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Pope Warns: “We Need to Be Distrustful of Socialist Propaganda”

by Gustavo Solimeo March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

The Pope was Benedict XV (1914-1922). He warned the faithful against the evils of socialism in a document issued exactly one hundred years ago this month on March 11, 1920. The title says it all: “Epistle Soliti Nos: On the Need to Beware of Socialist Propaganda.” Although a century old, Pope Benedict’s … Read more

The Coronavirus Is a Call to Return to God

by John Horvat II October 26, 2020March 17, 2020

Our reaction to the coronavirus reflects the crisis of our secular godless society. The problem is not the virus—as potentially lethal as it might be. This outbreak is a biological fact, like so many that have plagued humanity over the ages. While a virus is apolitical, it can, however, have political consequences. … Read more

Mugged By Reality: Invoking Satan on the Steps of Washington State’s Capitol

by Joseph Ferrara March 16, 2020March 15, 2020

On March 6, 2020, at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia, the Satanic Temple of Washington (STW) solemnly invoked Satan as part of a ceremony that was authorized by the state’s elected officials. After marching in to the beat of a bass drum, some twenty STW members in full satanic ceremonial regalia … Read more

Saint Francisco of Fatima Calls Us to Make Special Reparation

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira March 29, 2026March 12, 2020

We will comment on the dialog of the Fatima seer, now-Saint Francisco Marto, as recorded in an excerpt from the famous book, The True Story of Fatima, by Fr. John de Marchi. In this dialog during Francisco’s last illness, Sister Lúcia asks him: As she sat next to Francisco’s bed, Lucia gently … Read more

For American Youth: “Virginity Is Awesome”

by Norman Fulkerson March 9, 2020March 7, 2020

The issue of married priests recently came up in a conversation with a friend. He is a retired Marine Corps Colonel and a Catholic. He was surprised to hear that priestly celibacy is not, as is often stated, a medieval invention. I took advantage to point out to him that remaining chaste, … Read more

This Is the Sure Cure for Coronaphobia

by John Horvat II October 26, 2020March 5, 2020

The coronavirus dominates world news, whipping up a hysteria rarely seen in modern times. While the virus has yet to display its full fury, the reaction to it is at a frenzy. There are two spectacles taking place: the coronavirus and the fear of the coronavirus that might be called coronaphobia. At … Read more

Resisting the Grave Errors in Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation Querida Amazonia

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo March 4, 2020March 3, 2020

On February 2, Pope Francis finally made public the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Querida Amazonia. It was eagerly awaited: With joy by those seeking a new and desacralized Church, and with concern by those who love the Church. The Errors in the Synod’s Prior Documents Were Not Condemned Querida Amazonia neither corrected nor … Read more

How to Lose Oneself in Our Lord Jesus Christ

by John Horvat II October 26, 2020February 29, 2020

To be like Our Lord Jesus Christ was the ideal that inspired the Middle Ages. Medieval man desired to be linked to Him in the most complete way possible; to lose himself in Him. These sentiments were not only loving movements of admiration and awe. Medieval man took them to their final … Read more

Our Lady of the Grand Return: A Story of Hope for our Times

by James Bascom February 20, 2024February 19, 2020

In the year 636 A.D., a small boat without sails, oars, or sailors floated into the harbor of Boulogne-sur-Mer, a charming port city on the English Channel in northern France. When the townspeople gathered around it, they discovered that the boat contained a wooden statue of Our Lady holding the Child Jesus … Read more

Bishop McElroy, How Is Climate Change Deadlier Than Abortion?

by John Horvat II October 26, 2020February 13, 2020

Abortion presents a problem for the Catholic left since it does not fit into its social justice agenda. It certainly involves social justice in the highest degree since it is a great injustice to deprive an innocent person of life. However, the left, by its nature, always seeks to change “oppressive” social … Read more