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
Category: History
The Religion of America IV: Can These Bones Live?
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
How One Journalist for NYT Whitewashed Stalin and Won FDR to Recognize Him
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
New Book on the Sack of Rome and Capture of Pius VI by French Revolutionaries
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
‘Smashing Columbus’: My Interview with Charles Coulombe
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
Irish Dominican Martyrs of 17th Century
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
Chief Seattle and Columbus
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
Petition Raised to Take Down Statue of City Patron Saint Louis IX of France
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 Problem of Enlightened Despotism
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
Catholic Action League of MA Memorial Day Post
C. J. Doyle As we solemnly commemorate on Memorial Day the heroic sacrifice of 1,060,000 Americans who, from 1775 until the present time, gave their last full measure of devotion in the service of the United States, we might also take a … Continue reading
Story of Joseph and the Famine Proved by Science
+UCatholic, Billy Ryan: The life of Joseph is one of the most well known biblical narratives in the Book of Genesis and the Bible in all, set around 1600 – 1700 BC in Canaan, modern day Palestine, Syria and Israel. … Continue reading
China: Martyred in 1900 by the Boxers, a Bishop’s Siege Defense of Cathedral
Catholic Herald, Charles Coulombe: One of the most dramatic episodes in history, the siege of the foreign legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, gave birth to an equally dramatic film, 55 Days at Peking. As thrilling a … Continue reading
Catholic England: May Her Mirth and Spiritual Childhood Return
Mary’s dowry, whence Angles are as angels. Crisis Magazine, Theo Howard: Pope Leo XIII famously prophesied, “When England returns to Walsingham, Our Lady will return to England.” We have signs of hope that this is beginning to take place. As … Continue reading
Catholic History: The Irish Missioners in Nigeria
Catholic World Report, Patrick Egwu: In 1961, the same day Ireland opened its embassy in Lagos—the first in Africa—Irish bishops in Nigeria named St. Patrick as the country’s patron saint. Story is here.
The Forgotten English Attacks on Spanish Florida
We are all too well aware of the unfortunate persistence of the Black Legend of the Medieval, Roman, and especially of the Spanish Inquisitions. Their very mention brings forth the thoughts of a darker time, filled with disease and ignorance. … Continue reading