China’s Growing Export of Instruments of Torture

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China's Growing Export of Instruments of Torture

China makes and exports an increasing number of torture instruments for use by special police squads, including material designed to repress mass riots and violate human rights, Madrid’s daily El País reported. According to Amnesty International and the Omega Foundation, today more Chinese companies than ever are making these instruments of terror … Read more

A Second Warning: This Does Look Like the Big One

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The first warning was pretty clear. Back in May, a group of central bankers and financial analysts met together in Basel, Switzerland and issued a report on the dire state of the world economy. The 2014 annual report of the Bank of International Settlements then claimed that the present climate is as … Read more

26 University Professors: “Scientific Atheism” Is Not Based on Science

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26 University Professors: “Scientific Atheism” Is Not Based on Science

Twenty-six chaired professors in various scientific areas who teach or work in fourteen universities in Spain have published a book to debunk the alleged incompatibility between religion and science spread by “materialist scientists,” Spain’s Infocatólica news agency reported. The book was published one week after scientist Stephen Hawking reiterated he does not … Read more

Unusual Meeting at the Vatican: Communism: A Friend of the Poor?

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It is not uncommon to hear that communism was “a good idea poorly implemented.” In spite of its actual experiences – all ending with catastrophic results – the idea that communism contains a “positive core” and is “friendly to the poor” reemerged at the World Meeting of Popular Movements organized at the … Read more

Can Chimps Have Human Rights?

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Can Chimps Have Human Rights?

The New York Court of Appeals recently reviewed a mind-boggling case: a petition for the status of “legal person” for a chimpanzee. Steven Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, is trying to gain human protections, including freedom from captivity, for a chimp named Tommy in upstate New York. The animal rights … Read more

Ebola and ISIS: Double Threat to the World

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Ebola has been a headline in the news for the last few months, and rightly so. The pernicious virus has thus far claimed the lives of over 5,000 people who have died very terrible deaths. The fear surrounding it is real since Ebola is particularly violent and painful. The infected person’s internal … Read more

Considerations About Blessed Karl of Austria For Our Days

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Considerations About Blessed Karl of Austria For Our Days

The following remarks were delivered by H.I.R.H. Prince Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza, the Prince Imperial* of Brazil on October 21, 2014, the feast day of Blessed Karl, after a Mass celebrated at Old St. Mary’s Church in Washington, D.C. *          *          * Holy Mother Church gives us the saints not only as intercessors to whom … Read more

Why a Conservative Victory is Not Enough

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The latest elections proved beyond a doubt that America is a conservative nation. Despite everything, conservative ideas still resonate strongly with many Americans and definitely have a future. But a simple victory is not enough. This is because the present victory does not explain everything. While conservatives just won in 2014, they … Read more

Chinese Quit the Communist Party in Growing Numbers

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An increasing number of Chinese are making a point of publishing their resignation from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations, the online publication Epoch Times reported. Since 2004, an ongoing campaign to resign from the Party has been followed by more than 176 million Chinese. Until a while ago, … Read more