Catholic Perspective

Warning! A Virus Threatens The Future of The West and Christian Civilization

Catholic Perspective, Christian Civilization, Corona Virus, Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira / Catholic Perspective, Coronavirus, Return to Order, Shutdown

The Catholic Concept of the Common Good Is the Antidote to the Pandemic’s Ideological Manipulation The world now faces a turning point in history that will define generations to come. In addition to the suffering and death toll, the coronavirus pandemic might trigger the greatest changes that humanity has faced in Christianity’s two […]

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Resisting the Grave Errors in Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation Querida Amazonia

Catholic Perspective, Fighting the Culture War, Pan-Amazon Synod / Amazon, Amazonia, Bergolio, Errors, Exhortation, Inculturation, Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, Plinio Correa de Oliveira, Pope Francis, Querida Amazonia, Synod, Truth

On 2 February 2020, Pope Francis finally made public the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Querida Amazonia. It was eagerly awaited: With joy by those seeking a new and desacralized Church, and with concern by those who love the Church. The Errors in the Synod’s Prior Documents Were Not Condemned Querida Amazonia neither corrected nor condemned the grave

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“Our Apostolic Mandate”: A Key to Restoring Christian Civilization!

Catholic Perspective, Christian Civilization, Fighting the Culture War / Change, Christian Civilization, Communism, Democracy, Encyclical, Le Sillon, Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, Notre Charge Apostolique, Omnia Instaurare in Christo, Our Apostolic Mandate, Pascendi Dominici Gregis, Pius X, Pope, Pope Puis X, Restoration, Tradition

[Over] a century ago on 25 August 1910, Pope Saint Pius X published the Apostolic Letter, Notre Charge Apostolique (“Our Apostolic Mandate”). That document complemented, in the socio-political field, the Pontiff’s struggle against the philosophical and theological errors of Modernism, which he condemned in his Encyclical, Pascendi Dominici Gregis (8 September 1907). Although the new document was

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Is the Voice of God Resounding in the Recent Catastrophes?

Catholic Perspective, Christian Civilization, Return to Order / Blessed Mother, Catastrophes, Chastisement, Divine Intervention, Fatima, Hurricane, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Judgement, Katrina, Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, Mercy, Miracle of the Sun, Nature, New Orleans, Our Lady, Prophecy, Repentance, Reverend Philip M. Hannan, Rita, Voice of God, Warning, Weather

The string of natural calamities and man-made tragedies afflicting the world and the United States […] have stimulated many people to reflection. Some see these tragic events as God’s chastisement of a sinful mankind; others see them as yet one more merciful warning from Providence; others yet deny both options and give various reasons. Modern

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Don’t Treat Wolves Like Lost Sheep

Catholic Perspective, Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira / Bishops, Cardinals, Church in Crisis, Crisis, Lost Sheep, O Legionário, Plinio Correa de Oliveira, Traitors, Wolves

The doctrine of Our Lord Jesus Christ is full of seemingly antagonistic truths which nevertheless when examined closely, far from mutually denying one another, actually complement one another, forming a truly marvellous harmony. This is the case, for example, with the seeming contradiction between divine Justice and Goodness. God is at the same time infinitely

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Government Can’t Keep Acting Like Money Grows on Trees

Catholic Perspective, Corona Virus, News Commentary / Coronavirus, CoVid-19, Crisis, Debt, Government, John Horvat, Money, Money Tree, Public Spending, Waste

A trillion dollars used to be a lot of money. In the past, most people never even thought in these terms since it seemed so far from reality. A trillion was like a gazillion. Few knew how many zeros were involved. However, times have changed. Our economy has expanded, and the value of goods and

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Pope Warns: “We Need to Be Distrustful of Socialist Propaganda”

Catholic Perspective, Fighting the Culture War / Benedict 15, Benedict XI, Communism, Gustavo Solimeo, Pope, Propaganda, Saint Joseph, Socialism, Socialist Propaganda, Soliti Nos

The Pope was Benedict XV (1914-1922). He warned the faithful against the evils of socialism in a document issued over one hundred years ago on 11 March 1920. The title says it all: “Epistle Soliti Nos: On the Need to Beware of Socialist Propaganda.”1 Although a century old, Pope Benedict’s warning remains perfectly up to

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Pope Francis’ Symbolic Gesture Commemorating Heretic Luther

Catholic Perspective, Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira / Bergoglio, Francis, Heresy, Heretic, Luther, Lutheran, Martin, Martin Luther, Pope Francis, Protestant Reformation, Reformation

Symbolic acts and gestures often have a greater persuasive power than words and reasoning, though one completes the other. This is why the Divine Saviour constantly used both symbolic gestures and employed metaphors and parables. This is also why the Church has always surrounded herself with symbols to make visible the beauty of her doctrine,

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The Dictatorship of Equality – A Catholic Perspective

Catholic Perspective, Fighting the Culture War / Counter-revolution, Dictatorship, Egalitarian Revolution, Equality, False Equality, Inequality

Part I An Ill-Disguised Dictatorship Why do most people feel uncomfortable talking about equality? Is it fear of being “different?” Fear of being ridiculed? Fear of rejection? Political correctness? Peer pressure? No one admits it, but everyone is aware of an ill-disguised dictatorship of equality that creates uneasiness at the sole mention of this most hated

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How Saint Charles Borromeo Fought the Deadly Virus in Milan

Catholic Perspective, Corona Virus, Saints and Angels / 11 August 1576, Charles Borromeo, Coronavirus, CoVid-19, Deadly Virus, Domenick Galatolo, Italy, Milan, Plague, Virus

The Coronavirus is not the first epidemic to strike the world. Yet as churches are closed and the sacraments are difficult to find, the question arises: How did the Church and the saints deal with plagues in the past? In the golden pages of history, we find a holy bishop who faced a virus more

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