The elderly lady wore a hat. It was something I noticed in the terminal awaiting my flight. Her hat stood out since most people at airports don’t stand out. The normal ripped-and-casual wear at the gates is all the same, marked only by its banality and ordinariness. Inside the sterile atmosphere of … Read more
For a long time, public universities have been the place where students have lost their Faith. The pressure of secular professors, sexual promiscuity and liberal ideas were enough to cause impressionable youth to question their beliefs. Living outside traditional influences, independent students were encouraged to discard religion as restrictive and old-fashioned. In … Read more
Pope Pius IX’s condemnation of the Count of Montalembert and the Congress of Catholic Scientists (sometimes called the first Mechlin Conference), as well as other measures taken by the Holy See, slowed the momentum of liberal Catholics. The second Mechlin Conference, held in 1864, no longer had such intense liberal hues. Montalembert … Read more
Boarding a plane for Madrid began a trip that would mark my life. For years, I had desired and dreamed of walking the path that pilgrims had trodden upon for over a thousand years to venerate the remains of Saint James the Greater, Apostle and cousin of Our Lord Jesus Christ. That … Read more
Pope Francis’ new autobiographical book, written with journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona, was recently released. It is titled Pope Francis’ Life: My Story Through History and has been translated into several languages. It was published simultaneously in Europe and America by HarperCollins. The Communist Who Taught Pope Francis to Think The 232-page book … Read more
The Holy Father, Pius IX, distributed an early draft of the Syllabus of Errors to bishops in Rome for the canonization of twenty-six Japanese martyrs in 1862. It was no longer a secret that the Holy See was preparing to officially condemn Catholic liberalism. Alarmed by the project, some governments tried to … Read more
Woke students were jolted out of their complacency as they walked to class at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis., on Friday morning, April 5. Just across the street from the main entrance, about a dozen volunteers with the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) were back with … Read more
Islam is Arabic for “submission.” A Muslim submits to Allah, to his word (Quaran), his law (sharia), to the political authorities that represent him (Khilafat), and to his community (ummah). But one can live in an Islamic society (Dar-al-Islam) without being Muslim, albeit as a second-class citizen (dhimmi). Dhimmis are guaranteed their … Read more
Tragically, Catholics are used to Catholic politicians who pick and choose the issues they adhere to in Church teaching. The most notorious case is that of America’s current president, who uses all the powers of government to promote the LGBTQ agenda and a North Korean-style abortion policy until birth, all the while … Read more
Over spring break, I took part in a TFP caravan that traveled across Wisconsin and Illinois in defense of the innocence of children. This subject is especially important now, as the LGBTQ lobby is forcing itself into public schools and libraries—places where young children are now exposed to indecent materials and drag … Read more