Why We Cannot Cut Our Nuclear Arsenal Without the World Returning to Ethical Principles For years now, nuclear disarmament (even unilateral disarmament) has been vehemently debated in Catholic intellectual circles. Since the Obama Administration is now negotiating a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with the Russian Federation and this Catholic debate … Read more
""""[vc_column_text] Daily Novena Prayer This prayer is to be said at the end of each day’s devotion to Saint Joseph. After the prayers, we have provided a meditation about Saint Joseph for each day. I, thy unworthy child, greet thee. Thou art the faithful protector and intercessor of all who love and … Read more
""""[vc_column_text] Update, 04-17-10: The links to Planned Parenthood have been removed. However, links to pro-abortion group NOW remain and pro-abortion nun, Sister Margaret A. Farley is still listed as a board member of the University of Detroit Mercy. “The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members … Read more
It would be better to disband the Corps than see it dishonored and its virtues and values destroyed. A vandal once took a hammer to the Pietà. It was a shocking and unexpected event, but the fact that it happened suggests a perverse streak within our nature to desecrate that which others … Read more
“A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of communism.” This is the famous opening line of the Manifesto of the Communist Party written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848. This sentence could perhaps be paraphrased today: “A specter is haunting America – the specter of socialism.” Is Communism Dead? … Read more
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal was the first great step toward the re-Marianization of the nineteenth century, preparing the great movement of souls that culminated with the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. On November 27, 1830, Our Lady appeared to Saint Catherine Labouré in Paris and revealed to … Read more
One of the most cited and least understood wars in American history is Vietnam. Due to these misunderstandings, it has become synonymous with the words quagmire and disaster. Thus, opponents of current military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan decry our operations there saying that America is getting itself into “another Vietnam.” However, … Read more
Anyone who examines the ideology of socialism will see the contrast between the socialist doctrine and the doctrine of the Church.All the same, it is not out of place to review the condemnation of the popes starting with Pius IX and ending with Benedict XVI. Thus, we present what the popes have … Read more
During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, a Spanish nun lived and prayed in Quito, Ecuador. Her name was Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres y Berriochoa, a nun of the Conceptionist Order. Our Lady appeared to her asking that a statue be made under the title of Our Lady of Good Success. Her … Read more
When some people visit a place, they see all the important buildings, monuments and restaurants and then feel they know the area and its people. Something different happened to me. By happy chance, I recently visited Quito, Ecuador and instead of a whirlwind tour of all the sights, I spent most of … Read more