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,...

The question seems absurd as any child preparing for First Communion knows the answer: “No! To receive Holy Communion one must be in the state of grace.” The Sin of Adulterous Concubinage The same 7-year old knows that a serious fault against any of the Ten Commandments (for example, adultery or concubinage) will cause a...

...God created man sociable, and He desires them to work for the sanctification of one another in society.

"...stop offending God, another even worse war will begin in the reign of Pius XI… To prevent it [the war], I will come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart..."

“Lisbon Yes will make EU fit for global challenges.”