While the Holy See no longer exercises the temporal power it once did, [1] it is still a major player on the world stage. Papal representatives have long been spread throughout the world, [2] and, in the past 150 years,…
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The Vatican and the New World Order
Tagged with: politics, political science, united nations, historical, holy see, current, diplomacy
Posted in Politics, Current, Historical
Posted in Politics, Current, Historical
Protestantism in Latin America
It has long been believed that Protestantism “is a sort of Trojan Horse, whose ultimate purpose is to eclipse and replace local culture while extending the cultural hegemony of the United States” (Jose Leonardo Santos, Evangelical Conversion, 2008, p. 83).…
Tagged with: anti-catholicism, central america, church and state, historical, latin america, politics, protestantism, south america, world
Posted in Historical, Politics
Posted in Historical, Politics
Charles Coulombe Tells All
The following is a slightly edited transcript of my recent interview with Catholic historian Charles Coulombe, KCSS. Hello, Charles. I have some questions for you today. First, I know that you admire the works of Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft. And…
Tagged with: charles coulombe, culture, h.p. lovecraft, historical, history, j.r.r. tolkien, literature, monarchist
Posted in Culture, Historical
Posted in Culture, Historical
State vs. Church: Bad Gov’t Hates Catholicism
We know that American officials often promote immorality abroad [1; 2; 3; 4], and we know that America also has a severe strain of anti-Catholicism, but governments often find that they need religion for legitimacy, and Protestantism has proven to…
Tagged with: anti-catholicism, church and state, historical, politics, protestantism, world
Posted in Historical, Politics
Posted in Historical, Politics
The Roosevelts and the Church
Like the Bushes, the Roosevelts were, in their own ways, hospitable to the Church. President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt and Pope Leo XIII exchanged prayers, congratulations, warm regards, and gifts. [1–5] Teddy’s government was also allowed to make recommendations for appointments to…
Tagged with: america, diplomacy, historical, leo xiii, pius x, pius xii
Posted in Historical, Politics
Posted in Historical, Politics
Is Islam better than Christianity at Science?
In this short clip, I analyze the important relationship between Christians (especially Syriacs) and Muslims in the realm of scientific advancement. (Vimeo, Gloria)
Tagged with: arabic, greek, greek philosophy, historical, history, islam, middle ages, middle east, muslim, philosophy, science, syriac, syriac christians, theology
Posted in Historical, Science
Posted in Historical, Science
The Legacy of Pope Alexander VI
[This is part of Catholic Analysis’ special series on Pope Alexander VI. This final part, the eighth, gives the rest of his legacy. Read the seventh part.] “..the history of Alexander VI as it has reached us is a tissue…
Tagged with: alexander vi, borgia, borja, canon law, catholic, church, doctrine, historical, history, immaculate conception, imprimatur, italian, italy, liturgy, ordo missae, papacy, papal states, pontiff, pope, rodrigo borgia, rome, rubrics, the borgias
Posted in Historical
Posted in Historical
Pope Alexander VI and the Spanish
[This is part of Catholic Analysis’ special series on Pope Alexander VI. This part, the seventh, touches on his closeness with his native country. Read the sixth part.] Br. J.B. Darcy points out some necessary background information: “For centuries, Spain…
Tagged with: alexander vi, borgia, borja, catholic, christopher columbus, church, crusades, diplomacy, historical, history, isabella i, italy, king ferdinand, moors, papal states, pope, queen isabella, rodrigo borgia, rome, sixtus iv, south america, spain, spanish, spanish inquisition, torquemada
Posted in Historical
Posted in Historical
Pope Alexander VI and the French
[This is part of Catholic Analysis’ special series on Pope Alexander VI. This part, the sixth, grapples with Alexander’s interesting relations with the French. Read the fifth part.] With a devout personality, encouraged by his friend, St. Francis of Paola,…
Tagged with: alexander vi, ascanio sforza, borgia, borja, catholic, cesare borgia, charles viii, church, diplomacy, france, francis of paola, french, historical, history, italy, joan of valois, louis xii, machiavelli, naples, orsini, papal states, pope, rome, savonarola, sforza
Posted in Historical
Posted in Historical
Pope Alexander VI and the Italians
[This is part of Catholic Analysis’ special series on Pope Alexander VI. This part, the fifth, explains Alexander’s connections with the Italians. Read the fourth part.] Once his installment was settled, the pope set about making many changes. Alexander was…
Tagged with: alexander vi, ascanio sforza, borgia, borja, caterina sforza, catholic, church, colonna, diplomacy, ferrante i of naples, historical, history, italian, italy, leo x, ludovico sforza, medici, orsini, papal states, pedro luis borgia, pope, rome, savonarola, sforza
Posted in Historical
Posted in Historical
