Communist North Korea is in the news again for something it does well—practicing hypocritical tyranny. This case involves nine young men between the ages of 15 and 23 who heroically endured severe hardship that included frostbite, malnutrition and regular beatings during a four-year effort to escape the dreadful conditions in their homeland. … Read more
When I first heard that America Needs Fatima had set a goal of 10,000 Public Square Rosary Rallies for 2013, I thought to myself that this was not just an ordinary crowd but a veritable army or brigade. The invitation to pray publicly for America’s future on such a massive scale enthralled … Read more
In 2007 advocates of global warming at the BBC wrote an article titled “Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’” based on findings presented to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN led body that assesses the state of the Earth’s climate. While the public has been bombarded with false data supporting … Read more
Charleston, and the book Return to Order, seem to fit together naturally. South Carolina’s premier city represents a traditional order of things that attracts people. Its splendid townhouses and restored downtown are proof that this order is not a relic of long ago but a dynamic force linked with its past that … Read more
On September 19, the Jesuits’ America Magazine published the interview that Pope Francis granted Civiltà Cattolica, an Italian publication controlled by the same religious order. The interview was published simultaneously in other magazines of the Society of Jesus and widely disseminated and commented on by the international media. The interview’s impact on … Read more
The works of Creation inspired the most sublime movements of love and adoration toward the Creator, God Our Lord in souls like Saint Francis of Assisi. When men produce works imbued with a Catholic mentality and gently inspired by grace, the result is what the great Italian poet Dante Alighieri dubbed the … Read more
To frack or not to frack is the question, and liberals would like everyone to be against fracking based on arguments that the practice destroys the environment. Unfortunately, this emotional and sensational appeal is made by environmentalists who twist the facts to further their anti-civilization agenda. One case in point is in … Read more
On September 24, 2013, Feast of Our Lady of Ransom, volunteers with America Needs Fatima achieved the goal of organizing 10,000 Public Square Rosary Rallies. This impressive milestone was reached more than two weeks prior to the official date for this year’s rallies, October 12. Though an inherently ambitious goal, the hand … Read more
This past September 11, as Americans recalled their dead and expressed outrage at the cowardly terrorist attacks of 2001, the Left around the world shed bitter tears for an altogether different 9/11. Forty years ago on September 11, 1973 the Chilean military staged a coup d’etat against the government of Salvador Allende, … Read more
Not infrequently some ecclesiastic raises the question of priestly celibacy implying that it can be discussed because it is not a dogma of the faith. The secular media immediately take such statements and scatter them to the four winds, implying that the Church is about to abandon the discipline of celibacy. The … Read more