On October 11, concerned Catholics gather for a recent conference sponsored by J.M.J. Catholic Radio at the Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary in Laflin, Penn. The event featured author John Horvat II and his book Return to Order: Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here, And Where We Need to Go. The conference “Helping Families … Read more
The historian Roland Mousnier defines the state in the following manner: “The state is a spontaneous, natural organism, resulting from the needs inherent in human nature, issuing from the natural laws that govern the development of societies, which are necessary facts, independent of man’s will. The state comes into being spontaneously, without men thinking about … Read more
Members of the many autonomous societies for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and similar associations around the world gathered together on October 2-4 in Sao Paulo, Brazil on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the death of the founder of the Brazilian TFP, Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. Is Technology Ruining Your Life? … Read more
At the Pittsburgh Catholic Men’s Fellowship Conference on September 19, authors John Horvat and Norman Fulkerson had an opportunity to present their books, Return to Order and American Knight respectively. Well over 1500 men attended the Saturday event held at the Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. Is Technology Ruining Your Life? Take A Quick Quiz … Read more
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
CHANDLER, AZ (August 21, 2-15) – The global economy continues on a course of self-destruction as a result of ignoring our God-given moral compass, which ultimately keeps everything in balance, according to John Horvat II, author of Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society—Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here, … Read more
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
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
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
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
