The Soulless Drink for the Man-Machine

New Soylent Drink of Doubtful Nutritional Value, But it Certainly Leaves the Soul Empty Ever think you’d see a fast-food place where people could ingest meals like a car gets filled with gas? Like a fast-food place on fast forward. Well, we’re a step closer to the one-stop human feeding station. Today, … Read more

The Origin of the Regina Caeli Prayer

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From Holy Saturday to Pentecost we sing or recite one of the Church’s most joyful anthems, the Regina Cæli (O, Queen of Heaven), customarily said in place of the Angelus at twelve noon. According to The Golden Legend, a thirteenth century work on the lives of the Saints, Pope Saint Gregory the … Read more

The Concept of Universals

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We should seek the universality of things and not just limit ourselves to the immediate thing at hand. If we do not form an idea of the entirety of something, of its universality coupled with all its hierarchical values, we will not be able to insert what we know into any broader … Read more

New Video Gives Insight on Return to Order

A new video about the book, Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society—Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here and Where We Need to Go, was just released on April 2. The video includes extensive interviews with author John Horvat II, who explains how the book was … Read more

Hungary Hands Over Public Schools to Religious Institutions

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The Hungarian government is transferring public schools to religious institutions, reported the French magazine L’Express.This policy has infuriated socialist leaders within and outside Hungary and even in European countries where public education has had calamitous results. The angry complaints center on the fact that traditional morals are being restored with the help … Read more

Humility, Magnanimity and Magnificence

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True Humility Is Not Contrary to Legitimate Splendor and Honors The virtue of humility, at least in its external aspects, arouses much sympathy even among those who are not particularly religious or otherwise oppose religion. In a world dominated by pride and sensuality, it seems very timely to study this virtue, however … Read more

When Rats Jump on to Sinking Ships

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It is said that when a ship starts sinking, rats onboard have a sixth sense about what is going to happen and are the first to jump on to the nearest flotsam to save their lives. The analogy has often been used to describe the cowardly antics of those who flee lost … Read more

Our Lady, Guardian of the Faith

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While the heavy stones of the tomb conceal the body of Our Savior from the gaze of everyone, the Faith vacillates in the few who remained faithful to Our Lord. But there is a light that does not burn out, nor does it flicker, and it alone burns fully in this universal … Read more

Holy Week Blasphemy Protest to Console Our Blessed Mother

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""""[vc_column_text]On the evening of Tuesday, March 26, friends and supporters of the American TFP and America Needs Fatima gathered in front of The Walter Kerr Theatre to protest the blasphemous play The Testament of Mary. Over 80 were present to peacefully protest the insult to Our Lady, Our Lord, and the holy … Read more

Humility Is Compatible with the Rich Dress of One’s Office

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Saint Francis of Sales, the bishop of Geneva, while on a journey during Lent, went to a church that was attached to the monastery of Capuchin friars. He arrived at sermon time; the preacher had taken ostentation in dress as his sermon’s theme and was inveighing vehemently against prelates and ecclesiastical dignitaries … Read more