Return to Order Featured on NPR’s Good Books Radio Show

Return to Order Return to Order Featured on NPR’s Good Books Radio Show

On May 8, 2015, John Horvat talks about his book, Return to Order, with Dr. John Cook on his show “Good Books Radio” on the NPR affiliate station, KMBH-FM 88.9, in Brownsville, Texas. The half hour interview discusses the frenetic intemperance in modern society and the solutions proposed by the book. The taped interview was … Read more

Cardinals, Bishops and 500,000 Faithful Ask Pope Francis to Reaffirm Church Teaching at Synod

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Hanover, Pennsylvania — August 21, 2015: Ahead of the upcoming Synod on the Family in Rome, dozens of organizations are collecting petitions to Pope Francis, asking him to reinforce Church teaching on marriage and family.  Today, the worldwide petition surpassed 500,000 signatures, including those of 5 cardinals, 117 bishops and hundreds of prominent civil leaders. … Read more

Return to Order at Our Lady of Lebanon Pilgrimage

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Written by RTO.org* Every year around the feast of the Assumption, thousands of Lebanese Maronite Catholics and other local Catholics make a pilgrimage to the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon near Youngstown, Ohio. This year was the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the church and the pilgrimage. The August 13-16 … Read more

Accomplishments of an Organic Christian Society

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The author Franz Funck-Brentano relates the accomplishments of an organic Christian Society by relating the superhuman and flexible efforts involved in the building of cathedrals. He writes: “For the rest, not a single one of our great churches was finished according to the plan on which it was conceived. The prodigious impulse which caused them … Read more

The Honeycomb, the Lily and the Bomb

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Written by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira* Back in the seventies, the Brazilian newspaper, O Folha de S. Paulo, asked Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira if he favored the end of legal restrictions to divorce. His reply is very applicable to the present debate around same-sex “marriage.” We reproduce the newspaper interview here having in mind … Read more

Return to Order on Al Kresta’s Show

Return to Order Return to Order on Al Kresta’s Show

On June 19, John Horvat had a live interview with Al Kresta of Ave Maria Radio located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Al’s popular show, “Kresta in the Afternoon” is aired on over 250 Catholic radio stations nationwide. The show was on site at Acton University held June 16-19 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The interview was … Read more

“Should be Mandatory Reading”

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One of the readers of Return to Order sent in this commentary: Uphold Marriage and the Family; Uphold Society: Sign the Return to Order Petition “This book should be mandatory reading for every politician, economist and economics student……you have the answer Mr. Horvat. Leadership is what this country needs and you have the talent!” Gerald … Read more

VIDEO: Saint Thomas and Immigration

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It seems that Saint Thomas Aquinas has an opinion on just about everything. Uphold Marriage and the Family; Uphold Society: Sign the Return to Order Petition In this video, author John Horvat discusses what the views of Saint Thomas are on immigration and the treatment of immigrants.