“We Should Not Ask for the Persecution to End”
"...that there be a hero in every Catholic, as in the time of Nero."
The Martyrs of San Joaquin
"We’ll die shouting, ‘Viva Cristo Rey!” they all agreed.
The Saga of a Cristero Family
"I would rather die first than be a traitor."
Protomartyr of the Cristero War
Above: the State of Puebla, Mexico. To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.– Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) Shoulders draped with chains, heads crowned with thorns, flesh punctured with cacti, ankles bound with fetters. Barefoot penitents stood, waiting to begin the annual Good Friday tradition: Procession…
Thanksgiving for Columbus Day!
Pope Leo XIII's encyclical on Columbus.
“Cultural Marxism is Consistent with Liberalism”: Interview with a Carlist
The duty of the layperson is, pre-eminently, political.
On the Suppression of the TLM on the Covadonga Pilgrimage
But it is clear that the heretics have already manifestly put themselves in schism for decades.
A Tale of Two Donalds
Watching the murder attempt against President Trump eerily reminded me of Mexico's turbulent transition period.
A Carlist Crusader for the Sacred Heart
We English know about Nelson and Drake, but we do not know about Blas de Lezo.
St James the Greater and Catholic Militancy
To Peter He gave His Church, to John He gave His Mother, and to James He gave Spain.
San Felipe de Jesus: Mexico’s First Saint and Martyr
Above: Plaza Mayor de México (today Plaza del Zócalo), 1830 by Theubet de Beauchamp, showing the Mexico City Cathedral where San Felipe was baptised. On May 13, 1524, twelve Franciscan friars from Spain set foot on Mexican soil for the first time. The evangelization of Mexico had begun! According to Robert Ricard in The Spiritual Conquest…
