Roberto De Mattei

Latest by Roberto De Mattei in Chronicles

• Vital Signs

  January 2011

  Christophobia, Communist and Otherwise

  Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev has recently warned Europeans of the dangers of building a completely atheist and secularized society. That was the situation in Eastern Europe under communism.

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• Vital Signs

  December 2008

  Europe’s Self-Jihad

  The Report on the Evolution of the Family in Europe 2008, published by the Institute for Family Policies in Madrid, suggests that the family is being closed down and sold off at bargain-basement prices.

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• View

  April 2002

  Lepanto: A Category of the Spirit

  There are days and places in history when time seems to stand still and, in the space of a moment, the fate of future centuries is decided.

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• C.I.A. Confidential

  October 2001

  The E.U. Charter of Fundamental Rights: A New Totalitarianism

  The E.U. Charter of Fundamental Rights, approved in Nice on December 8, 2000, sets forth the principles upon which the future European constitution should be based. Drafted by a commission of experts from various countries, the document consists of a preamble and 54 articles.

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• Vital Signs

  May 2001

  Catholic Rome

  St. Thomas Aquinas maintains that our intellect cannot grasp anything except through our senses. Recognizing this truth is essential to understanding the city of Rome and—beyond Rome—the Catholic Church, because Rome means nothing without the Church, and the Church loses her identity if is deprived of her Roman character.

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