The pacifist, and therefore anti-militarist, character of the Revolution is easily understood. 1.  Science will bring an end to war, the military and the police. In the technological paradise of the Revolution, peace has to be perpetual, for science has shown that war is evil, and technology can overcome all its causes. … Read more

It is fitting to add some representative texts of Saint Thomas Aquinas to the pontifical texts quoted in testimony of the Church’s social doctrine on the subject of Monarchical regimes given the prominence of his thinking in traditional Catholic teaching. In De Regimine Principum, “having set forth these preliminary points,” it behooves … Read more

In the fourteenth century a transformation of mentality began to take place in Christian Europe; in the course of the fifteenth century it became ever more apparent. The thirst for earthly pleasures became a burning desire. Diversions became more and more frequent and sumptuous, increasingly engrossing men. The growing yearning for a … Read more

Throughout the colonial period of the three Americas, the respective mother countries were governed by a regime that, some differences aside, is known generically as the Old Regime. This was the system European countries implanted in their colonies. With the successive proclamations of independence by the American nations, this regime ceased to … Read more

Pope Leo XIII teaches in his allocution to the Roman Patriciate and Nobility on January 24, 1903: The Roman Pontiffs have always taken care to equally protect and ameliorate the lot of the humble, and to support and augment the honor of the upper classes. For they carry on the mission of … Read more

What is meant by “organic” or “inorganic” can be understood by comparing a living organism, such as a man or an animal, and a machine. A man and a machine have some things in common. Each is made up of different parts that form a single whole. In both, every part carries … Read more

All epochs have a founding legend, a myth that reflects the underlying zeitgeist, which is the spirit of those particular times. We, who live in the contemporary West, are living in the shadow of the equality myth. Our political and social institutions operate on the premise that all human beings are fundamentally … Read more

""""[vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]""""[vc_column_text]An aristocracy and a bourgeoisie that vulgarize their manners and dress in order to disarm the Revolution harm themselves. A social authority that degrades itself is comparable to the salt that has lost its savor. It is good for nothing save to be cast out and trodden on by men (cf. … Read more