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A visit to Albania today reminds the traveler of the worst of modernity and the fall of man, but also inspires hope. In 1945, when the communists seized power...

When visiting the southern United States, I have occasionally been amused to hear the Civil War described as “the late unpleasantness.” That genteel and understated description could also be...

Nature bestows a great gift on those who dwell in the Northern hemisphere: The seasons conveniently align with the liturgical calendar. December’s darkness allows Advent imagery to come to...

To visit the tomb of Servant of God József Cardinal Mindszenty, in Esztergom, Hungary, is, in a sense, to venerate the suffering of the Hungarian people throughout the twentieth...

Hilaire Belloc once said of the Church: “No merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight.” This proof of the Church’s divine origin remains...