A world lit only by fire
On 12 July 2012, a Protestant flute band parading through Belfast in Northern Ireland paused in front of St Patrick’s Catholic church. Rather than processing past the church, the members…
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The origins of a moral revolution: Vatican II on marriage and the family (Part 1)
The advancing threat to Catholic teaching on marriage and the family, discussed in last week’s article, “Fiducia supplicans and the challenge for 2024”, is also a call for faithful Catholics…
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The appointment of Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has a symbolic weight of great import. In a certain sense, it…
READ MORE“Synodalism”: the culmination of Pope Francis’s pontificate
After ten years of pontificate, the point of arrival of the Pope Francis’s reign seems to be the October 2023 synod of bishops on the theme “For a synodal Church:…
READ MOREThe legacy of Revolution
by Liam Gibson Although celebrated on 14 July, the French Revolution began in June — the month of the Sacred Heart — when the delegates of the Third Estate proclaimed…
READ MORELife and the world that knows Him not: Examination of 2021
by Maria Madise For many Catholics, going to confession and being in a state of grace before the celebration of Christmas is one of the most important aspects of Advent.…
READ MORE‘Bishop, know thy dignity!’
by a priest in good standing In the year 372, when a “second wave” of Arianism was sweeping over the eastern part of the Catholic Church, an extremely powerful and…
READ MOREThe authority of Christ’s teaching and the pro-life fight
by John Smeaton The following talk was given at Voice of the Family’s conference “Health of the sick and salvation of souls – Church and society in this dark hour…
READ MORERestoring the militant spirit is our fundamental duty as faithful Catholic men
By Varro Vooglaid The following talk was given to young men at the Voice of the Family conference Created for heaven: the mission of Catholic young adults in today’s world that was held…
READ MOREProf. Roberto de Mattei: Obedience and resistance in the history of the Church
By Prof. Roberto de Mattei Rome Life Forum, 18 May 2018 To speak of resistance in Catholic history and doctrine by no means signifies an apologia for disobedience and rebellion. On…
READ MOREJohn-Henry Westen: The Subversion of the Magisterium
By John-Henry Westen This talk was delivered at “Humanae Vitae at 50: Setting the Context”, Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 28 October 2017 From the perspective of a…
READ MOREDr Thomas Ward: The War on Parents and Humanae Vitae
By Dr Thomas Ward This talk was delivered at “Humanae Vitae at 50: Setting the Context”, Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 28 Oct 2017 From the early 70s it…
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