As reported in the Daily Mail, a Dutch judge ordered the killing of an 80-year-old woman with dementia, after her doctors insisted she was not capable of such a decision. The woman’s family asserted she had a ‘death wish’ and wanted to die. The day after this decision was handed down, the … Read more
“How many are they who live in union with the Church during this moment that is tragic as the Passion was tragic, this crucial moment of history when all mankind is choosing to be for Christ or against Christ?” Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira asked in his celebrated Via Sacra back in … Read more
Ion Pacepa, a former member of the Romanian secret service who fled to the West in the seventies, recently gave an interview to the Catholic News Agency narrating how the KGB (Soviet secret service and political police) created liberation theology. “The movement was born in the KGB and had a KGB-invented name: … Read more
In an interview with Catholic Radio and Television Network, Most Rev. Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych (Ukraine), Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, made revealing confidences on how his priestly training took place under Soviet socialism, the Zenit news agency reported. The Ukrainian Catholic rite is the Catholic Church’s largest … Read more
Morale has always been an important part of gauging the readiness of any army from ancient times to the present. It is a winning element in any engagement. When a strong unit has lost the will to win, they often do lose to inferior forces. Unfortunately, it seems that our military today … Read more
In one of the most significant symbolic moves of Vatican Ostpolitik favoring Cuban communism, Pope Francis received tyrant Raul Castro in an ambience of mutual smiles and cordiality, shaking his blood-stained hands and asking the communist chieftain for prayers. This is a chilling and appalling scene before God and history, and one … Read more
In reading David Boaz’s The Libertarian Mind (Simon & Schuster, 2015), one is struck by the difficulty of the task he has undertaken. It is hard enough to define a libertarian since, as Boaz admits, they come in so many brands and flavors. However, it is almost impossible to define the libertarian … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Filial Appeal Association Releases New Book on Synod Written by Three Bishops ROME, Italy (May 20, 2015) – A booklet titled Preferential Option for the Family – One Hundred Questions and One Hundred Answers Regarding the Synod (Filial Appeal Publishers) was launched on May 19 at the Hotel Columbus … Read more
There are many who propose solutions in our post-Ferguson America. In light of recent security breaches, for example, the White House security staff announced that it is considering putting spikes on the fence separating the President and the American people. In a similar vein, many liberal activists are demanding that police be … Read more
Progressive educators have an obsession for results, especially test scores. Higher scores supposedly prove children will be more “career and college ready” after graduation. For this reason, these educators are forever coming up with all sorts of one-size-fits-all programs like Common Core that they believe will solve the problem of flagging test … Read more