This article is part three of a three-part series on Americanist Heresy. It is based on the author’s meeting on February 12, 2025, at the American TFP’s headquarters in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Click here to read part one or two. * * * The scientific world defines a catalyst as “an agent … Read more
In the first picture, there are select chickens, plump fish and splendid cold cuts. The reader will think, “Certainly, this is a shelf in a well-stocked grocery store or supermarket.” Seeing the other photo, he will say, “It must be a supermarket.” Were anyone to suggest that these are, respectively, objects of … Read more
The second Trump Administration must soon decide how to deal with the controversy over “birthright citizenship.” Indeed, determining citizenship is an essential role of any nation. The United States’s pronounced slumber on the issue is speeding toward an uncertain end. The Nature of Birthright Citizenship The Supreme Court’s decision to limit its … Read more
The founder of Lyon’s “Secret,” as its Marian sodality was known, was also its historian, Benoît Coste. He belonged to a wealthy and well-known Catholic family in that city. Born on December 11, 1781, he was still a boy when Lyon, having risen against the French Revolution that had begun in Paris, … Read more
Someone asked me how I came to love suffering. To answer this question, we need to realize that, naturally speaking, nobody loves suffering; it horrifies us. For example, I am horrified by the thought of a drop of boiling water or, even worse, a drop of sealing wax falling on my skin. … Read more
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
One article of men’s clothing that is sadly on the decline is the necktie. This abandonment reflects a refusal to accept any restrictions, discipline or discomfort in clothing or presentation. Many want to feel comfortable at any cost, even if undignified. Comfort and informality are today’s fashion gods. People will go to … Read more
When Brazilian Catholic thinker Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira reflected on events in São Paulo during his childhood at the beginning of the last century, the social habits of that time particularly attracted our attention. He spoke of the joy of family life, and his lively narrations transported our imaginations to those … Read more
Unable to score a victory in their three-year war to overtake Ukraine, the Russians are getting desperate. The latest move is to “recruit” volunteers who end up being unwilling suicide bombers. Using this scheme, a single unidentified (and expendable) courier plants a weapon deep in enemy territory. The new wrinkle is that … Read more
Due to the vicissitudes of history, Catholics often formed societies whose existence they kept secret so that they might have some freedom of action. Those associations were always known to the competent ecclesiastical authorities. Civil officials were also informed of their activities when circumstances permitted. For example, during the seventeenth century, France’s … Read more