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The Lost Piety of Catholic France II – Our Lady of La Salette

  Our Lady of La Salette – 1896 French postcard image        Since the period of the French Revolution, there has been a series of Marian Apparitions, eight of which  – as is commonly known - have been approved by the Church. This is to say that among untold hundreds of alleged apparitions, the Vatican after prolonged and exhaustive [...]
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The Lost Piety of Catholic France (Part I)

For years I have been grieving the Lost Piety of Catholic France. But really, the title of this new series here is euphemistic. Because when one knows the history of post-revolution Catholic France and when one has faith, it is hard to avoid stronger titles, such as the Destroyed or Murdered Piety of Catholic France. Still I will [...]
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DVD Review: The Song of Bernadette

A very, very moving account not only of the Miracles of Our Lady, but also of the Lost Piety of Catholic France.
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Valentin Tomberg on “A Special Intervention from Heaven …”

Dear Friends, known and unknown, I continue to feel need for a time of contemplation before resuming this weblog “properly”. In the meantime, I expect I will be posting another article and further reviews, including possibly reviews of Valentin Tomberg’s Degeneration and Regeneration of Jurisprudence and Foundations of International Law as Humanity’s Law - whose towering moral [...]
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Pointing and Stammering: French Noël 2006

A fragmentary, very personal piece touching on Catholic France, the Sacred Heart, the Da Vinci Code, Valentin Tomberg, the Novus Ordo, global capitalism and more ...
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Book Review: France and the Cult of the Sacred Heart – Raymond Jonas

The Dream of a Sacred Civilisation
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Book Review: The Portal of the Mystery of Hope – Charles Peguy

A genuine classic, heartbreakingly beautiful.
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