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The speech you have just read above belongs to comrade Leonid Krasin and was delivered on the occasion of the death of one of the pioneers of Soviet science, Lev Karpov. Krasin was not joking. Like many of his comrades, he was convinced that death would be eradicated. This became very clear at the death…
When Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), consecrated four bishops in 1988 against the will of Pope John Paul II, he famously referred to his act as “Operation Survival” during his sermon for the occasion: This past February, current SSPX Superior General Fr. Davide Pagliarani decided that the time…
Many years ago, when I was very young, my godmother, true to her office, would give me a present on my birthday. She did not anticipate that her beneficence would constitute a problem. My father, unfortunately, did. He told his sister that if she did not give presents to both of my brothers, she should…
When 60 Minutes is interested in you, you know you’re doing something either really good or really bad. The program’s April 12th segment on the surge in Catholic conversions suggests that the Church is doing something really good. Somehow, we’ve managed to welcome record numbers of converts into the Church, and there are signs the…
On March 8, 2025, an historic event occurred in Christianity: An American-born citizen of the United States of America was elected pope. Avoiding an address to his fellow citizens in a familial language and warm manner (that is, avoiding English), he greeted his people of Peru in Spanish. In light of Liberation theology’s critique of…
I made my decision during my first year of high school. What has followed has been a consistent string of reactions. “You’re not going to college? But I thought you were going to do something big!” “Come on, you have to go to college! With the world as it is right now, it’s impossible to…
There is no group of people on Earth more sick and tired of hearing about the ill effects and addictive properties of social media than teenagers. In their homes, classrooms, team meetings, youth groups, etc., Western kids are inundated with warnings about what could happen to them if they fall victim to criminals or manipulators…
Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. ℟. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of St. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa. Discourse on the Lords Ascension. The very thought of this day’s Festival is great enough in itself, but the Prophet David hath much inflamed our joyful…
Articles addressing the Fraternity of the Society of St. Pius X (FSSPX) often fall into the following: 1) openly hostile and dismissive; or 2) defensive and apologetic. Very rarely, one encounters a critique that appears balanced—concedes that the SSPX may have a correct diagnosis of the crisis, criticizes anti-SSPX Catholics and defends the Society against…
Above: Pope Benedict places his pallium on the relics of Pope St. Celestine V, the last pope to resign. Curious as it may seem to many, there are still Catholics out there who claim Benedict’s resignation was invalid. Yet, this belief has become the foundation on which some Catholics reject not only the papacy of…
