Lord and His Mother. Today’s Rosary Rally of Reparation in Vienna is all the proof you need. The Künstlerhaus, one of Austria’s most prestigious art venues, shamelessly put together an exhibit titled “You Shall Make for Yourself an Image.” This new exhibit showcases … 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
The vegan world can be very violent. A California restaurant owner learned the hard way. She felt she had no choice but to move her business and family to Texas after enduring attacks that could be described as terrorism. Her crime was changing her mind about operating her vegan restaurant and therefore … Read more
“They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand” Job 8:22. Perhaps no organization has been more consistently a “dwelling of the wicked” than Planned Parenthood. Since its establishment in 1921 as the American Birth Control League, hatred for the unborn has been … Read more