It was some years ago — in the early 1970s during Graduate School in North Carolina — that a learned and charmingly eccentric Classics Professor unexpectedly showed to me a memorable passage from the conclusion of a modern book: Evelyn … Continue reading
Catholic World Report Anthony E. Clark: After Mao Zedong (1893-1976) declared the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, missionaries and Chinese clergy flooded out of mainland China to escape the coming anti-Christian persecutions. There were some clergy, however, … Continue reading
Irish Central, Conor Brosnan and Grainne Collins: Potato blight was reported in Dingle in October 1845 when the local constabulary Sub-Inspector Mr. Gillman stated that the crop might only be one third of that which was expected. A month later … Continue reading
History-minded readers will recognize the letters A.E.I.O.U. as the logo of the Habsburg dynasty and therefore Austria when it was the center of the Holy Roman Empire that they ruled for centuries, an empire which became the Austro-Hungarian one, the … Continue reading
In the traditional calendar, and by the will of Pope Pius XI who instituted it, the feast of Christ the King is celebrated on the last Sunday of October. And for good reason. This feast, coming at the end of … Continue reading
Having seen in Part One of this article something of the influence of Ayn Rand’s books and self-contrived philosophy of Objectivism, we want to conclude here with a look at the books themselves, in particular the two novels that have … Continue reading
Good article here. although the author does not include the eye-witness testimony of Saint Cyril, Patriarch of Jerusalem (313-386). The Catholic World Report, Thomas J. Nash As we begin a new liturgical year, Sunday’s Gospel reminds us not simply to prepare … Continue reading
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Cardinal Silvio Oddi, who died in 2001, was one of the most outspoken conservative prelates of his time. He also has a special place in the history of the debate about the message of Fatima, inasmuch as he … Continue reading
Last night I attended a meeting of the Alhambra Historical Society, at which Joyce Amaro, president of the Alhambra Preservation Group, gave a presentation on the formerly Episcopalian chapel of Ss. Simon and Jude and her organisation’s thus far successful … Continue reading
The Federalist, Ryan Fazio: On February 9, 1940, seven-year-old Witold Rybicki and his family awoke in the middle of the night to banging on the door of their home in Lida, Poland (modern Belarus). Outside was an officer of the Soviet … Continue reading
Catholic Herald, David Barrett: A princess executed in the French Revolution is a step closer to sainthood after France’s bishops approved the official opening of her Cause. Born in 1764, Elisabeth of France, known as Madame Elisabeth, was the youngest … Continue reading
The photo of Black Elk praying the Rosary with his daughter, Lucy Looks Twice (see below), is priceless. You have to love the Indian names, don’t you? National Catholic Register, Peter Jesserer Smith: Basil Brave Heart remembers the day his … Continue reading
It was on October 13, 1917, one hundred years ago, that the Miracle of the Sun was witnessed by 70,000 people at Fatima. Many of these witnesses were naysayers, atheists, and Catholic haters. They had come to Fatima expecting that … Continue reading
Yes, there are Blesseds (as the 498 Spanish victims of Red terror in the War in Spain in 1936-39) declared blessed by Benedict XVI, but no canonized saints for the millions killed for their Catholic Faith by the Reds in … Continue reading
Or, try this. Celtic presence in America before Leif Erickson, before Brendan the Navigator, even before the Incarnation? This article here by Michael McCormack on the First Christmas Card is quite convincing. Father Longenecker: Something inside me thrills when the received … Continue reading
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