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What 10 Saints Said Before Going to Heaven

by Gregory Murphy March 29, 2026September 24, 2021

The Latin adage grasps reality so well, talis vita, finis ita. That means the way you live is the way you die. If one lives well, a good death is likely with the grace of God. Whereas those who live a sinful life are unlikely to make a last minute conversion and … Read more

Why Liberals Fear the Rumblings of a Jealous God

by John Horvat II September 23, 2021

The collapse of our liberal order is upon us. As expected, many liberals assign the blame to Christian conservatives. We are the ones waging “forever” culture wars that prevent society from progressing, diversifying and becoming more inclusive. We are the ones who use culture as an identity marker to impose our “illiberal” … Read more

The Centennial of the Chinese Communist Party and the Bitter Fruits of the Vatican-China Agreement

by Gustavo Solimeo September 20, 2021September 18, 2021

This year, the Chinese Communist Party is celebrating the centenary of its founding with all pomp and circumstance. The celebration has been long in preparation. On October 18, 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Party, delivered an important speech to the 2,280 delegates at the 19th Congress of … Read more

Fifteen Telltale Words that Expose Critical Race Theory in America’s Schools

by Edwin Benson September 15, 2021September 14, 2021

Parents all over America are rising against Critical Race Theory. They confront school boards from Loudon County, Virginia, to San Francisco, California, to oppose the disastrous ideology. Critical Race Theory by Other Names On one level, this development is heartening since both conservatives and some liberals are rejecting the theory. However, the … Read more

We Need Americans with Grit and Who Get the Job Done

by John Horvat II September 9, 2021

Amid the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, a glimmer of honor appeared on the horizon. A group of American veterans helped evacuate fellow Americans and faithful Afghans left behind to face the Taliban. These Americans, many of them former members of Special Forces, arranged to send people out of the country. After the … Read more

The Harvard Dilemma: Can an Atheist be a Chaplain?

by Edwin Benson September 7, 2021

Can the lack of religion be a religion? This question appears absurd—roughly akin to asking if the sky can be underground or if a rock can be a book. Every object has a nature. It is in the nature of the sky to be above ground and for a book to be … Read more

Is It Time to Call on the Angels and Saints?

by John Horvat II March 29, 2026August 29, 2021

Modernity introduced a grave error into the spiritual lives of countless Catholics. It conditioned us to believe in a materialistic society in which spiritual things are deemed unimportant. It established a naturalistic mindset that denies supernatural action exists. Thus, at best, the spiritual life is considered a subjective feeling that we sense … Read more

Time to Return to Medieval Courtesy Books

by John Horvat II August 31, 2021August 27, 2021

To the “woke” crowd, teaching civility and manners favors artificial concepts that reinforce power structures and control behavior. This Marxist perspective reduces everything to the class struggle terms of oppressor and oppressed. For this reason, manners must be eradicated and never taught to vulnerable children. So many things today reflect this anti-manners … Read more

Pope Francis’s ‘Traditionis Custodes’ and the Traditional Latin Mass

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo August 24, 2021August 22, 2021

An Unjust Law Does Not Oblige Lack of sacrality and reverential worship in the “New Mass” has reached the unimaginable. Here are a few examples from among many that could be given: at the end of Mass, a fully vested archbishop rides a bicycle around his cathedral; priests celebrate clown Masses, while … Read more

Chaos: How Many Crimes are Committed By Hiding Your Name!

by Juan Gonzalo Larrain Campbell September 13, 2021August 20, 2021

Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira denounced the generalization of chaos over 70 years ago. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira spoke of the metamorphosis, not the death, of communism. He saw this maneuver as part of a universal Revolution to lead the world to its final … Read more