Rorate Caeli, excerpts from The Wall Street Journal by Benny Morris and Dror Ze’evi: Between 1894 and 1924, the number of Christians in Asia Minor fell from some 3-4 million to just tens of thousands—from 20% of the area’s population … Continue reading
Category: History
The Real Father Feeney
The recent profile by Michael Voris and Church Militant of Fr. Leonard Feeney (at first SJ and latterly MICM) — and certain other developments have resurrected interest in the much maligned native of Lynn, Massachusetts. The tragic tale of how … Continue reading
A Wonderful Moment in Time
The twentieth century was dominated by three political systems, communism, fascism and liberal democracy. There had been a fourth, monarchy, at the century’s beginning, but it was undone by World War I, at least as a form of government in … Continue reading
The Big Lie: More People Died from Religion Wars Than Any Other Wars
Scott Smith Blog: “Religion has been the cause of the most wars.” Have you ever heard this line? George Carlin once said to rapturous applause, “More people have been killed in the name of God than for any other reason.” … Continue reading
Who Am I?
I was a great warrior for the Israelites, one of thirty-seven men of might. I was not a Jew. But I believed in the true religion. I am the only non-Hebrew man mentioned in the Savior’s genealogy. I did not … Continue reading
‘Holy Motherhood’: The Cappadocian Family of Saints
May 30 is the feast day of Saint Emmelia. She is the daughter of Saint Macrina the Elder who was a disciple of Saint Gregory the Wonder Worker (Thaumaturgus). Her husband was a saint, Basil the Elder. They were parents … Continue reading
Toward A Brighter Future
When histories of the twenty-first century are written an event taking place this month, May, 2019, will be seen as signaling the rebirth of historical Europe (as contrasted with the so-called European project, which is to speak of the secular … Continue reading
Dr. Andrew Jones: ‘The Liturgical Cosmos: The Worldview of the High Middle Ages’
The YouTube videos below constitute a three-part series of lectures by Dr. Andrew Jones. The lectures treat of Pope Innocent III and the ecumenical council he summoned, Lateran IV, which set about the difficult tasks of teaching orthodoxy, bringing about … Continue reading
The Heroic Catholic Fighters from the Vendee
The Imaginative Conservative, Nayeli Riano:The series of battles that took place in the Vendée have been almost entirely excluded from any recounting of the Revolution. Why? The rising in the Vendée paints a darker picture of the evils that Revolutionists did … Continue reading
The Story of the Attack On and Miraculous Rescue Of the Holy Shroud From the 1997 Fire
I have posted here the article from Contre Reform Catholique by Abbe Georges de Nantes. It is a tribute he sent to his fellow religious Brother Bruno who had written a thirty page defense of the authenticity of the Holy … Continue reading
Forces of God and UnGod
We hear incessantly these days that the nation is divided, as indeed it is. However, we never hear about the division that matters most in the long run. It is not the division between conservatives and liberals (much less the … Continue reading
He Was Converted at Notre Dame, Now He Watches the Cathedral Burn
National Catholic Register, Charles Lewis: By the time I the trip was over, something was stirring in me. I knew for certain that I needed to be baptized and start to live another life, a Christian life — which is … Continue reading
35 Years Ago Brother Francis Met in Rome With First US Ambassador to Vatican
I remember it well because I was with Brother Francis at the time. I knew the city fairly well having studied there at the Angelicum for a year back in 1973. So, I was happy to be asked by Brother … Continue reading
Untold Story: Nazi Murder, Torture and ‘Experiments’ on Polish Girls in Ravensbrück Prison Camp
The Remnant, Tess Mullins: In the beginning, SS commander Heinrich Himmler used Ravensbrück, the largest women’s-only concentration camp in the Third Reich, as a show camp. There were flowers in the window boxes, birdcages and a beautiful road lined with … Continue reading