The five hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther, who was largely responsible for the Protestant revolution of the XVI century, gave rise to manifestations of sympathy in certain Catholic circles which would have been considered absolutely unforeseeable five years ago. Among these manifestations was the visit of HH John Paul II to the … Read more
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I am writing on Tuesday morning. Today’s papers in Brazil and the world are reporting still another change of nuance in the overall picture of the situation in Poland. The success of the various strike movements has forced the Communist Party there to sweep out the Premier. In view of the liberalizing … Read more
The Vatican Policy of Détente with Communist Governments, Traditional Chinese For a PDF version in Chinese, Click Here. This article is best viewed using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome 梵蒂岡採取跟共產政權改善關係的政策 普利尼奧．科雷亞．德．奧里維拉 撰 一九七五年二月十八日(星期四) 本文是已故的普利尼奧．科雷里．德．奧里維拉教授所著，他是「巴西捍衞傳統、家庭和財產協會」的創辦人。一九七四年四月十日，這篇文章在南美洲各大主要報章發表，反應甚佳，因為當時在面對梵蒂岡採取跟共產政權改善關係的政策時，大家往往深感困感，不知道應該抱持甚麼立場才算正確？本文剛好提供了一個明智的答案，既能權衡輕重，又經過精闢探究。 這份公開聲明是由全球各地各自獨立的「捍衞傳統、家庭和財產協會」（TFPs）發布，而「美國捍衞傳統、家庭及財產協會」也樂於重刋，除了可為順民抗議行動作辯解，也為天主教徒開創了一個新紀元──忤逆的年代。 目錄 一. 事實 二. 羅馬及宗座的天主教徒 三. 在使徒聖保羅身上找到答案 四. 抗拒 五. 普世教會的內部連串變化 六. 結論 … Read more
The following document was written by the late Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property. In April 10, 1974, it was published with good results in the major newspapers of South America, because it provided a balanced, vigorously studied and wise answer to the most perplexing question of its day: what was the right position to take in face of the Vatican policy of détente with Communist regimes?
Table of Contents The Central Question Posed by This Essay Author’s Preface I. The Facts II. A Complex Problem III. The Practical Importance of This Problem IV. There Is No Avoiding This Problem V. Facing the Problem VI. The Solution VII. Resolving Final Objections VIII. Fruits of the Agreement: Skin-deep Catholics … Read more