Rome, Church of Saint Ignatius – October 7 2021 On October 7 2021, on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the battle of Lepanto, the Roman Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Maestro Mons. Pablo Colino, performed in Rome, in the church of Saint Ignatius, a celebratory concert dedicated to Mary Most Holy. St. Pius V. The Holy Rosary.Professor Roberto de Mattei,…
The Italian and international pro-life movement does not seem to have reacted with sufficient vigour to two international events that directly affect life and the family. The date of both events is Sunday, 26 September 2021. On that day the Republic of San Marino, an independent state in the heart of Italy between Emilia-Romagna and…
The delegates of Germany’s “synodal path” met in Frankfurt last week for a three-day meeting that aimed to set the agenda for future meetings, while signaling support for several controversial proposals connected to the synodal project. The agenda of the meeting was simple: to debate and vote on topics for future discussion, based upon draft…
Over the centuries the Catholic Church has always fought the deformations of its moral doctrine on both extremes. On the one hand laxism, meaning the negation of moral absolutes in the name of the primacy of conscience, and on the other rigorism, meaning the tendency to create laws and precepts that Catholic morality does not…
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Thanking you once again, with all my heart, for your faithful and generous prayers for the recovery of my health, I write to update you on the progress of my rehabilitation. In thanking you, I thank, above all, Our Lord, who, in answer to your prayers, has preserved me…
By St. Alphonsus Liguori St. Polycarp was a disciple of the Apostle St. John, and was born about the seventieth year of the Christian era. He was a Christian from his infancy, and on account of his extraordinary piety was greatly beloved by the apostles, his teachers. St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, writes that he…
(Julia Meloni, One Peter Five – September 20, 2021) Cardinal Martini Lives on. This is a story about the origins of the “synod on synodality.” It is a story about dreams—and déjà vu. All his life, Carlo Maria Martini (pictured above left) was a dreamer. In the Italian documentary Vedete, Sono Uno di Voi, we…
(Risposte Catholique – 20 septembre 2021) A Paris, la dixième manifestation pour la messe traditionnelle a eu lieu ce samedi midi devant la nonciature. Par ailleurs la contestation contre la suppression de plusieurs messes traditionnelles dans Paris (dont deux dominicales, à Saint Georges de la Villette et Notre Dame du Travail) s’étend. Les organisateurs de…
(Roberto de Mattei, Rorate Caeli – September 17, 2021) The SSPX (Society of Saint Pius X) has announced that it has become the owner of the Minoritenkirche, in Vienna’s inner city. The Society will be able to take possession of this church, officially named Italienische Nationalkirche Maria Schnee (Italian National Church of Mary of the Snows) on…
LINCOLN, Neb. — The members of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church have been on edge for weeks, worried that their way of worship is under threat, and what makes their fears especially agonizing is the identity of the person leading the crackdown: Pope Francis. The congregants — belonging to one of hundreds of U.S. churches devoted…