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Letter #20, Thursday, August 6, 2020: Lament for Lebanon
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Letter #20, Thursday, August 6, 2020: Lament for Lebanon
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Letter #20, Thursday, August 6, 2020: Lament for Lebanon

Above, the moment of the terrible explosion on the evening of Tuesday, August 4, 2020, in Beirut, Lebanon. The massive explosion unleashed a terrific shock wave that traveled outward for 6 miles, knocking out windows, killing more than 150, and wounding thousands. Above, two different views of the explosion, one a close-up, and one from [...]

Letter #19, Tuesday, August 4, 2020: Gold
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Letter #19, Tuesday, August 4, 2020: Gold
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Letter #19, Tuesday, August 4, 2020: Gold

Gold All-Time High Today the price of gold in dollars reached a new all-time high, after passing the old all-time high of just over $1,900 several days ago. So today gold crossed the $2,000 level for the first time ever. As I write, the price of gold is $2,006 per ounce, the highest ever in history, [...]

Letter #18, Thursday, July 30, 2020: Archbishop Viganò
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Letter #18, Thursday, July 30, 2020: Archbishop Viganò
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Letter #18, Thursday, July 30, 2020: Archbishop Viganò

The McCarrick Case "It's so much deeper than anyone knows." —Michael Voris, speaking about the McCarrick case in a Church Militant article published on July 20, 2020 (link). Voris contends that "investigators Church Militant has communicated with" have "revealed to us that McCarrick had offshore accounts they believe were funded by the Kremlin to the tune [...]

Letter #17, Wednesday, July 29, 2020: China
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Letter #17, Wednesday, July 29, 2020: China
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Letter #17, Wednesday, July 29, 2020: China

This Letter is devoted to the question of the Catholic Church in China. The question is important because the historic "secret agreement" between the Holy See and China to regulate the relations of the Church to the Chinese Communist government — especially regarding the selection of bishops for the Church — signed on September 22, [...]

Letter #16, Tuesday, July 28, 2020: Dossier Vatican II Reply #1: Prof. Anthony Esolen
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Letter #16, Tuesday, July 28, 2020: Dossier Vatican II Reply #1: Prof. Anthony Esolen
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Letter #16, Tuesday, July 28, 2020: Dossier Vatican II Reply #1: Prof. Anthony Esolen

This Letter contains a reply by Prof. Anthony Esolen to commenters on and critics of his recent essay on the Second Vatican Council. In this reply, Esolen makes a dramatic proposal: that the "Last Gospel," the beautiful verses from the beginning of the Gospel of John which speak so eloquently of Christ the Logos of [...]

Letter #15, Tuesday, July 28, 2020: Dossier Vatican II Essay #3: Dr. John C. Cavadini
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Letter #15, Tuesday, July 28, 2020: Dossier Vatican II Essay #3: Dr. John C. Cavadini
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Letter #15, Tuesday, July 28, 2020: Dossier Vatican II Essay #3: Dr. John C. Cavadini

This essay is the third in an Inside the Vatican Dossier on the current debate over the Second Vatican II (1962-1965) touched off in June by a long essay published by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (link). Essay #1, by Prof. Anthony Esolen, may be found here. Essay #2, by Father Thomas Weinandy, OFM Capuchin, may be [...]

Letter #14, July 27, 2020: Dossier Vatican II
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Letter #14, July 27, 2020: Dossier Vatican II

Essay #2: Fr. Thomas Weinandy, O.F.M. Capuchin This essay is the second in an Inside the Vatican Dossier on the current debate over the Second Vatican II (1962-1965) touched off in early June by a long essay published by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (link). This essay and others in the Dossier will be published in the [...]

Letter #13, July 22, 2020: Dossier Vatican II, #1: Professor Anthony Esolen
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Letter #13, July 22, 2020: Dossier Vatican II, #1: Professor Anthony Esolen
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Letter #13, July 22, 2020: Dossier Vatican II, #1: Professor Anthony Esolen

This essay is the first in an Inside the Vatican Dossier on the current debate over the Second Vatican II (1962-1965) touched off in early June by a long essay published by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (link). This essay and others in the Dossier will be published in the August-September issue of Inside the [...]

Letter #12, Tuesday, July 21, 2020: Vatican News
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Letter #12, Tuesday, July 21, 2020: Vatican News
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Letter #12, Tuesday, July 21, 2020: Vatican News

Dear friends, Greetings in mid-July in a world still confronting the mysterious Coronavirus, and its sad health and societal consequences. I hope all of you, and all those dear to you, are well and safe. Since my last letter — Letter #11, on June 10, which contained a reflection on the Second Vatican Council by Archbishop [...]

Letter #11, June 10, 2020: The Root of the Problem
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Letter #11, June 10, 2020: The Root of the Problem
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Letter #11, June 10, 2020: The Root of the Problem

Dear Friends, Today I am sending another letter by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, 79. We are going on a live Zoom program in a few minutes, so I do not have time to comment at length on the letter. (If you would like to join the Zoom program, which is free, go to this link [...]

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