China has repeatedly demonstrated that it will weaponize its control over global supply chains. This tactic of control can be seen in the flow of rare earth minerals, lithium-ion batteries, mature computer chips (older technology), and pharmaceutical ingredients. In each market, the Chinese use the same playbook to gain leverage and threaten … 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
New York City’s new socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pledged to open city-run grocery stores to lower costs and help the working class with his socialist policies. City-owned and managed grocery stores have resurfaced as eye-catching policy ideas to lower food costs and fight hunger. However, they will have the opposite effect: … 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
VIENNA, Austria—The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) has joined the Austrian TFP’s ongoing campaign against the blasphemous exhibit at the Künstlerhaus Vereinigung, strengthening the growing international response to the outrage. Sign the Petition! Ask the Künstlerhaus to CANCEL the blasphemous exhibit. The exhibition’s title, “You Shall … Read more
Zohran Mamdani’s victory as the mayor-elect of New York City was a significant political achievement. He overcame many obstacles to become both the first Muslim and the first openly socialist politician to lead the nation’s most capitalist city. The victory was not a mandate. In the three-way race to the top, the … Read more
This article is the second part of a series about Purgatory, a topic that is rarely discussed today. A knowledge of Purgatory is essential if souls are to avoid the pains of this place of expiation. The next article can be found here. * * * The doctrines related to … Read more
Napoleon’s ambitions were boundless. However, he knew that he needed to base his strategies on political reality. Before he assumed the title of Emperor in 1804, he was aware that French public opinion was eager to see Napoleon establish relations between France and the Holy See, which the radicalism of the French … Read more