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Lessons From a Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather

Juan José Jiménez-Lema January 31, 2023

In an old hand-written Jesuit journal and a couple of letters, guarded in the Sanctuary of Loyola’s historical archive in Spain, I found a story of grace, love of God, and generosity that my family lore had already forgotten.

MCC Brussels: Why Cancelling European History is a Bad Idea

Tamás Orbán January 29, 2023

European history must stop dwelling on sins and start focusing on achievements again. A strong Europe starts with proud Europeans, according to the MCC’s panel discussion in Brussels.

Whither the King?

Charles A. Coulombe January 22, 2023

The King has chosen to be called Charles. Let us look at his predecessors, in hopes of finding some indication of where His Majesty might wish to go.

On the Bleiburg Massacre: An Interview with Álvaro Peñas

Carlos Perona Calvete January 8, 2023

At Bleiburg, the communists eliminated those they saw as their real opponents, their ‘class enemies’: the bourgeois, businessmen, clergymen, and all those who might oppose the new communist regime.

The Origin of the Magi in Artistic Representation

Jan Bentz January 6, 2023

The Three Kings represent the truth-seekers of the earth, the rulers of the ‘pagan’ realm, the lands which had not yet seen God but were nonetheless expecting the coming of the Lord.

Occasional Dialogues: Claire Rydell Arcenas interviewed by Kurt Hofer

Kurt Hofer January 6, 2023

In this episode of our ‘Occasional Dialogues’ series, Kurt Hofer interviews historian Claire Rydell Arcenas, the author of America’s Philosopher: John Locke in American Intellectual Life. They discuss the impetus behind writing the book, Locke’s place in contemporary political life, and the ‘New Right’ critiques of Locke.

Béla Bangha: A Jesuit on the Crossroads of Catholicism and Racism

László Bernát Veszprémy December 31, 2022

Why was Bangha remembered by the Jewish press as an ‘enemy of racism’ if his papers were full of anti-Semitism in the early 1920s? The answer seems to lie in his understanding of the role of Catholicism in public life.

Literature that Defied the Nazi Regime

Sebastian Sigler December 19, 2022

Scholdt pays tribute to both the aesthetic achievements and the courage of writers who were persecuted and ostracized during the Nazi era. He also considers the significance of their resistance in the Nazi years for our own tumultuous times.

More Kicks to Arthur Bryant’s Corpse

R.J. Stove December 18, 2022

Through scarcely credible naïveté, Robinson seems to believe that he has disposed of Bryant’s ethical pretensions. His hubris calls to mind those self-destructive British Labour parliamentarians who elicited the jibe that, when granted a choice of weapons, they always selected boomerangs.

The Person Behind the Golden Bull

Zoltán Attila Liktor December 14, 2022

The Golden Bull was fundamental to Hungary’s constitutional system and a guarantee of the nation’s sovereignty. On its 800th anniversary, we should commemorate the patriotic statesman, Cletus, bishop of Eger, who gave Hungarians such a noble gift.

Tag: history

Lessons From a Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather

MCC Brussels: Why Cancelling European History is a Bad Idea

Whither the King?

On the Bleiburg Massacre: An Interview with Álvaro Peñas

The Origin of the Magi in Artistic Representation

Occasional Dialogues: Claire Rydell Arcenas interviewed by Kurt Hofer

Béla Bangha: A Jesuit on the Crossroads of Catholicism and Racism

Literature that Defied the Nazi Regime

More Kicks to Arthur Bryant’s Corpse

The Person Behind the Golden Bull

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