The July 2021 protests that shook Cuba and made the world look seriously at Cuban governmental oppression seem to have faded into distant memory. Unsurprisingly, the Cuban Communist dictatorship cannot forget this defiance. Six months later, protesters are going on trial for the “crime” of crying out against injustice. The story of … Read more
Everyone wants an explanation for the mounting tension inside American society. Many have even begun to use the term civil war. Barbara Walter presents her book, How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them, as that explanation. Liberal pundits give the book rave reviews saying that it describes what is happening … Read more
Many talk of the threat of civil war in an increasingly polarized America. The antipathy of the left for the right has certainly reached a high level of irrationality and vitriol. No area of culture and politics is exempt, as conflicts seem to have sprung out spontaneously over the past few decades, … Read more
As the latest wave of COVID cases surges in the West, all is quiet in the East. It has always been quiet. Millions have died from the coronavirus epidemic as it sweeps the world. However, few consider it strange that the nation where the virus first appeared amid an entirely unprotected public … Read more
The following story is taken from A Spanish Mystic in Quito: Sor Mariana de Jesus Torres by Msgr. Luis E. Cadena y Almeida. It relates the story of Sister Mariana Torres who experienced the vision of Our Lady of Good Success. This article tells the story of the statue’s commissioning, completion and … Read more
The COVID crisis has exposed the vulnerability of the immense global supply chain system. The supply lines run in tightly coupled processes that can be incredibly complex. The system can handle minor disruptions by handing them to multiple players to get goods to market just in time for sale. However, when the … Read more
In American traditionalist circles, it is becoming fashionable to blame “ultramontanism” for all the ills affecting Catholicism today. Supposedly, Pope Francis is imposing a revolutionary agenda on the Church because of the actions of ultramontanes during the First Vatican Council. Detractors admit that ultramontanes turned traditional Church teaching on papal infallibility and … Read more
The apparitions of Our Lady of Good Success in Quito, Ecuador, during the 16th and 17th centuries are filled with numerous prophecies that tell of the moral decadence that would characterize our times. On one such occasion, Our Lady appeared to the convent’s abbess, Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres. She made prophecies … Read more
Certain images capture the imagination and express the state of the nation more than any political commentary. In a flash, these images convey a world of information. Who could not be shocked by recent images out of Los Angeles? The scene is a railyard with a sea of debris and shipping boxes … Read more
It was a gloriously sunny Saturday afternoon in St. Augustine, Florida, and tourists were enjoying the sites. Suddenly, something disturbed their tranquility. It was the 2022 March for Life St. Augustine passing in their midst, and what a sight it was with an estimated 5000 participants. Among those participating were members of … Read more