Abolish the Patriarchy? It’s Actually Gone, But We Should Return to It
by Roberto de Mattei – Rome After the murder of a young woman, Giulia Cecchettin, last Nov. 11, Italy has discovered that it is threatened by the “patriarchy.” The title of a dossier in the Nov. 24 La Repubblica newspaper is eloquent: “Feminicides: stop the slaughter.” The thesis, which is the same one spread by the mainstream media, social media, and all kinds of influencers, is that there is a massacre of feminicides and the responsibility must be attributed to the still dominant culture of “patriarchy.” We need to fight patriarchy to stop violence against women.
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It hardly takes a prophet to see the doom at hand.
(But it does take his kind of courage to brave God’s people for it. – ed.)
by Roberto de Mattei – Rome On the morning of Sunday, August 2, 1903, the third ballot to elect Pope Leo XIII’s successor began in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro, the late pontiff’s former secretary of state, could count on a majority of the votes and was about to be elected, when Cardinal Ian Puzyna, archbishop of Krakow, asked for the floor and, on behalf of His Apostolic Majesty Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, declared an exclusionary veto against his candidacy. The exclusion veto, which was abolished after this conclave, was an ancient privilege granted not only to the Austrian Empire but also to the Catholic kingdoms of France and Spain. Rampolla’s election foundered, and on the evening of Monday, August 3, on the seventh ballot, Patriarch Giuseppe Sarto of Venice was elected Pope with the name Pius X. The new pontiff begged the conclave’s secretary Msgr. Rafael Merry del Val to remain at his side as secretary of state. Under their leadership, for eleven years, the Catholic Church experienced one of the most fruitful eras in its history, interrupted by another unpredictable event: the assassination of the Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914.
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Wanda Półtawska (1921-2023), a Pro-Life Leader
Roberto de Mattei – Rome Wanda Półtawska, one of the leading pro-life figures of the 20th century and a close collaborator of John Paul II, died in Krakow at the age of 102 on October 25, 2023.
Wanda Półtawska was born in Lublin on November 2, 1921. After the German invasion of Poland, because of her involvement in the resistance, she was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in Lublin Castle. After being interrogated and tortured, she was deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp on November 21, 1941, where she was subjected to surgical experiments carried out by Karl Gebhardt, Himmler’s personal physician later sentenced to death as a war criminal. She miraculously survived and, after liberation, participated in the work of the Commission of Inquiry into Nazi crimes in Poland. The nightmare of those days lives again in his book And I’m Afraid of My Dreams. My Days in the Ravensbrück Lager published in several languages (Edizioni San Paolo, Rome 2010).
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ed. note, NCCL — It is with profound sorrow that we announce the death of Wanda Półtawska. She communicated regularly with our late President and pro-life hero, Mrs. Mary K. Smith, from the 1980s until her death in 2004. On not a few occasions these valiant Ladies, together with other Directors and members of the NCCL apostolate, collaborated on special projects in the U.S. and in Rome.
Anglican service at the Lateran: a grave episode
by Roberto de Mattei – Rome It seems strange that a group of fifty priests would get permission to concelebrate at the high altar of the Lateran Basilica without exhibiting the celebret, the document that ecclesiastical authorities issue to allow priests to licitly administer the Mass and the sacraments. If this was just a matter of a misunderstanding, one would have to say that the superficiality of the Lateran authorities was of the utmost, so much so as to heap those responsible with ridicule. Even assuming that this was so, one still cannot assume good faith on the part of the Anglicans, as they could not have been unaware that the religious service they conducted was in open conflict with the canonical laws of the Church of Rome. In any case, their action has a provocative flavour, whether the Lateran authorities were complicit or not. But apart from the attribution of responsibility, what remains is the very grave scope of the event.
The cathedral of Rome is not St Peter’s, as many believe, but St John Lateran, which is called the “Archbasilica” because it is the most important of the four major papal basilicas. The Latin inscription carved on the marble of the facade of the Archbasilica reads: Omnium Urbis et Orbis Ecclesiarum Mater et Caput — “Mother and Head of the Universal Church”.
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Beware the ides of March? – extraordinary announcement of the Holy See: Pope Francis to consecrate Russia and Ukraine
The Director of the Holy See Press Office Matteo Bruni has today announced that, "On Friday 25 March, during the Celebration of Penance at which he will preside at 17.00 in Saint Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The same act, on the same day, will be carried out in Fatima by His Eminence Cardinal Krajewski, Apostolic Almoner, as envoy of the Holy Father.". https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2022/03/15/0177/00384.html#ing The declaration of the Holy See is of great importance. We appeal to all the bishops of the world to join Pope Francis that same day, fulfilling the request of Our Lady of Fatima who on 13 July 1917 asked for the consecration of Russia to Her Immaculate Heart and on 13 June 1929 communicated to Sister Lucia, in the monastery at Tuy, the request that this consecration be made "in union with all the bishops of the world". We do not know if this consecration will remove the threat of war, famine, and persecution of the Church and of the Holy Father that Our Lady foresaw at Fatima if the world had not converted, but certainly the act announced by the Holy See is destined to bring great graces to Russia, Ukraine and the whole world. From this moment we gather in prayer, spreading the extraordinary news. (Roberto de Mattei - Lepanto Foundation, Rome) - trans. G. P. Lloyd, 15 Mar 2022 A.D.
Holiness: The Only Solution to the Crisis of Our Time
by Roberto de Mattei – Rome The crisis of our time has moved as of now from the cultural and moral field to the psychological, meaning psychology in its etymological sense, which is that of “science of the soul.” If morality establishes the laws of human behavior, psychology investigates the cognitive and affective life of man. Man is a composite of soul and body, and the soul, which is the vital principle of the body, has two main faculties, intellect and will. As a corporeal being, man is also endowed with internal and external senses that participate in his cognitive process. When man’s primary and secondary faculties are well ordered, his personality develops harmoniously. But when, in the obscure meeting place between sense impressions and the spiritual faculties disordered passions develop, the soul experiences a situation of imbalance that can lead to moral and psychological ruin. Man risks psychological breakdown when he becomes unaware of the one true end of his life, which is our sanctification and the glory of God.
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Motus in fine velocior (part 2) – “With a Divisive, Useless, and Unjust Persecution, the Francis Crisis is Gathering Even More Speed” – by Roberto de Mattei on Rorate Caeli
Taken from https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2021/12/motus-in-fine-velocior-2-with-divisive.html posted on 22 December 2021.
On February 11, 2014, one year after the day on which Benedict XVI made known his decision to resign from the pontificate, I published an article entitled Motus in fine velocior to signal the beginning of a dizzying acceleration of time’s pace, starting with the resignation of Benedict and the election of Pope Francis on March 13, 2013.
Benedict XVI reigned from April 19, 2005, to February 28, 2013, seven years and ten months. From the election of Pope Francis to the approach of Christmas 2021 eight years and nine months of pontificate have passed. Benedict XVI’s post-pontificate is therefore longer than his pontificate: a paradoxical fact, which makes his resignation even more inexplicable, if the only or primary reason for it was the burden of advancing age. Had he not abdicated, Benedict XVI might have died earlier, due to the natural physical and moral strain that the government of the Church entails, but he would have been forced to face what, in his view, was the most serious problem of the contemporary Church: the loss of faith.
On October 11, 2011, Benedict XVI announced … [ Click here to read the rest of the essay at https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2021/12/motus-in-fine-velocior-2-with-divisive.html . ]
Macron, Metsola and the abyss that awaits us — by Prof. Roberto de Mattei of the Lepanto Foundation
(by Roberto de Mattei) When France took over the presidency of the European Union on 19 January, French President Emmanuel Macron called for the inclusion of abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The Charter, approved in Nice in 2000 and ratified by the Lisbon Treaty in 2007, is intended as a sort of European constitutional charter. Alongside Macron, the Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola was elected President of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg the day before, replacing David Sassoli.
Upon her election, Metsola wanted to reassure those who had concerns about her previous statements against abortion that, “My position is that of the European parliament”. Such compliance with the decisions of the majority of parliamentarians, would presumably apply, not only to abortion, but to any abomination that the assembly might approve. The next day, President Metsola listened to Macron’s words without batting an eyelid.
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Do we have to take the ‘covid-jab’ or wear masks to enter Italy on pilgrimage to Rome?
No. And, no.
Italy is currently not requiring (more…)
printable brochure – Pilgrimage to Rome
The brochure shown below can be downloaded & printed, to distribute to those who may wish to make pilgrimage with the MIC to Rome in October, 2021.
This tri-fold brochure does not itself contain a registration form, though it does have (more…)
Reform of the Reformer 