On January 20, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) handed down a procedural companion decision to Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, bearing the name In re Whole Woman’s Health. These decisions concern Texas abortion law S.B. 8, the Texas Heartbeat Act that allows private citizens to sue abortion providers and facilitators … Read more
In 1992, American political scientist Francis Fukuyama published his famous book, The End of History and the Last Man. The author asserted that the fall of the Iron Curtain marked a milestone of immense importance for the West. He claimed that the end of the Cold War was not just “the passing … Read more
In a society ever more given to banality, technological gadgets, utilitarian education, vulgar treatment and unbridled sensual pleasure, what role do ceremony and etiquette play? Are manners really important anymore? Would not life be easier without them? The wise and edifying work by Saint John Baptist de la Salle, founder of the … Read more
In his Wednesday “catechesis,” Pope Francis does not show concern about teaching the traditional Church doctrine confirmed by the Magisterium of Popes, councils, bishops, teachings of the Doctors of the Church and the sense of the faithful. In a free-wheeling fashion, amid jests, he makes most grave affirmations in a confusing language … Read more
A small cave called Massabielle, located in a remote French village, became one of the world’s most popular Catholic pilgrimage sites. The faithful travel from all over the world to pray before the statue of Our Lady placed there. Devotees have made their own grottoes in honor of this once desolate site. … Read more
As mentioned in a previous article, America is engaged in a new civil war about everything. It is a state of incompatibility where anything can serve as a pretext for strife. In this new civil war, the disintegration of social structures is the key means of bringing about the collapse of the … Read more
The ways of Divine Providence are unfathomable to people without Faith. It seems unfair that those who do everything to be faithful and upright can experience rough and disproportional trials. This apparent contradiction occurred in the case of a pious family with nine children. A fire destroyed their home and left them … Read more
Everyone wants an explanation for the mounting tension inside American society. Many have even begun to use the term civil war. Barbara Walter presents her book, How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them, as that explanation. Liberal pundits give the book rave reviews saying that it describes what is happening … Read more
Many talk of the threat of civil war in an increasingly polarized America. The antipathy of the left for the right has certainly reached a high level of irrationality and vitriol. No area of culture and politics is exempt, as conflicts seem to have sprung out spontaneously over the past few decades, … Read more
In American traditionalist circles, it is becoming fashionable to blame “ultramontanism” for all the ills affecting Catholicism today. Supposedly, Pope Francis is imposing a revolutionary agenda on the Church because of the actions of ultramontanes during the First Vatican Council. Detractors admit that ultramontanes turned traditional Church teaching on papal infallibility and … Read more