Saint Joan of Arc Was a Knight, Not a “Knightess”
February 16, 1990 (*) by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira All this is very beautiful, but there is something even more beautiful that they asked me to make explicit. But what can I say? Infinite things are ineffable. The pulchrum [beauty] of an ideal is reflected in the soul of the one who fights for it. […]
The Sweettness of Life in Social Relationships
“Catolicismo” , Campos (Rio de Janeiro), N. 147 – March 1963 Ambiences, Customs, Civilizations by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Old magazines are often very charming. This is true even when what comes down to us are only loose undated pages that give us glimpses of the remote past. A Paris journal of […]
Contemplating the Adorable Person of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Saturday, October 9th 1971 (*) by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Contemplating the Adorable Person of Our Lord Jesus ChristI will venture a guess and say that most of us have meditated upon Our Lord Jesus Christ, and through our contemplation we have acquired a sense of what He is like. However, imagine the resulting indelible […]
Why Does Love Arouse Hatred?
Saint Augustine (by Fra Angelico) by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira A friendly reader asked me to explain why the Church has been fought so fiercely throughout her history even though she is the preacher of the Truth. He also wants to know why true Catholics, who do not compromise with present-day errors and remain faithful […]
What Next ? – While a certain degree of cunning is required of the spy, much more is required of the deviator
Folha de S. Paulo, 8th April 1981 by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira I have just read a report that a hot fight over a proposed strike is going on between hardliners and “softliners” inside the Polish Communist Party. The advocates of the “soft” position are calling for concessions to the Solidarity union to […]
Devotion to Our Lady and the zeal for the cause of God, the sanctification of souls and the apostolate
Veneration to Our Lady obtains from God the greatest graces
If I were to count how many “ships” I’ve seen departing…
Saint of the Day, February 19, 1983 Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira “A Roman and Apostolic Catholic, the author of this text submits himself with filial devotion to the traditional teaching of Holy Church. However, if by an oversight anything is found in it at variance with that teaching, he immediately and categorically rejects it.” The […]
A little-known aspect of Fatima: the miraculous springs
by João Alves Of the miraculous springs, some faucets remain at the base of the monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (photo by Miguel Angel Gutierrez) During the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, no water sprang forth, as it did in Lourdes. This created a vital and extremely difficult problem to solve: […]
The Catholic Church: The Source of All Majesty
Saint of the Day, November 27, 1982 by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira “A Roman and Apostolic Catholic, the author of this text submits himself with filial devotion to the traditional teaching of Holy Church. However, if by an oversight anything is found in it at variance with that teaching, he immediately and categorically rejects […]
In Honor of the Great Troublemaker
Cardinal Mindszenty (* 29-3-1892 + 6-5-1975)