When I was a young man I imagined that the end of a civilization would be dramatic. It turns out to be a lot less than that. The defense of an ancient city finally collapsing after a long siege and … Continue reading

When I was a young man I imagined that the end of a civilization would be dramatic. It turns out to be a lot less than that. The defense of an ancient city finally collapsing after a long siege and … Continue reading
The YouTube video below represents a first. It is the first time that there has been a combination “Resistance Podcast” and “Reconquest” in one offering. (The complementarity of both defensive and offensive warcraft was not lost on us!) Steve Cunningham, … Continue reading
Crisis Magazine, Sean Fitzpatrick: “I love you, my dear son,” Queen Blanche of Castile said to her fourth-eldest child, Louis. “But I would rather see you dead at my feet than that you should ever commit a mortal sin.” Louis, who … Continue reading
Crisis, Charles Coulombe: Attacks on statues and monuments around the developed world have grown ever stronger since my last posting, with ever increasing incoherence—and irrelevance—as far as a certain death in Minneapolis goes. The latest to catch my attention was … Continue reading
I am from a family of saints. My grandmother and parents were all saints. We were from what is now central Turkey, a thriving Christian area in the later fourth century, before the Moslem conquest. My grandmother, who has the … Continue reading
Surprise answer is here. + U Catholic: When George Washington took office as the first President of the United States on April 30th in 1789, he swore his constitutional oath on a Bible. Since setting the precedent, nearly all presidents … Continue reading
Aleteia, Michael Cook: These were experiences which would have crushed the strongest among us and made the most fervent question the justice of God. Nagai pondered the disaster. Was it completely senseless? Had it exposed the indifference of God? As … Continue reading
The events that have transpired since our last instalment have cast everything said thus far into exceedingly and uncomfortably stark relief. Across the United States, cities have burned, shops been looted, and the statues not merely of Confederate stalwarts but … Continue reading
This is a man [Walter Duranty] whom Malcolm Muggeridge, the Manchester Guardian correspondent and Duranty’s contemporary, described as “the greatest liar of any journalist I have met in fifty years of journalism.” The American Conservative, Rod Dreher: If you haven’t … Continue reading
The Catholic World Report, Father Peter Stravinskas: A new book by Christian Browne, The Pearl of Great Price: Pius VI & the Sack of Rome (Arouca Press), is a historical play that tells the true story of the invasion of Rome by Revolutionary … Continue reading
For Episode 235 of Reconquest, I interviewed Charles Coulombe on Christopher Columbus. It was an effort in honoring and defending the great Catholic Admiral on the occasion of the manifold dishonoring of his images by anti-Christian and Marxist thugs. Mr. … Continue reading
The Rosary Magazine, Rosaleen O’Neil: The Irish Dominicans hold an honorable place in the list of Ireland’s martyrs, even as they do in that of her apostles. God alone knows how many of them suffered for the faith. The names … Continue reading
The Catholic Thing, Robert Royal: Chief Seattle, who gave his name to the currently troubled city in the State of Washington, was pure Native American (father Suquamish, mother Duwamish). A mighty warrior, he essentially eliminated the rival Chimakum tribe in … Continue reading
The only source I have for this is secular and anti-Catholic, so I beg your pardon. In answer to our biased source KMOX Radio, Saint Louis was hardly singular in burning the Talmud. From the time it was first published … Continue reading
The Catholic need not be told that all power, political or otherwise, comes from God and God alone. Our Lord says as much to Pilate during his passion (cf. Jn. 19:11). The Catholic also needs no reminder that this very … Continue reading
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