By Roberto de Mattei Cristiana de Magistris has explained well the nature of Christian peace (Voice of the Family Digest, 26 Nov), which is the Church’s moral imperative and a precept of divine law. Peace, however, is not the mere absence of war but is founded on the order established by God; and only the…
By Fr Serafino M. Lanzetta Christ is first In order to execute a project, or to turn a vision into action, one first needs to have an idea or a plan. The idea precedes the action, as the intention precedes the actual achieving of the goal. Likewise, an artist, to give an example very expressive…
von Roberto de Mattei* Einem Bericht der Times of Malta vom 4. Dezember zufolge hat der Präsident der Republik Malta, George Vella, ihm nahestehenden Personen anvertraut, daß er ernsthaft über einen Rücktritt nachdenkt, falls die Abtreibung in seinem Land entkriminalisiert wird. Dieser Fall erinnert an die eintägige Abdankung des belgischen Königs Balduin am 4. April 1990, um die Einführung…
Le 16 octobre 2022, à la fin de l’Angelus dominical, le pape François a annoncé que la XVIe assemblée du synode des évêques se tiendrait au Vatican en deux sessions, à un an d’intervalle : la première se déroulera du 4 au 29 octobre 2023, et la seconde est prévue pour octobre 2024. La première partie…
Por Roberto de Mattei Cristina de Magistris explicó a la perfección el pasado 16 de noviembre en Corrispondenza romana en qué consiste la paz cristiana. El imperativo moral de la Iglesia es la paz, que es un precepto de derecho divino. Con todo, la paz no es la mera ausencia de guerra, aunque se funda en el orden establecido…
by Fr. Gerald E. Murray The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops issued the Working Document (WD) for the Continental Stage of the Synod for a Synodal Church last week. It unapologetically calls into question various Catholic doctrines under the guise of listening to the Holy Spirit who, remarkably, is somehow speaking through the complaints and criticisms of…
Lord Christopher Patten spoke to the BBC shortly after the Vatican announced it had renewed for a second time its contested agreement with Beijing on the appointment of bishops in the communist country. by Edward Pentin VATICAN CITY — Lord Christopher Patten, the last governor of the former British colony Hong Kong, has joined others…
By Roberto de Mattei In 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in Fatima to three little shepherds, Lucia dos Santos and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, entrusting them with a message whose contents were officially authenticated by the Church on 26 June 2000. This message is divided into three parts, also called “secrets”; the…
by George Weigel No one who has worked in Washington for more than four decades, as I have, can possibly imagine Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. as one of the sharper knives in the drawer. Even in the retrospect of thirty-one years, his attempt to instruct future-Justice Clarence Thomas in natural law theory during Thomas’s confirmation…
Por Roberto de Mattei Desde el 21 de octubre, Italia tiene un nuevo gobierno: el mejor gobierno posible en el peor momento histórico desde el nacimiento de la República Italiana en 1946. ¿Qué significa el mejor gobierno posible? Significa que, dado que la política es el arte de lo posible, quienes gobiernan no pueden constituir…