Kamikaze

Kamikaze

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of the book, In Defense of Catholic Action, by Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. This book denounced the germs of progressivism inside the Church in Brazil with remarkable prophetic insights. To commemorate this book, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family … Read more

The First Cry of Alarm: In Defense of Catholic Action

The First Cry of Alarm: In Defense of Catholic Action

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of the book, In Defense of Catholic Action, by Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. This book denounced the germs of progressivism inside the Church in Brazil with remarkable prophetic insights. To commemorate this book, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family … Read more

As King of Creation, Man Must Improve Upon Created Things

As King of Creation, Man Must Improve Upon Created Things

Once while in Rome, a friend and I passed in front of a shop window with several jars of cherry compote and other fruits. I told my friend: “I generally like fruit jams much more than natural fruit, and so I think cherry compote is much better than fresh, raw cherries.” Eternal … Read more

How The Carmelites Of Compiegne Heroically Won Heaven

How The Carmelites Of Compiegne Heroically Won Heaven

July 17 is the feast of the sixteen Carmelites of Compiègne who were guillotined on this day in 1794 during the French Revolution. The Church often, but not always, celebrates the feast of martyrs on the day they died because it is the most glorious day of their lives. They were born … Read more

Considerations on the Russian Soul

Considerations on the Russian Soul

In the context of the book Revolution and Counter-Revolution, we can ask: If there had been a counter-revolutionary tsar, what would his policies have been? First of all, he obviously would have converted to the Catholic Faith and had it established throughout Russia. Then, from the temporal perspective, he should have found … Read more

What is Catholic Culture? The Foundation of True Culture

What is Catholic Culture? The Foundation of True Culture

A simple definition of culture is all that enhances the human mind. However, there remains the question of what a Catholic culture is. Indeed, Catholic culture is the highest expression of culture. Culture becomes grounded on solid foundations when it contains precise notions about man’s perfection, especially the powers of the soul … Read more

What Is Culture? All That Enhances the Human Mind

What Is Culture? All That Enhances the Human Mind

What Is Culture? People answer this question in many different ways. Some are inspired by philology, others by all kinds of philosophical and social systems. So many contradictions have arisen around defining culture, and the related word “civilization” gives rise to so many contradictions that international congresses of scholars and professors have … Read more

Why Modern Law Clashes with the Social Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Why Modern Law Clashes with the Social Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ

“We do not want Him to reign over us!” “We have no king but Caesar!” Behold, these are the terms by which the Jews repudiated the Kingship of Our Divine Saviour. Today, the struggle still unfolds in these terms: “The enemy is the paganism of modern life. Our weapons are media publicity … Read more

A Lesson From the Early Education of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

A Lesson From the Early Education of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

The biographical notes about Saint Aloysius Gonzaga are as follows: “Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591) was the eldest son of Ferdinand, Marquis of Castiglione. Coupled with his precocious piety, he also displayed the bellicose bubbling of his ancestral blood. The Marquis gave him a small armor, a helmet, a little sword and a … Read more

Saint Bernard’s Spirit of Chivalry

Saint Bernard’s Spirit of Chivalry

Saint Bernard was a Cistercian monk. He founded a religious Order that was a branch of the Order of Saint Benedict, destined to practice greater austerity and have a tougher life than required by the toughest rules of the monks of his time. He believed—how rightly!—that through suffering, man atones for his … Read more