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How Catherine of Genoa Became the Saint of “Divine Love”

by Roberto de Mattei March 29, 2026June 26, 2025

Saint Catherine was born in Genoa, Italy, on April 5, 1447, the youngest of five children. Her father was Giacomo Fieschi, a member of an illustrious family that gave the Church two Popes, Innocent IV and Adrian V. Catherine’s deep inner life blossomed at the age of thirteen. She felt attracted to … Read more

The Power of Rapid, Transforming Grace in the Soul of Fr. Hermann Cohen

by Francis Slobodnik June 25, 2025

Conversions to the Catholic Church take place in different ways. Sometimes, a long process culminates with a decision to enter the Church. However, other conversions involve rapid transforming graces that take a soul immersed in sin and lead to an instant change. Such graces continue even in these times of crisis inside … Read more

After Decades of Failure, American Educators Fear a Christian Invasion More than Anarchy

by Edwin Benson June 24, 2025

Back in the days when schools taught something more than self-pity, indignation and jumping to conclusions, many teachers required that students read Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1863 poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride.” For generations of Americans, its opening line, “Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,” was, … Read more

Three Important Lessons from America’s Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities

by John Horvat II June 23, 2025

The June 21 attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities contains three very important lessons that run counter to many false narratives circulating these days. One of these comes from those opposed to the attack. They claim this action did not reflect the will of the American people. These three lessons can serve as … Read more

Father Nicholas Diessbach, The Indefatigable “Ambassador of God” Dies at Age 66

by Fernando Furquim de Almeida June 20, 2025

The last article in this series (see link here) described political events that prevented Amicizie’s full development in Italy. However, these setbacks did not dampen Father Nicholas Diessbach’s spirits. With the assistance of Baron Joseph von Penckler (1751-1830) and other Austrian members, he continued his illustrious apostolate and prevented the sodality from … Read more

June, Fatima and Iran

by John Horvat II June 18, 2025

This June has proven to be a particularly chaotic month. We are only partially through it, and already, there is a new war, civil unrest, celebrated vice and a scrambled world order. It feels so disconcerting. Things are so far from the way they should be. The worst part of being in … Read more

Ten Years After the Obergefell Same-Sex “Marriage” Ruling, Calls Multiply for Its Overturn

by John Horvat II June 13, 2025June 13, 2025

Liberalism holds that humanity evolves with ever more expressive manifestations of freedom. Once in motion, this process cannot be reversed. At best, the more conservative elements of society can resist and slow down the advance. However, this liberal narrative is false. History is not fated to go in a specific direction. Every … Read more

An Incomplete Understanding of the Revolutionary Process Hindered Amicizia’s Progress

by Fernando Furquim de Almeida June 13, 2025

(Editor’s note: The last four articles in this series (found here, here, here, and here) concerned aspects of a message that Father Nicholas Deissbach sent to the newly crowned Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II around 1790. During this time, the disastrous French Revolution was in progress, although it had not yet reached … Read more

Blasphemy is Still Blasphemy 25 Years Later

by Joseph Dunlap June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

A quarter century ago, volunteers from Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) vigorously protested the blasphemous release of the film Dogma, which openly mocked the Catholic faith in the name of comedy. However, blasphemy is still blasphemy 25 years later. With the re-launch of the movie showing in many theaters nationwide in 2025, … Read more

Yale Study Confirms There’s Nothing Like a Mother’s Lullaby

by John Horvat II June 10, 2025

The right music can have a calming effect on babies. Thus, some have claimed that serene passages of classical music should be played to babies as part of their formation. However, it is not Mozart who impacts infants the most. The soothing tone of a loving mother is much more effective. A … Read more