The Return to Order Moment

This episode of the Return to Order Moment will look critically at the United Nations, the focus of the modern globalist movement. The United Nations was created as an attempt to impose a Godless "peace" upon the peoples of the world. It has failed, as all attempts to manufacture "virtue" without God's Grace must fail. However, that failure has not prevented the United Nations from promoting radic...

We live in a society that presents equality as a virtue – indeed many espouse equality as the primary virtue before which all others must bow. People who refuse to see evil in any other aspect of life argue that any inequality, no matter how well-intentioned, is inherently evil. This is an error. This episode of the Return to Order Moment deals with the nature of that error. First, we will look at...

Conversion to the Catholic Church has always been mysterious, in the best sense of that word. The ninth chapter of Acts of the Apostles describes the conversion of the Apostle Paul. He persecuted Christians until his he saw the risen Christ on the Road to Damascus. Since that time, many converts to Catholicism are those who start out hating the Church. Their conversion occurs because those individ...

For generations, Americans who considered themselves modern rejected the idea that Satan exists. The idea that each person is – as the old poem puts it – “the captain of my fate and the master of my soul” has no space for God, angels, or demons. Any belief in the supernatural was seen as a sign of weakness. This episode places this phenomenon into the context of our current social unrest. To read...

Until recently, those who wanted to inject radical ideas into America’s schools did it quietly. Now, the radicals believe that they have enough power to do their dirty work openly. One sign of this attitude change is The 1619 Project, published by the New York Times. At the core of the 1619 Project is a set of ideas known as “Critical Race Theory.” The Project and the Theory are the topic of this...

The leftist press is making much of the fact that newly-inaugurated President Joseph Biden is a "devout Catholic." While the Return to Order moment cannot pretend to judge the state of his soul, we can judge his actions. Those actions, especially on abortion and related issues, do not paint a pretty picture. The three essays that make up this podcast examine the Biden Administration from three dif...

The Pro-Life Movement in the United States is something of a miracle in and of itself. Forty-eight years after Roe v. Wade,the Pro-Life movement is not only not dying out, it is growing. However, 2021 represents many new challenges for the Pro-Life movement. To read the articles, go to https://www.tfp.org/for-pope-francis-abortion-is-not-a-primarily-religious-matter/, https://www.returntoorder.org...

https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/01/four-lessons-about-the-left-from-the-violence-at-the-capitol/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/09/why-is-america-unraveling/.

Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first citizen of the United States to be canonized as a saint. In her short life (41 years), she overcame losses that would have crushed many people. Her wealthy family suffered financial reverses. Her husband died of tuberculosis. Her conversion to Catholicism cost her many friends. Later she would suffer through the deaths of two of her five children. Through all of h...

The most important event of the Twentieth Century occurred in the small town of Fatima, Portugal. There, the Mother of God appeared repeatedly to three children. She told those simple shepherd children many things about the future, revelations that were confirmed by later events. She showed Hell to the children so that they could warn the world. She gave their children a simple plan by which human...

It often appears that Pope Francis’s Vatican is trying to abolish free markets. Since the beginning of his pontificate, Francis has used biblical language about helping one’s neighbor and caring for the poor. However, he wrenches those phrases out of their proper contexts, as determined by Church teaching - developed over centuries. Like many modern-day leftists, Pope Francis is not primarily inte...

Our social fabric sustained much damage during Two Thousand Twenty. Leftists successfully used the Covid crisis to take control over many aspects of our lives that would have been impossible under normal circumstances. The political process grew even more polarized than it was previously. Antifa and BLM dominated the national conversation, spreading a new racism under an “anti-racist” banner. The...

The Return to Order Moment offers our listeners a Christmas gift, a selection from a wonderful book, Bethlehem by Father Frederick Faber. In a sense, this is a love letter to the Holy Family. Please enjoy our little gift and have a Blessed and Merry Christmas!

The Covid virus has seriously affected – and sometimes eliminated – many familiar holiday customs. This episode of the Return to Order Moment is offering three reflections on the holidays, all by Mr. John Horvat. He considers Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas in light of the virus. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/11/five-powerful-reasons-to-appreciate-god-this-thanksgiving...

Western Culture is broken and disrespected, even in the countries that have benefitted most from Western cultural institutions. These articles support the idea that the source and fullest development of Western culture is the Roman Catholic Church. Only rediscovering and living out Catholic culture can Western culture be restored and improved. Those who wish to read Professor Correa de Olivera's a...

After decades of intense effort to destroy society, the leftists are now telling us that it is time to come together. This episide considers three of the many ways that the left has tried to destroy the family. First, they promoted fatherlessness and then deny that it is a problem. Second, the feminist movement has demeaned the crucial role of intact families on future generations. Third, the left...

This episode of the Return to Order Moment looks at Man’s Oldest Enemy – Satan. Many of our notions about Satan and his diabolic realm are untrue, and even foolish. At the same time, many arrogant modern men are unlikely to think about Satan at all. This article presents Satan as the Church’s universal traditions depict him. Read the article at https://www.tfp.org/the-struggle-against-the-power-of...

"Ostpolitik" is a term used to describe the Vatican's conciliatory policy toward the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s. It was disastrous. Unfortunately, the Vatican is trying the policy again in relationship to Communist China - in effect sacrificing loyal Chinese Catholics to Pope Francis's Socialist inclinations. Read the article - https://www.tfp.org/pope-franciss-new-ostpolitik-with-communi...

https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/10/understanding-the-social-function-of-private-property/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/10/im-catholic-can-i-disagree-with-pope-francis-on-property/.

The triple crisis of COVID-19, civil unrest, and economic disaster is now shaking the West’s spiritual and material foundations and the world. This is no ordinary crisis since it questions our time-worn certainties, changes our daily lives, and restricts Church freedom. In the face of this crisis, many are stunned and wonder what went wrong. Where is the West headed? Is it possible to avoid the ap...

Pius IX is not well known today, but he should be. Pope for 31 years, he defind the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception and called the First Vatican Council in 1870. He was also the last Pope to rule as a King over the Papal States. Read the Article - https://www.tfp.org/the-grandeur-of-pius-ix-vicar-of-christ-pontiff-and-king/.

There is a law that underpins all other law. It is called by many names, but here it is called Natrual Law. In this podcast, Mr. John Horvat explains what Natural Law is and the reason that no court has authority over it. Read the articles - https://www.tfp.org/why-do-supreme-court-nominees-and-justices-reject-natural-law/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2018/07/three-things-america-needs-from-the-...

Since the turn of the twentieth century, the government of the United States has gradually accrued ever increasing amounts of power over the lives of its citizens. This podcast describes the beginning of that process through the incredibly popular Theodore Roosevelt. It then considers the factors that contributed to a gradual decline in moral standards from 1910 to 1930, especially the rise of cit...

The core issue in our current crisis is an ideal known as relativism. It holds that there is nothing that is true or false, good or evil, except within one’s mind. It often masquerades as a moral position, as in the phrase, “Who am I to judge?” Relativists are most reluctant to refer to anything as evil, because that word points in the direction of a morality to which they do not adhere. This epis...

"The Spirit of Vatican II" is confusing, contradictory, and sometimes demonstrably erroneous. In this second part of his article, Mr. Solimeo draws heavily on the writings of Father Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, a supporter of the council, to point out those errors. The written article can be found at https://www.tfp.org/the-second-vatican-councils-new-theology/,