Catholic Perspective

The Miraculous Springs of Fatima

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The Miraculous Springs of Fatima 1

At the time of the Fatima apparitions, no water sprung from the ground, as it did in Lourdes, France. Nevertheless, the lack of water in and around Fatima was a very real problem and a difficult one to solve. That difficulty was exacerbated by the nature of the limestone and porous terrain … Read more

Students Transfer Incorrupt Body of Sister Mariana in Ecuador

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Students Transfer Incorrupt Body of Sister Mariana in Ecuador 1

St. Louis de Montfort Academy and I had the enormous privilege of assisting the nuns of the Convent of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady of Good Success in Quito, Ecuador. We helped transfer the incorrupt body of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres to a splendid new sarcophagus. This magnificent work of … Read more

Saint Michael, Protect Our Police

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Saint Michael, Protect Our Police

On July 16, 2016, the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 5,167 Public Rosary Rallies were held across America in support of the nation’s police officers. This was the initial response of America Needs Fatima members and supporters to the senseless attacks that resulted in death and injury to several … Read more

Like the Martyrs, Endure All Things for the Love of God

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Like the Martyrs, Endure All Things for the Love of God

From the patience which the martyrs showed during their tortures, we should learn to suffer with holy resignation the crosses and afflictions of this life; poverty, sickness, persecution, insults, injustice, and all other evils, are but trivial when compared with their sufferings. The reflection that it was the will of God that … Read more

Pierre Toussaint: God’s Image Carved in Ebony

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Greatness Gained Through Submission

Looking at the man in this photograph, the immediate impression is that he is a person of dignity. He sits upright with a bearing that belongs to old world diplomats. His facial expression is serious, determined and yet calmly tinged with charity. His eyes simultaneously suggest conviction and gentleness, intensity and kindness. … Read more

Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río: Hero for Christ the King

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Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río: Hero for Christ the King 8

Our young saint lived in tumultuous times. The socialist government of Mexico was waging a bloody war against the Catholic Church, and fervent Catholics known as the Cristeros rose up to defend Christ the King. Their heroic resistance, La Cristiada, began in 1926. Background The Mexican constitution of 1917—socialist at its core—sparked … Read more

Statement on Amoris Laetitia Claims Serious Break with Church Teaching, Dangers to Marriage and the Family

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Statement on Amoris Laetitia Claims Serious Break with Church Teaching, Dangers to Marriage and the Family 2

Given the serious reservations and objections of many key Church public figures and Catholic layman to the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia and given the growing confusion it is sowing in people’s minds regarding family moral issues, the Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Institute (IPCO), the American TFP’s sister organization in Brazil, felt compelled … Read more

Declaration of Fidelity to the Church’s Unchangeable Teaching on Marriage and to Her Uninterrupted Discipline

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List of Dignitaries Who Signed the Declaration of Fidelity to the Church’s Unchangeable Teaching on Marriage and to Her Uninterrupted Discipline 1

“Let marriage be honored among all” (Heb. 13: 4)   Declaration of Fidelity to the Church’s Unchangeable Teaching on Marriage and to Her Uninterrupted Discipline   We live in an age when numerous forces seek to destroy or deform marriage and the family. Indeed, secular ideologies take advantage of and aggravate the … Read more

‘Amoris Laetitia’ Opens the Gates of the Church and Society for a Programmed Demolition of Marriage and the Family

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‘Amoris Laetitia’ Opens the Gates of the Church and Society for a Programmed Demolition of Marriage and the Family

Based on solid arguments, the Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Institute has published in São Paulo, Brazil, a timely analysis of the Exhortation Amoris Laetitia, raising serious reservations about the document and asking for its revocation, as it represents a fundamental shift in the pastoral doctrine and practice of the Catholic Church toward … Read more