In Oregon: “We Have the Weapon! The Rosary!”

What happened in Salem, Oregon, was unexpected. A Rosary rally was announced at the Capitol steps while a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest was taking place. This obstacle did not stop the volunteers on their mission to pray the Rosary at all fifty state capitals. The effort is part of the Mother … Read more

Four Characteristics of the Liberal Mind That Are Destroying Society

Four Characteristics of the Liberal Mind That Are Destroying Society

Conservatives often blame liberals for the breakdown in society today. After all, liberals challenged an order that existed and replaced it with a situation that is now unraveling. This unraveling can be traced to the efforts of liberal activists to influence legislation and elections and to liberal control of the media that … Read more

Charlottesville: A Clash of False Alternatives

Charlottesville: A Clash of False Alternatives

The events in Charlottesville have shaken the nation, and many have rightly condemned the violence at the August 12 protest that resulted in one tragic death and many wounded. Some were hesitant to make a sweeping condemnation pointing to the violence of the counter-protesters as a factor that must also be considered. … Read more

The Termite Man

The Termite Man 2

I know the case of an old farmer of São Paulo, the master of a vast coffee plantation and of a spacious mansion, square-shaped with two floors, a door in the center and windows of equal size throughout the facade. No external decoration. The farmer, as is traditionally the case in Brazil, … Read more

‘Annum Ingressi’ Apostolic Letter of Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII

ANNUM INGRESSI APOSTOLICAL LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIII TO ALL THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC WORLD LEO XIII., POPE Venerable Brothers, Health and Apostolic Benediction. HAVING come to the twenty-fifth year of our Apostolic Ministry, and being astonished ourselves at the length of the way which … Read more