This impressive view of the Coliseum, powerfully illuminated by spotlights, allows us to see the same diverse beauties the old monument displays when under the brightness of the Roman sun. An atmosphere of tragedy and catastrophe weighs heavily over the ambience. To the right, in the background the collapsed walls of the … Read more
English translation of the February 26, 1949 letter Monsignor Giovanni Battista Montini, then Substitute Secretary of State of the Holy See and later Pope Paul VI, wrote in the name of His Holiness Pope Pius XII to Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira in appreciation for his book, In Defense of Catholic Action. Vatican, February 26, 1949 … Read more
Providence decided to throw a “nuclear” bomb on the enemies of the Church. The havoc wreaked in Hiroshima and Nagasaki is only a minor fever compared to this bomb. The “nuclear bomb” of Catholicism has been ready to explode for two centuries now. When it does, we will understand the full meaning … Read more
Indeed, how many and how important are the benefits which flow from the indissolubility of matrimony cannot escape anyone who gives even a brief consideration either to the good of the married parties and the offspring or to the welfare of human society. First of all, both husband and wife possess a … Read more
Notre Charge Apostolique Our Apostolic Mandate Apostolic Letter of Pope Saint Pius X to the French Episcopate condemning Le Sillon directed by Marc Sangnier Our Apostolic Mandate requires from Us that We watch over the purity of the Faith and the integrity of Catholic discipline. It requires from Us that We protect … Read more
Motu Proprio: Fin Dalla Prima Nostra Motu Proprio: In Our First Encyclical Motu Proprio of Pope Saint Pius X Concerning Popular Catholic Action In our first Encyclical to the Bishops of the world, in which we echo all that our glorious predecessors had laid down concerning the Catholic action of the laity, … Read more
ANNUM INGRESSI APOSTOLICAL LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIII TO ALL THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC WORLD LEO XIII., POPE Venerable Brothers, Health and Apostolic Benediction. HAVING come to the twenty-fifth year of our Apostolic Ministry, and being astonished ourselves at the length of the way which … Read more