May 13 1917 was a beautiful Sunday in Portugal’s rugged Serra de Aire uplands. Sunshine bathed the olive groves. The fresh green of Springtime in the meadows and olive groves contrasted with the vivid red of poppy flowers. The happy voices of three children playing as they watched over their families’ flocks rang out in...
1. It Is Not Marriage Calling something marriage does not make it marriage. Marriage has always been a covenant between a man and a woman which is by its nature ordered toward the procreation and education of children and the unity and wellbeing of the spouses. The promoters of same-sex “marriage” propose something entirely different....
There are many reasons why we should defend traditional marriage. The most important of these reasons is that it conforms to the natural law and, above all, to the moral law, and therefore it is the will of God. It should be clear that regarding same-sex “marriage”, the use of the word “marriage” should always...
In light of the attacks on the Traditional Family in Ireland and the rest of the World, we would like to share with you a new video that our sister organisation in the United States has just launched. It lists ten reasons why marriage can only be between one man and one woman. Please watch...
His Excellency Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga, bishop emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, has written an open letter to Pope Francis in which he laments; “the greatest disorder concerning the purity of the doctrine and the sacredness of the liturgy, in which Jesus Christ is not paid the visible honour which he is due.” Please read the...
See below our new video promoting the petition campaign. Please watch, sign and then send on to others “Several cardinals and archbishops, numerous academics, and even an African king are joining an alliance of conservative, pro-family Catholic groups in a petition campaign asking Pope Francis to “clarify the growing confusion among the faithful” about the...
In view of the Synod on the family to be held in October 2015 in Rome, a group of concerned lay Catholic leaders and pro-family organisations, including Irish Society for Christian Civilisation, gathered to address a filial appeal to Pope Francis asking him to reaffirm categorically the Catholic teaching that divorced and civilly remarried Catholics...
Upon describing organic society, questions remain as to how we might build such a society. The answer is quite simple. We must do it in the same manner as our ancestors did at the dawn of this civilisation. We must understand, as they understood, that it is not enough that we follow the Ten Commandments...
Man needs hope as much as the air he breathes. Lacking air, he feels asphyxiated; without hope, he falls into discouragement and despair. The upshot is that, when beset by life’s trials or in times of crises that affect countries, peoples and civilisations, he strives to find reasons for hope. A Russian “Charlemagne”? No one,...
Man needs hope as much as the air he breathes. Lacking air, he feels asphyxiated; without hope, he falls into discouragement and despair. The upshot is that, when beset by life’s trials or in times of crises that affect countries, peoples and civilisations, he strives to find reasons for hope. A Russian “Charlemagne”? No one,...
