As a mining company prepares to start extracting copper from a “sacred” mountain in Arizona, protesters gathered at the site called Oak Flat. Among them was a small group of elderly Catholic nuns who supported an Apache group’s effort to ban the mine. The three-day event in July was a tragic case … Read more
Napoleon arrested Pope Pius VII on July 6, 1808. This extraordinary event triggered the alliance formed by the Marian Sodalities of Paris and Lyon, the Amicizie, and other lesser-known associations. Immediately, the alliance started using its contact networks, especially in France and Italy. These associations successfully made public essential documents concerning relations … Read more
As I watch the debate over tariffs, I can’t help but feel the two sides are not speaking the same language. They are talking apples and oranges. One side is concerned only about money, while the other side deals with social impact. I don’t think this apples-and-oranges debate can be reduced to which … Read more
On July 6, 1808, by Napoleon’s orders, French soldiers arrested Pius VII. They took the Pontiff to Savona, a Ligurian city near Genoa. The Papal Secretary of State Cardinal Bartholomeo Pacca, detained on the same occasion, was imprisoned in the Fenestrelle Fortress, near Turin, roughly eighty-five miles from Savona. Napoleon’s motive was … Read more
There has been tremendous growth in Satanism in America. No longer limited to large liberal cities, it now finds itself in small towns and rural areas where one would never think it possible. There are many reasons for Satanism’s growth. However, one reason rarely cited is that children are prepared early to … Read more
In 1804, First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte became Emperor of the French. A few days before promulgating the laws establishing the Empire, Napoleon conferred with Giovanni Battista Cardinal Caprara, the Papal Legate. Napoleon asked the legate to sound out the Holy Father about the possibility of consecrating him as Emperor in Notre Dame … Read more
During some recent travels, something unexpected caught my eye. While walking past a church in Milwaukee, I noticed what looked like a large slab of bronze lying across a park bench. I walked over to see what it could be. A small sign identified the work as “Homeless Jesus,” a sculpture meant … Read more
One great tragedy of radical individualism was the loss of all the social skills and practices that help make living together in society more agreeable, uplifting and virtuous. The Revolution of the Sixties was not just a complete change of sexual mores. It also overturned all the social manners and practices that … Read more
This article is part three of a three-part series on Americanist Heresy. It is based on the author’s meeting on February 12, 2025, at the American TFP’s headquarters in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Click here to read part one or two. * * * The scientific world defines a catalyst as “an agent … Read more
In the first picture, there are select chickens, plump fish and splendid cold cuts. The reader will think, “Certainly, this is a shelf in a well-stocked grocery store or supermarket.” Seeing the other photo, he will say, “It must be a supermarket.” Were anyone to suggest that these are, respectively, objects of … Read more
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