The Vatican Court of Appeal has ordered a partial retrial in the high-profile London property finance case, ruling that key parts of the original proceedings were invalid due to procedural issues. In a March 17 decision, judges found a “relative nullity” in the trial involving the Secretariat of State’s investment in a London building, widely…
Zita: Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary By Charles A. Coulombe TAN Books Hardcover, 424 pages Charles Coulombe’s latest book is a fascinating, well-written and compelling biography of Zita, last empress of Austria and last queen of Hungary. Zita’s husband Charles, the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was beatified by the Church in…
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the recently appointed apostolic nuncio to the United States, takes up his new role at a time of heightened tension between the Vatican and the White House over issues including immigration to the U.S. and war in the Middle East. Former collaborators say Caccia’s personal qualities and wide diplomatic experience — including…
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MADHUPUR, Bangladesh — Indigenous Catholic and tribal leaders in central Bangladesh are warning the government that a stronger protest movement will follow if it does not withdraw a contested forest development project before the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan this week. The Garo and Koch Indigenous peoples say a government plan to…
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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, wants Catholics on the Hill to be able to recognize one another by more than a cross they may wear or Ash Wednesday ashes on their foreheads. Emmer’s office has spearheaded a new group called “Catholic Connections,” dedicated to fostering a faith-based community among Catholics working on Capitol Hill….
While at first it might seem unusual for an American to be writing in praise of monarchy, in fact, a scholarly American writer may, ironically, be in a better position than many others to praise this most ancient of institutions. So it is with Charles Coulombe, author of the recently-published book, The Compleat Monarchist; a…
The Internet is often a place where personal prudential decisions are dogmatized into supposed principles, then applied to everyone. It is even, on occasion, an opportunity to cloak personal failures in pious-sounding “rules” which you, mere mortal, frankly are just not traditional enough to comprehend. It may come as no surprise that such behavior is…
