MPAA Rating, PG-13 USCCB Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 3 out of 5 reels There have been numerous films about the Holocaust, so many that certain new ones can […]
Pope Pius XII is a towering figure in the history of the Church, as well as global politics, in the twentieth century. His papacy lasted from 1939 to 1958, so he was pope during the […]
In the spring of 1945, as a humiliated Germany was being defeated by the Allies, two of the finest German intellectuals of the postwar era – Günter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger – apparently met in […]
Many voices in the contemporary Church call for Christians to “accompany” and “dialogue” with those opposed to the Gospel message and ethos. All too often, this becomes accommodation with the spirit of the times. This […]
Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) is most famous for her award-winning Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy. But she wrote much more than that epic work of historical fiction. Sigrid Undset: Reader of Hearts, a new biography and study of […]
The Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943) was executed by the occupying Nazi regime for his refusal to serve in the armed forces of the Third Reich. His conscientious objection was based on his deep Catholic […]
I am of the opinion that if the Allies at the peace table at Versailles had not imagined that the sweeping away of long-established dynasties was a form of progress, and if they had allowed […]
The woke mobs of the cancel culture have come for Winston Churchill, both here in the United States and in his home country, where the man was long considered a hero who did nothing short […]
On January 27, 1945, advancing Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz concentration camp. Today, 75 years after the event, wars are still being fought over who was responsible for World War Two and the many atrocities which […]
It is a rare enough book which calls attention to a set of facts which are crucial to an accurate understanding of a given period of history and yet widely overlooked. Giuliana Chamedes’ A Twentieth-Century Crusade: […]
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