by John Horvat A clash of monumental proportions seems likely as the post-war liberal order breaks down. This could happen if the present flashpoints in Ukraine, Israel, North Korea, and Taiwan expand and involve the major powers and their spheres of influence. Thus, many analysts rightly frame America’s involvement in today’s conflicts as a defense of...
It is well known that Padre Pio had encounters with angels throughout his life. Through these encounters he came to know a great deal about their powers and their role in our lives: “to light, to guard, to rule, to guide.” In a letter he wrote on July 15, 1913, to Anita, one of his...
By Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira December 28, 2023 The noted Abbot Prosper Guéranger comments on a passage from Saint Bernard’s Sermon of the Feast of the Holy Innocents. Saint Bernard notes: “In Saint Stephen, we have both the act and the desire of martyrdom; in Saint John, we have but the desire; in the...
by Norman Fulkerson December 23, 2023 And therefore a Santa Claus! It has become a custom for practically every newspaper in America to reprint, during the Christmas season, the marvellous editorial, “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.” Since it first appeared in 18971, it has become an indelible part of the Christmas tradition in that...
“Continue to pray the Rosary every day.” — Our Lady of Fatima to Sr Lucia “The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Rosary to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or...
[Rosary Rally October 14th 2023 at 4pm at the Spire, Dublin. All invited!] “Such is Mary’s Rosary, a new and fruitful vine, which began to blossom at Gabriel’s salutation, and whose fragrant garlands form a link between earth and heaven.” — Abbot Gueranger Don Prosper Gueranger, founder & Abbot of Solemes, France It is customary with...
(Call or email our office – enquiries@isfcc.org / 01 842 9640 – to order the book The Synodal Process is a Pandora’s Box – 100 Questions & Answers) Given the Synod on Synodality convened by Pope Francis, the Associazione Tradizione Famiglia Proprietà has published a book denouncing the imminent danger of building a new Church,...
These prayers are to be recited each day after the Novena. Hail Mary…. Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen Prayer to our Sorrowful...
By Simeon Coffey The immorality resulting from the sexual revolution of the 1960s has become so widely accepted today that it is even being taught in our schools. Children as young as nine years old are being taught that they can “change” their sex in their schools. Laws have been passed allowing these unfortunate people...
Every year, Irish Society for Christian Civilisation hosts Call to Chivalry summer camp for boys aged 13-18, teaching the boys about the role of Chivalry in today’s world, and how to be a Catholic gentleman. This year’s camp featured inspiring talks, amazing outings, daily Mass, and a pro-life campaign against the sin of abortion....