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John Traynor’s Miraculous Cure in Lourdes Finally Confirmed
By Plinio Maria Solimeo On December 8, 2024, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Archbishop Malcolm McMahon of Liverpool (England) reported the miraculous healing of John Traynor, a sailor in the British Royal Navy, on the 81st anniversary of his death. His was the 71st miracle approved at Lourdes. In 2023, Dr. Alessandro de Franciscis...
Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes
Preliminary Prayer to be said each day: Be blessed, O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to manifest yourself shining with life, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes, saying to the child, St. Bernadette: “I am the Immaculate Conception.” A thousand times we congratulate you upon your Immaculate Conception. And now, O ever...
A Lesson From the Early Education of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
By Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira A Lesson From the Early Education of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga The biographical notes about Saint Aloysius Gonzaga are as follows: “Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591) was the eldest son of Ferdinand, Marquis of Castiglione. Coupled with his precocious piety, he also displayed the bellicose bubbling of his ancestral blood. The Marquis gave him...
How the Immaculate Conception Can Help Us Understand the Crisis in the Church
By Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira How the Immaculate Conception Can Help Us Understand the Crisis in the Church There is a kind of interchangeability between the attributes of Our Lady and the Catholic Church. The things that are said of Our Lady, in their own way, can be said of the Catholic Church. Thus, when reciting...
Eleven Floors Up… And One Miraculous Medal
By Damien Murphy Though the Miraculous Medal was given to Saint Catherine Laboure in 1830, Our Lady continues to give immense graces through it in our times. A True Story A few years ago, a Brazilian cleaning lady in the large city of São Paulo told the story of her son’s conversion. Saddened by her son’s...
David vs. Goliath: The Irish TFP Fights Back Against Paganism and the Puca Festival
By Damien Murphy The Puca Festival took place from Thursday 31st October to Sunday 3rd November 2024 and is a festival which promotes Irish pagan gods and pagan “traditions”. As such, the festival is a threat to the True Catholic Faith and the Christian culture of Ireland. This year, the festival faced its greatest opposition so...
Roses and Petitions for Our Lady – Our Pilgrimage to Fátima
By Alberto & Joanna Gomez Recently, we had the honour of participating in a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, in Portugal, assisting Ireland Needs Fátima to deliver roses and petitions to Our Lady. This journey was not just a personal spiritual endeavour but a collective effort to support a cause close to...
Saint John Fisher Teach Us to Have Vigilance and Serenity in the Face of Death
By Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Saint John Fisher Teach Us to Have Vigilance and Serenity in the Face of Death On June 22, the Church celebrates the memory of Saint John Fisher and Saint Thomas More, both martyred in England for refusing to join Henry VIII’s revolt against the Papacy. “Let me Sleep Another Hour” We...
A Defence of Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan and the Call to Chivalry Summer Camp Against the Recent Slander by TheJournal.ie
By Filip P. Recently, TheJournal.ie launched an attack on Most Reverend Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore [1]. Their issue with Bishop Cullinan is twofold: the Bishop’s various “controversial” opinions and the hosting of certain “fringe” groups in the Diocese [1] such as Irish Society for Christian Civilisation (ISFCC). As a young...
Saint Bernard’s Spirit of Chivalry
By Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Saint Bernard overcoming a demon. Saint Bernard was a Cistercian monk. He founded a religious Order that was a branch of the Order of Saint Benedict, destined to practice greater austerity and have a tougher life than required by the toughest rules of the monks of his time. He believed—how rightly!—that...
