The privileges of the month of March
BY Roberto de Mattei
Of all the months of the year, the month of March has special privileges. According to the Bollandist Fathers, it…
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“Synodalism”: the culmination of Pope Francis’s pontificate
BY Roberto de Mattei
After ten years of pontificate, the point of arrival of the Pope Francis’s reign seems to be the October 2023…
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BY Roberto de Mattei
Parts 1 and 2 of this series appeared in the Voice of the Family Digest on 22 February 2023. The Moscow…
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BY Roberto de Mattei
Parts 1 and 2 of this series appeared in the Voice of the Family Digest on 22 February 2023. The…
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BY Roberto de Mattei
Part I The attraction that some political and religious circles have fallen into in regard to the Moscow Patriarchate is…
READ MOREThe testament book of Benedict XVI — a confirmation
BY Roberto de Mattei
A media circus has accompanied the publication of several volumes which have appeared since the passing of Benedict XVI. In…
READ MOREThe two popes and the mystery of the Church
BY Roberto de Mattei
2023 conveys to future ages an absolutely unprecedented image: the funeral of one pope presided over by another pope. An…
READ MOREIn the time of Advent hell trembles and the righteous exult
BY Roberto de Mattei
The season of Advent, which is the beginning of the liturgical year, has many similarities with the season of Lent.…
READ MOREIs war always unjust?
BY Roberto de Mattei
Cristiana de Magistris has explained well the nature of Christian peace (Voice of the Family Digest, 26 Nov), which is…
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BY Roberto de Mattei
In 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in Fatima to three little shepherds, Lucia dos Santos and her cousins, Jacinta…
READ MOREElon Musk: a champion of anti-globalism?
BY Roberto de Mattei
The news of Elon Musk’s 44-billion-dollar purchase of the world’s leading social media platform, Twitter, came right on the heels…
READ MOREPope Francis, Dom Guéranger and the Christian sense of history
BY Roberto de Mattei
“Who am I to judge?” These words of Pope Francis, spoken on 28 July 2013 on the flight back from…
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