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The Amazon Synod Is a Sign of the Times

The kairos, the culture of encounter, being lauded in the Pan-Amazon Synod is a Bergoglian kairos and culture. Continue Reading »

17 Oct 2019 0

Houellebecq and the Death of Europe

by John Waters

Michel Houellebecq books are documents of an internal forensics of human decline that happen to take the form of stories. Continue Reading »

17 Oct 2019 0

Historical Clarity and Today’s Catholic Contentions

by George Weigel

Contrary to both traditionalist and progressive misconceptions, Catholicism was not a placid institution, free of controversy and contention, prior to Vatican II. Continue Reading »

16 Oct 2019 0

Letters From the Synod–2019: #5

by Xavier Rynne II

A lot of the ideas dominating the synod’s first ten days seem to have been exported from western Europe—including an almost apocalyptic concern for “Mother/Sister Earth,” and a consequent squeamishness about proposing Jesus Christ as Lord and Redeemer. Continue Reading »

16 Oct 2019 0

Brexit and Britain's Collapse

by John William O’Sullivan

Britain’s political and economic elite no longer really believe in the country. Continue Reading »

15 Oct 2019 0

Canada’s Toxic Nationalism

by Nathan Pinkoski

Canadian postmodern nationalism makes Americans the enemy, but is friendly to American ideology. Continue Reading »

14 Oct 2019 0

Letters From the Synod–2019: #4

by Xavier Rynne II

We honor the memory of John Henry Newman, this newest of God’s saints, by imitating his courage, and the conviction that underwrote it. Continue Reading »

14 Oct 2019 0

Beto's Woke Integralism

by Ed Condon

Magisterial progressivism requires an integralist state to entrench its teachings, and Beto’s bid for the power to compel obedience and destroy through the tax system is the obvious stick to reach for. Continue Reading »

14 Oct 2019 0