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Stratfor - short for Strategic Forecasting, Inc. - is a private global intelligence company that offers geopolitical insight into the interp...

Stratfor - short for Strategic Forecasting, Inc. - is a private global intelligence company that offers geopolitical insight into the interp...

In his book on the Apocalypse of St. John , Romano Guardini devoted a chapter to the topic of adoration. In it he reflects on the nature of ...

Stratfor - short for Strategic Forecasting, Inc. - is a private global intelligence company that offers geopolitical insight into the interp...

Stratfor - short for Strategic Forecasting, Inc. - is a private global intelligence company that offers geopolitical insight into the interp...

Stratfor - short for Strategic Forecasting, Inc. - is a private global intelligence company that offers geopolitical insight into the interp...

Stratfor - short for Strategic Forecasting, Inc. - is a private global intelligence company that offers geopolitical insight into the interp...

Last weekend I was asked to deliver an address to a large group of fathers and sons regarding Jesus' instruction on the Our Father (see ...

In the wake of Vladimir Putin's visit with Pope Francis last week, many were hoping Francis would be formally invited to Moscow to m...

On October 3, 1789, less than six months into his presidency, George Washington gave the new nation its first presidential Thanksgiving P...

Michael Crichton on the unexamined importance and influence of history: We are all ruled by the past, although no one understands it.  No...

On this day in the year 732, the century-long tidal wave of Islamic expansion came to an end at the Battle of Tours in modern day France....

While we live in a very complex and multifaceted world, the events that shape the world – many of them involving the use of arms – are not...

Pope Benedict XVI may well be known as the Pope of Christian Unity. In his short pontificate, he not only advanced an unparalleled dialogue ...

Today marks the anniversaries of two important battles in a war against the Islamic caliphate which has long sought to rule the world. 440 y...

Below you will find a four-part video series on the Apostolic fraternity of priesthood presented by Dr. David Pence:

To the good readers of Oratre Fratres , I must apologize for the recent lack of blogging! As the image above indicates, the author of this...

The Harrowing of Hell Catholics who recite the Apostles Creed in Mass no longer say that Christ descended to the dead . The new translat...

Several months ago, Orate Fratres posted a story about the biblical Barack of Judges 4 . As our present day Barack presses for gay marri...

While we typically associate the Celts with the green countryside of Ireland, the Celtic peoples used to be the most dominant ethnic group o...