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I am writing on Tuesday morning. Today’s papers in Brazil and the world are reporting still another change of nuance in the overall picture of the situation in Poland. The success of the various strike movements has forced the Communist Party there to sweep out the Premier. In view of the liberalizing … Read more
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“An extremely rare ‘Social Revolution’ is being carried out in the United States,” affirmed El Mercurio (8-25-80), the newspaper with the largest circulation in the Chilean capital, on publishing a news dispatch coming from Los Angeles, California. The dispatch gives a profound explanation to the phenomenon which so roundly contradicted the predictions … Read more
In my last article, I analyzed an aspect of the reaction of the Brazilian public to the personality of John Paul II. This widespread reaction went like immense vibrations through large masses in all sectors of public opinion. In a tumultuous movement of joy, men of the left, the center, and the … Read more
The well-known Parisian weekly L’Express recently published an article by Jean François Revel entitled “La fin des berceuses,” that is, “The End of Lullabies.” The dictator Tito appears on the cover in a photograph one could call surrealistic, but which in fact, is magnificently realistic, thoroughly revealing his sinister face, physiognomy and … Read more
No one writes or speaks about the obvious. It jumps right out at you. It imposes itself like a hard fact. It needs no descriptions or commentaries. An acute observer discerns a reality (a person, a situation, a thing) at the very moment it rises on the faraway horizon. An ordinary observer … Read more
The French Revolution numbers among her antiquated enthusiasms. Lafayette, Mirabeau, Danton, Marat, Robespierre—she jumbles them all in the same feverish admiration. She still rants against the bloodthirsty rage of Louis XVI and the bacchanalia of Marie Antoinette. She is sure that when the Bastille was taken, it was found to be crammed … Read more
Available in other e-forms here Contents: Introduction PART I – The Traditional Catholic Concept of the Missions 1. Concept of the Mission 2. The Highest End of the Mission: Essentially Religious – the Glory of God and Eternal Happiness 3. Effects of the Mission in Temporal Life 4. The Mission and the Indians 5. An Impossible Solution … Read more
The precise evaluation of the importance of an event can only rarely be achieved by the employing of just one criterion. Much more than this is normally required. In fact, it behooves one to consider all of the criteria applicable to the case, in order to be able to arrange them immediately … Read more
What exactly is an anti-communist? This is a question which appears to be so simple of resolution as to border on being foolish. However, there are different ways in which it may be answered. If we consider only the two most common responses to it being given nowadays, we should see that … Read more
The Vatican Policy of Détente with Communist Governments, Traditional Chinese For a PDF version in Chinese, Click Here. This article is best viewed using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome 梵蒂岡採取跟共產政權改善關係的政策 普利尼奧．科雷亞．德．奧里維拉 撰 一九七五年二月十八日(星期四) 本文是已故的普利尼奧．科雷里．德．奧里維拉教授所著，他是「巴西捍衞傳統、家庭和財產協會」的創辦人。一九七四年四月十日，這篇文章在南美洲各大主要報章發表，反應甚佳，因為當時在面對梵蒂岡採取跟共產政權改善關係的政策時，大家往往深感困感，不知道應該抱持甚麼立場才算正確？本文剛好提供了一個明智的答案，既能權衡輕重，又經過精闢探究。 這份公開聲明是由全球各地各自獨立的「捍衞傳統、家庭和財產協會」（TFPs）發布，而「美國捍衞傳統、家庭及財產協會」也樂於重刋，除了可為順民抗議行動作辯解，也為天主教徒開創了一個新紀元──忤逆的年代。 目錄 一. 事實 二. 羅馬及宗座的天主教徒 三. 在使徒聖保羅身上找到答案 四. 抗拒 五. 普世教會的內部連串變化 六. 結論 … Read more