The book by Pie Régamey, Les plus beaux textes sur la Vierge (Éditions La Colombe, Paris, 1946, pp.387 ff.), contains a testimony by Mélanie Calvat, the girl who had the vision of Our Lady of La Salette [read the integral text of the secret here, according to entirely reliable and duly indicated … Read more
Birth rates are falling everywhere. Most analysts cite the material causes for the lack of babies. Economic hardship, insufficient childcare and political uncertainty are all cited as the reasons people don’t want to have children. Those with a materialist mindset cannot conceive of any other reasons. Thus, they propose more government benefits, … Read more
“Then Jesus said to those Jews, who believed him: If you continue in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (Gospel According to Saint John 8:31-32.) That magnificent promise, first voiced by Our Lord, is emblazoned on the Dominican … Read more
A general sense that society is broken prevails in America today. Polls show that people are not satisfied with the direction the nation is going. Things and institutions are not functioning as they should. Many place the blame, not without reason, upon liberalism. Indeed, liberalism plays a significant role in this general … Read more
As a mining company prepares to start extracting copper from a “sacred” mountain in Arizona, protesters gathered at the site called Oak Flat. Among them was a small group of elderly Catholic nuns who supported an Apache group’s effort to ban the mine. The three-day event in July was a tragic case … Read more
Napoleon arrested Pope Pius VII on July 6, 1808. This extraordinary event triggered the alliance formed by the Marian Sodalities of Paris and Lyon, the Amicizie, and other lesser-known associations. Immediately, the alliance started using its contact networks, especially in France and Italy. These associations successfully made public essential documents concerning relations … Read more
On July 6, 1808, by Napoleon’s orders, French soldiers arrested Pius VII. They took the Pontiff to Savona, a Ligurian city near Genoa. The Papal Secretary of State Cardinal Bartholomeo Pacca, detained on the same occasion, was imprisoned in the Fenestrelle Fortress, near Turin, roughly eighty-five miles from Savona. Napoleon’s motive was … Read more
There has been tremendous growth in Satanism in America. No longer limited to large liberal cities, it now finds itself in small towns and rural areas where one would never think it possible. There are many reasons for Satanism’s growth. However, one reason rarely cited is that children are prepared early to … Read more
In 1804, First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte became Emperor of the French. A few days before promulgating the laws establishing the Empire, Napoleon conferred with Giovanni Battista Cardinal Caprara, the Papal Legate. Napoleon asked the legate to sound out the Holy Father about the possibility of consecrating him as Emperor in Notre Dame … Read more
One great tragedy of radical individualism was the loss of all the social skills and practices that help make living together in society more agreeable, uplifting and virtuous. The Revolution of the Sixties was not just a complete change of sexual mores. It also overturned all the social manners and practices that … Read more