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International Conference Promotes the West’s Founding Principles

L-R: Top row: ARC co-founder Jordan Peterson and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks; Bottom row: Catholic scholar Carrie Gress and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson: This quartet joined other speakers in London for the recent ARC Conference.

Conservative thought leaders from around the world gathered in London to offer their prescriptions for reviving Western civilization.

Vatican Formally Notifies SSPX Bishops of Excommunication

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St. Peter’s Basilica.

Because the traditionalist group consecrated bishops without papal approval, the Vatican issued a decree on July 2 declaring those bishops and their consecrators automatically excommunicated.

Cardinal Parolin: SSPX Ordinations Are ‘Schismatic’

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Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin said the episcopal ordinations carried out without papal mandate by the Society of St. Pius X 'deeply wound' Church unity.

The SSPX Again Says No to the Catholic Church

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Newly ordained SSPX Bishops (left to right) Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier stand with Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta after their episcopal ordination in Écône, Switzerland, on Wednesday.

COMMENTARY: The Society’s answers will always be No, even when the Church first offers Yes.

Rome’s Ancient Marvels Gave These Engineering Students a Sense of Their Vocation

Photo courtesy of Michael Douglas
From left to right, Colton Ruud, Madison Campbell, professor Michael Douglas, Wendy Jackson and Samantha Sheridan, visit the Colosseum in Rome.

Each student became an expert on a specific site in Rome, exploring the history of its construction, how it was built, and engineering principles learned in academic work.