Above: 1965, Queen Elizabeth II sits in a carriage during the Opening of Parliament, Queens royal procession. My silence is no proof of malice, as his Majesty can well know by many other tokens, nor is it shown to be …
Category: The Postliberal Conversation
Catholics and the Monarchy
Above: London, 12th May 1937: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pictured wearing their crowns and coronation robes as they stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with Princess Elizabeth (waving) and Princess Margaret. Editor’s note: occasioned by the transfer …
Why British and Commonwealth Catholics Venerate their Protestant Monarch
Above: then Prince Charles, now the ascended King Charles III, kisses the hand of his mother, her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Photo credit MSN. The spectacle is undeniably impressive, though predictable and in part long-planned. Even those whose own …
Her Majesty Has Died, Long Live the King!
Above: Elizabeth II wearing the Imperial State Crown and hold the Sovereign’s Sceptre and Orb after her coronation day in 1953. Thirty-five years ago on the Assumption in 1987, while I was yet in the womb, a tragic car accident …
The Legal Positivism of the Pro-Life Movement
St. Thomas Aquinas states in his Summa that there are four integral parts of any law. These are 1) accordance with reason, 2) benefit to the objective common good, and 3) promulgation 4) by a rightful authority who has legitimate …
The Political Temptation to Destroy Politics Itself
Above: Stephens County Courthouse, Texas. The Taproot of Evil: Forgetfulness Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teaching (Hebrews 13:9). To “beg the question” is a logical fallacy in which a claim is assumed to be true …
Four Years of “Catholic Republic”
Above: the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception as viewed from the Washington monument in DC, shown displaying the US flag. Brothers and Sisters, for freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the …
St. Robert Bellarmine and the American Revolution?
Editor’s note: due to the importance of the Fourth of July for our current crisis post-Vatican II, we will publish a number of Catholic perspectives on America and Americanism (see the first article “The United States of Freemasonry” by D. …
Catholic Cop: How to Defend Your Church
Now more than ever, I believe it to be of absolute necessity for churches to be prepared for the probable disruptions of Holy Mass, along with the security of our priests and families. With this in mind, I submit the …
Rebuilding Christendom: the Home Economy
Localism: the Old World Order I spend every day wishing for the Old World Order (c. 1200s A.D.). Something (secular) I recently read used the phrase “technocratic hellscape” to refer to our current economy in the United States. How accurately put: our intertwined …