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Are the Vatican and Business Leaders Working to Improve or Destroy Capitalism?

by John Horvat II June 3, 2021December 18, 2020

Socialism has failed worldwide because it uses the government’s brutal power to force people into its anti-natural program against private property. It also suppresses the social, economic and religious forces that are the natural defenses against its destruction. However, the ideological virus has the uncanny ability to mutate. When one plan shipwrecks, … Read more

Why Learning to Love Debt Is Not a Good Idea

by John Horvat II June 3, 2021December 17, 2020

It is that time again when liberals, sensing the possibility of being in control, are revving up the debt engines. So many things need to be done in a post-COVID world, and there is so little revenue to pay for it. Debt is the way out, they claim. Now is the time … Read more

We Need a Great Reset (Not the One You’re Thinking of)

by John Horvat II June 3, 2021December 16, 2020

There is a major plan for change in society that is called the Great Reset. Rarely have I seen a plan so openly laid out to the public. Time magazine devoted a whole issue to the subject. Most major corporation CEOs (the Davos crowd) have signed on to the proposal. This is … Read more

The Marvelous Miracle of Empel Shows the Power of the Immaculate Conception

by Rex Teodosio February 11, 2021December 15, 2020

On December 8, 1585, a miracle happened involving the Immaculate Conception. During the Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648), Spanish troops faced a revolt in the Netherlands. There were many reasons that caused the war, but it was divided along religious lines. Thus, the Spanish Catholics who ruled the Low Countries as they were … Read more

Three Gift Suggestions for a Christmas that is Not Ordinary

by John Horvat II June 3, 2021December 14, 2020

This isn’t an ordinary Christmas. In many places, officials are trying to steal Christmas from those who wish to celebrate it in churches. Families are discouraged from holding get-togethers in the home. Thus, we are left to observe this Christmas in our hearts, where no force can enter, but we still feel … Read more

The Grace of God Still Operates in a World of Postmodern Chaos

by Joseph Ferrara December 10, 2020

Many say the Grace of God no longer operates in the modern world. I do not believe this. I have seen grace working wonders inside souls. I am among the privileged souls chosen to be a custodian of the many Pilgrim Fatima Statues that travel the country as an initiative of the … Read more

Why Too Many Choices Drive You Crazy. Prudence is the Solution!

by John Horvat II June 3, 2021December 9, 2020

Many claim the inebriating idea of unlimited choice is an expression of a marvelous consumer culture. They might even say that the frenetic intemperance of having endless possibilities is the essence of freedom. It does not matter if people cannot exercise even a fraction of these options as long as the choices … Read more

During this Advent, May Grace Rain on a Sinful World

by John Horvat II June 3, 2021December 5, 2020

Advent: From the Latin ad-venio, to come to. “Send down the dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One: let the earth be opened, and bud forth the Redeemer.” These words of the Advent hymn, Rorate Caeli, echo the longings of the Fathers of old for the … Read more

Pope Francis Endorses Same-Sex Civil Unions, but Something Intrinsically Evil Cannot Be the Object of Legal Rights

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo June 3, 2021December 4, 2020

Released on October 21, Francesco, a documentary by Evgeny Afineevsky, shocked millions of Catholics because Pope Francis visually endorsed the legalization of same-sex unions. Two cardinals, several bishops, priests, and lay Catholics stressed the obvious: The papal endorsement is incompatible with Catholic doctrine. Based on Scripture, Tradition, and her perennial teaching, the … Read more

Meet the Radical “Eco-Theologian” Behind the Economy of Francis

by Julio Loredo June 3, 2021December 3, 2020

It is a well-known tactic, already explored by Machiavelli. It consists of using a trusted intermediary to launch borderline ideas and trends that dazzle by their extremism. The trusted man plants a flag beyond the boundaries of the acceptable or even the reasonable. He provokes, unsettles and knocks things down. If the … Read more