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What is the relationship between wokeism, Marxism, and liberalism?

April 25, 2023 Dr. Edward Feser 18

In his book Conservatism: A Rediscovery, Yoram Hazony argues that there is indeed a significant link between wokeism and Marxism.  Paul Gottfried responds at Chronicles, arguing that the similarities between the two have been overstated.  Let’s take […]

The Dispatch

Priest says Church in Cuba in position to propose transition from communism to free society

April 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

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ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 23, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Only the Catholic Church in Cuba is in the position to lead a dialogue and propose a transition from communism to a free society, Father Alberto Reyes of the Archdiocese o… […]

Books

The Cardinal who stared down Communism

April 2, 2023 Sean Salai 5

At the start of the 1955 British film The Prisoner, a regal cardinal played by Alec Guinness finds Communist secret police waiting for him as he walks out of Mass in an anonymous Central European […]

Features

Why isn’t Ignatius Cardinal Kung recognized as a saint?

March 11, 2023 Dawn Beutner 11

In 1985, Jaime Cardinal Sin, archbishop of Manilla, Philippines, visited China. As part of his “friendship visit,” as the Chinese government called it, Cardinal Sin requested permission to visit his fellow bishop, Ignatius Kung, who […]

Books

Cardinal Mindszenty’s Memoirs are “deeply informative, moving, and spiritually and politically instructive”

March 2, 2023 Paul Senz 9

The story of the Catholic Church’s relationship with the secular state in modern times has been dramatic, often complex, and sometimes horrific. There have been periods of wonderful collaboration, but also of terrible and bloody […]

Features

New documentary tells startling story of Ngo Dinh Diem’s life and assasination

February 24, 2023 Jerry Salyer 24

“They started with me on Diem, you remember: ‘He was corrupt, he ought to be killed,’ and so we killed him. We all got together and got a ***-damn bunch of thugs and assassinated him. […]

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Lech Walesa, friend of St. John Paul II, exposes the lies of communism

November 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Lech Walesa on Nov. 19, 2022, at the Conservative Action Political Conference (CPAC) in Mexico. / Credit: Ana Paula Morales / ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 22, 2022 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
At a recent conference, Lech Walesa, a friend of St. John … […]

The Dispatch

The Way of the Exile: A Review of Prophet

November 18, 2022 Nick Olszyk 4

MPAA Rating: Not rated at the time of this review USCCB Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels Nearly every Catholic knows that Pope St. John […]

The Dispatch

Victims of Communism Memorial Day recognizes tens of millions murdered

November 7, 2022 Dawn Beutner 10

Has your state formally recognized November 7 as Victims of Communism Memorial Day? Five US states (Alabama, Florida, Texas, Utah, and Virginia) have done so, and eight more (Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, […]

The Dispatch

Analysis: The diplomatic principles behind the Vatican’s agreement with China

October 26, 2022 Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency 8

A Vatican delegation sent to China between Aug. 28 and Sept. 2, 2022, visited 92-year-old Bishop Melchior Shi Hongzhen, seen here in a photo taken on May 24, 2015. The visit was a strong signal from the Holy See that despite the desire to carry … […]

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