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Why Modern Law Clashes with the Social Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira October 3, 2022January 19, 2022

“We do not want Him to reign over us!” “We have no king but Caesar!” Behold, these are the terms by which the Jews repudiated the Kingship of Our Divine Saviour. Today, the struggle still unfolds in these terms: “The enemy is the paganism of modern life. Our weapons are media publicity … Read more

A Lesson From the Early Education of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira June 6, 2023January 12, 2022

The biographical notes about Saint Aloysius Gonzaga are as follows: “Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591) was the eldest son of Ferdinand, Marquis of Castiglione. Coupled with his precocious piety, he also displayed the bellicose bubbling of his ancestral blood. The Marquis gave him a small armor, a helmet, a little sword and a … Read more

Saint Bernard’s Spirit of Chivalry

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira March 29, 2026December 28, 2021

Saint Bernard was a Cistercian monk. He founded a religious Order that was a branch of the Order of Saint Benedict, destined to practice greater austerity and have a tougher life than required by the toughest rules of the monks of his time. He believed—how rightly!—that through suffering, man atones for his … Read more

How to Reject the False “Authoritarian-Anarchy” Alternative

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira January 3, 2022December 28, 2021

At least from a certain point of view, the whole struggle of the Church against liberals over the past few centuries can be summed up in the following way: Wary of the excesses of public power, liberals so diminished the power of authority that it became incapable of not only stopping crimes … Read more

The Two Aspects of Death: Sordid and Repulsive v. August and Epic

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira December 21, 2021December 15, 2021

Death has two aspects. The first one is its biological component. We witness the decomposition of an unstable chemical mass that can no longer maintain itself. An outpouring of body fluids and a deplorable and irrepressible organic breakdown destroy all composure and propriety. After having spent a lifetime expelling repugnant by-products, the … Read more

Variety and Unity in Christmas Carols

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira December 21, 2021December 14, 2021

Through Their Christmas Carols, Each People Glorify the Child Jesus in Their Own Way Christmas carols vary according to the national character, but all share the same notes appropriate to that Holy Night. The carols may be American, Brazilian, Italian, German, French, or Spanish Christmas carols. The music may vary greatly, but … Read more

How the Immaculate Conception Can Help Us Understand the Crisis in the Church

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira December 7, 2023December 7, 2021

There is a kind of interchangeability between the attributes of Our Lady and the Catholic Church. The things that are said of Our Lady, in their own way, can be said of the Catholic Church. Thus, when reciting the Litany of Our Lady or the Hail Holy Queen, we can apply all … Read more

The Rosary: A Most Extraordinarily Efficacious Devotion

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira October 7, 2021October 7, 2021

To be a devotee of the Blessed Virgin Mary for a Catholic is not a matter of preference, inclination or sympathy, much less sentimentality. It is a matter of life or death, since it involves effectively wanting or not eternal salvation. If it is true that the only necessary mediator between Heaven … Read more

Prophetic Insights of Saint Pius X About the Conversion of France

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira March 29, 2026October 4, 2021

Saint Pius X can be considered a hero in the fight against modernism. Thus, his fight is relevant to our days since modernism is a remote version of progressivism. A complete description of progressivism can be found in the prophetic documents of Saint Pius X against modernism. Like many other saints, Saint … Read more

How Saint Gregory the Great Planted the Seeds of the Middle Ages

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira March 29, 2026September 29, 2021

Saint Gregory the Great lived in the sixth century. He is considered a founder of the Middle Ages in the West. In the Dictionnaire de la Conversation et de la Lecture by William Duckett, we find the following biographical entry about him: “Saint Gregory was born in Rome the son of the … Read more