Just do it. Today.
“Have confidence. I have overcome the world.” Our Lord Christ, Jn. ch. xvi, v. 33
Ten unforgettable days of pilgrimage in The Eternal City, Rome — Monday, October 4 to Wednesday, October 13.
Eight reasons sure to convince even the (more…)
A project closer to home than usual – but about par for the course in duration.
Many of NCCL’s projects are long-in-the-works, directed quietly, before fruit is born — or noticed. And most are conducted in far-off places across (more…)
Romans endure
Read in this post “Part 2” — the happy conclusion — of a ten-year history & project of NCCL action to help restore parish life for a Roman community.
(Part 1, the first ten years, 2005-2015, will (more…)
“Our dedication to Tradition must be total, we cannot settle for anything less.”
The above-named essay, bearing the subtitle, “Mysticism and Human Calculations”, appeared in the June 2015 newsletter of the Catholic community of Vocogno, in the Diocese of Novara, Italy.
We republish the same essay here, below, in English, thanks to (more…)
Interview with a [real] courageous Bishop
Read Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s balanced, steady, bold interview, given during a visit to England last month.
Liturgy, Family, the Great Crisis of the Church – “Thanks be to God the Internet exists”
Three newly ‘declassified’ projects from NCCL’s ‘TOP SECRET’ archives
Read about three recently declassified projects by clicking on the respective hyperlink. (more…)
The Empire Strikes Back
It’s all over … the news, that is.
Those opposing Pope Benedict’s Summorum Pontificum, have taken a first, practical step to reverse the motu proprio.
And the sum of it is sheer hypocrisy at its Roman worst. One only wonders what took them so long. (more…)
How seriously does the Roman Curia need ‘cleansing’?
For those paying attention, it is reported in a few reliable places that the 300-page report prepared by three Cardinals to investigate the “Vatileaks” scandals has to do with the need (more…)
An history lesson about the Roman Papacy, and reform of the Roman Curia
With the express permission of The Lepanto Foundation, we post the following unabridged essay by the eminent historian, Prof. Roberto de Mattei, PhD.
Among the many questions the essay provokes is whether the Roman Curia has ever (more…)
Reform of the Reformer 