Was a Recent Latin American Summit a Promotion of Democracy or an Affirmation of the Left?

Was a Recent Latin American Summit a Promotion of Democracy or an Affirmation of the Left

On July 21, Chilean President Gabriel Boric welcomed his counterparts from Spain, Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay to Santiago for a meeting of Latin leaders from the continent and Spain. The meeting’s theme was “Always Democracy,” alluding to the need to strengthen democracy in the face of growing right-wing movements worldwide. Now that … Read more

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

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

How the Amazon Synod Turns Poverty Into a Utopian Ideal

How the Amazon Synod Turns Poverty Into a Utopian Ideal

Catholic doctrine teaches that both poverty and wealth are means that can serve to reach our main goal, which is eternal salvation. For this reason, the Church does not condemn being rich or poor. Instead, she criticizes people’s attachment to riches or their contempt for poverty, since these attitudes are at odds … Read more

Environmental Psychosis and the New Socialism

Environmental Psychosis and the New Socialism

The fires that are happening in the Brazilian Amazon region attest to the rise of a new world psychosis: a fixation on environmentalism. The remedy proposed to cure this new disease consists of a universal prescription: stop economic growth and development. Let us consider the facts. Since Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took … Read more

“Do Not Burn What You Adored”

“Do Not Burn What You Adored” Does the Amazon Synod represent the “Amazonization” of the Church?

Does the Amazon Synod represent the “Amazonization” of the Church? Imagine the consequences for civilization and the world’s progress if Saint Remigius would have told Clovis, King of the Franks in 496: “There’s no need to burn the gods you worship because they represent immemorial values of the original culture of your … Read more

Denouncing Eco-Feminist Theology

From the ashes of Liberation Theology, a new, more profound and broader revolution has been born: eco-feminist theology. This new theology is the subject of a 200-page book titled, From Liberation Theology to the New Eco-feminist Theology. It is written by Juan Antonio Montes Varas and was just published by Chile’s Acción … Read more