Queen Elizabeth II bestows gallantry honor on Royal Gurkha

June 11, 2012

According to the Manila Bulletin: “A Nepalese soldier in the British army has been given a top bravery award by Queen Elizabeth II for his heroics in Afghanistan… Corporal Dipprasad Pun, 31, said he thought he was going to die and so had nothing to lose in taking on the attackers who overran his checkpoint. […]

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The Emperors of Austria gave public example of their Catholic faith

June 11, 2012

In addition to his seventeen territorial titles, the Emperor was described as “His Apostolic Majesty”: the monarchy was the greatest Roman Catholic power in the world. At an Easter ceremony every year, the Emperor and the Empress washed the feet of the poor, in a humble imitation of Christ…. On the feast of Corpus Christi, […]

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Malaysian prince’s ‘pill’ targets dengue scourge

June 11, 2012

Malaysian prince’s ‘pill’ targets dengue scourge (via AFP) A Malaysian prince is promoting a novel weapon against the worsening scourge of dengue fever: a protein “pill” that starves mosquito larvae and could revolutionise the global dengue fight. It is a fight that is intensifying: more than 2.5 billion people — around 40 percent of Earth’s […]

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Video – Emperor Franz Josef is greeted by his Catholic subjects

June 11, 2012

Nobility.org does not agree that Franz Josef was tyrannical or domineering. Link to video is here: http://gloria.tv/?media=282247 Views of Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and an entourage of military officers and civilians walking down a wide avenue; the street is lined with people greeting the Emperor. Nobility.org Editorial comment: — The proper archetype for […]

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The “toads”

June 11, 2012

In addressing the question of elites in the United States, we should distinguish between authentic and inauthentic elites. Inauthentic or artificial elites do not have a natural affinity with the best traditions and the deepest yearnings of the American people; indeed, at times, they oppose them. As indicated in the sociological studies previously cited, traditional […]

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June 12 – He Crowned Charlemagne

June 11, 2012

Pope St. Leo III Date of birth unknown; died 816. He was elected on the very day his predecessor was buried (26 Dec., 795), and consecrated on the following day. It is quite possible that this haste may have been due to a desire on the part of the Romans to anticipate any interference of […]

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June 13 – He Died Aged 36, But the Whole World Knows Him

June 11, 2012

St. Anthony of Padua Franciscan Thaumaturgist, born at Lisbon, 1195; died at Vercelli, 13 June, 1231. He received in baptism the name of Ferdinand. Later writers of the fifteenth century asserted that his father was Martin Bouillon, descendant of the renowned Godfrey de Bouillon, commander of the First Crusade, and his mother, Theresa Tavejra, descendant […]

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Video: A million Britons cheer Queen’s carriage procession

June 7, 2012
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AFP: Britons cheer Queen in poignant jubilee finale

June 7, 2012

Britons cheer queen in poignant jubilee finale (via AFP) Queen Elizabeth II greeted 1.5 million cheering subjects from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on Tuesday but faced the crowning moment of her diamond jubilee festivities without her ill husband Prince Philip. A dramatic flypast capped four days of celebrations marking her 60th year on the […]

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Captain John Barry, Father of the American Navy, fights and wins a prize

June 7, 2012

Not until May 28th [1781] was there another opportunity found, when early on that morning an armed ship and a brig were discovered about a league distant. At sunrise they hoisted the English colors and beat drums. At the same time Captain Barry displayed the American colors. By eleven o’clock Captain Barry hailed the ship […]

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Inauthentic elites

June 7, 2012

Any study on elites in the United States encounters a problem. Elites are, by nature, the result of a process of refinement in society and should thus represent the best and most elevated the country has to offer. However, it is undeniable that numerous persons within the elite have a blatantly revolutionary mentality, and that […]

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June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 7, 2012

In June of 1099 [the First Crusade] arrived before the walls of Jerusalem, which was then held by the Fatimid Arabs of Egypt. With their usual religious zeal and grim determination, the Christians prepared to attack the walls. Their fighting force had been reduced to 1,200 knights and 10,000 foot soldiers, with a similar number […]

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June 8 – Saint Cloud

June 7, 2012

Saint Chlodulf (Clodulphe or Clodould) or more commonly Saint Cloud (605 – June 8, 696 or June 8, 697, others say May 8, 697) was bishop of Metz approximately from 657 to 697. Chlodulf was the son of Arnulf, bishop of Metz, and the younger brother of Ansegisel, mayor of the palace of Austrasia. Before […]

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June 8 – Accused of theft and sexual misconduct

June 7, 2012

St. William of York (WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, also called WILLIAM OF THWAYT). Archbishop of York. Tradition represents him as nephew of King Stephen, whose sister Emma was believed to have married Herbert of Winchester, treasurer to Henry I. William became a priest, and about 1130 he was canon and treasurer of York. In 1142 he was […]

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Video: Coronation gun salute rings out around London for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

June 4, 2012

  From The Telegraph: “A 41-gun Royal Salute echoed across London today, marking the anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. “The salute, fired by The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, coincided with gun salutes fired from official Saluting Points around the UK, including the Tower of London. “Fired by six guns, it followed the Major General’s […]

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Video: Royal family board the Spirit of Chartwell for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

June 4, 2012

To read the full article in the The Telegraph, please click here.: “Pomp and ceremony kicked off with the arrival of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, followed by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, who took time to greet avid spectators. Thousands cheered as the Queen and Prince […]

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Video: Protesters target Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant

June 4, 2012

From The Telegraph: “Anti-monarchy campaign group Republic chose the day to voice their opposition to monarchy and to call for a republican constitution for Britain, mounting a protest near Tower Bridge. The protesters were boo-ed by a few members of the pageant crowd who were enjoying watching the 1,000 boat flotilla pass.” To read the […]

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The unyielding principles of Richard Lee II, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s great-great grandfather

June 4, 2012

Claiming to lead “the people,” Bacon defied the government at Jamestown and demanded reform…. Endangered by their leader’s vacillation, Berkeley’s supporters chose to scatter…. but not Richard. He had the courage of his convictions. Richard believed all social order, including Virginia’s, was imposed by God and should be maintained, no matter the “zealous inclination of […]

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Refinement of the elites

June 4, 2012

The previous considerations presuppose a process of refinement and cultivation of those persons and families who aspire to become members of the elite. Without this refinement, they can be rich, even very rich, but they will not be an authentic traditional elite. How does this process work? A man becomes rich, and a desire for […]

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June 5 – My God Stands Stronger Than Yours

June 4, 2012

St. Boniface (WINFRID, WYNFRITH). Apostle of Germany, date of birth unknown; martyred 5 June, 755 (754); emblems: the oak, axe, book, fox, scourge, fountain, raven, sword. He was a native of England, though some authorities have claimed him for Ireland or Scotland. The place of his birth is not known, though it was probably the […]

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June 5 – It is in adversity that we test friendship

June 4, 2012

Blessed Ferdinand of Portugal Prince of Portugal, b. in Portugal, 29 September, 1402; d. at Fez, in Morocco, 5 June, 1443. He was one of five sons, his mother being Philippa, daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and his father King John I, known in history for his victories over the Moors and […]

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The Telegraph: Rare Navy plane to perform flypast at Queen’s Jubilee pageant

May 31, 2012

“One of the rarest and most celebrated planes in British military history will lead the finale at the Thames Diamond Jubilee pageant. In a spectacular finale to the grandest event ever staged on the River Thames, Swordfish bi-plane, the only one of its kind still flying, is planned to lead a ‘Diamond Nine’ flypast of Royal […]

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Video-The Jewel Fabergé Eggs – the jeweler’s birthday is today

May 31, 2012

Video:    Nobility.org Editorial Comment: — Created in the years immediately preceding the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the Fabergé eggs will always serve as a reminder of Russia’s imperial splendor and the bloody, egalitarian, and unnatural  revolution that destroyed it.    

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The Duke of Cambridge Made a Knight of the Order of the Thistle

May 31, 2012

Published on May 28th, 2012 Written by: Artemisia The Buckingham Palace announced on Friday that the Duke of Cambridge has been appointed a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle. Her Majesty’s decision to appoint her grandson to the Order is somewhat unexpected because only three other members of the […]

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Philip II personally instructs his half-brother Don John on how to behave and command with honor

May 31, 2012

At the beginning of May, 1568, [King Philip] announced to D. John that the hour had come for him to take command of the galleys of Cartagena, first to meet and escort the fleet coming from the Indies, and then to clear the coasts of the Mediterranean of corsairs…. On saying good-bye D. Philip handed […]

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The elite and the upper class

May 31, 2012

What is the difference between the elite and the upper class? The elite is the source of the upper class. Let us return to the example of a small city to facilitate understanding the difference between the two. As noted, the elite of a city is formed by those who exercise prestigious activities and who […]

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June 1 – This Aristocrat Gave His Life for the Poor

May 31, 2012

Saint Hannibal Mary Di Francia (1851-1927)  (sometimes written as Annibale Maria Di Francia) Hannibal Mary Di Francia was born in Messina, Italy, on July 5, 1851. His father Francis was a knight, the Marquises of St. Catherine of Jonio, Papal Vice-Consul and Honorary Captain of the Navy. His mother, Anna Toscano, also belonged to an […]

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June 1 – Kidnapped for Christ

May 31, 2012

Bl. John Story (Or Storey.) Martyr; born 1504; died at Tyburn, 1 June, 1571. He was educated at Oxford, and was president of Broadgates Hall, now Pembroke College, from 1537 to 1539. He entered Parliament as member for Hindon, Wilts, in 1547, and was imprisoned for opposing the Bill of Uniformity, 24 Jan.-2 March, 1548-9. […]

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May 30 – Maid of Orleans

May 28, 2012

St. Joan of Arc In French Jeanne d’Arc; by her contemporaries commonly known as la Pucelle (the Maid). Born at Domremy in Champagne, probably on 6 January, 1412; died at Rouen, 30 May, 1431. The village of Domremy lay upon the confines of territory which recognized the suzerainty of the Duke of Burgundy, but in […]

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May 30 – Most Valiant

May 28, 2012

Saint Ferdinand III of Castile King of Leon and Castile, member of the Third Order of St. Francis, born in 1198 near Salamanca; died at Seville, 30 May, 1252. He was the son of Alfonso IX, King of Leon, and of Berengeria, the daughter of Alfonso III, King of Castile, and sister of Blanche, the […]

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Colonial Dames XVII Century Supports Medal Of Honor Museum

May 28, 2012

Pauline Moore, president of Prudhomme Fort Chapter, Colonial Dames XVII Century, presented a certificate and a check to Jim Wade, executive director of the Medal of Honor Museum. She said the check “represents support to the upgrades being done at the museum to honor our Veterans who have either ‘given all’ or possess the prestigious […]

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The death of Saint Ferdinand III, the very noble King of Castile and Leon

May 28, 2012

The preparations for the conquest of Moslem Africa were in advanced stages. The good King Don Ferdinand, close to embarking, spoke to the two Alfonsos, his son and his brother, during one warm evening while walking through the gardens, trying to convince one of the two to remain in Spain to govern it. However neither […]

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Traditional, aristocratic and authentic elites

May 28, 2012

The word elite is usually accompanied by qualifiers, such as professional, cultural, moral, ethnic, and so forth. For this reason, it is useful to describe the meaning of three frequent qualifiers for the word: traditional, aristocratic, and authentic. A professional elite can be traditional without being aristocratic. It can, for example, be made up of […]

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May 28 – Upstairs, Downstairs, Ever Steady

May 28, 2012

Blessed Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury, martyr; born at Castle Farley, near Bath, 14 August, 1473; martyred at East Smithfield Green, 28 May, 1541. She was the daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, and Isabel, elder daughter of the Earl of Warwick (the king-maker), and the sister of Edmund of Warwick who, under Henry […]

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The Guardian: Queen Elizabeth enjoys record support

May 28, 2012

“Britain would be worse off without the monarchy say 69% of respondents, while of 22% say the country would be better off. This 47-point royalist margin is the largest chalked up on any of the 12 occasions since 1997 on which ICM has previously asked the question. “Pro-royal feeling is spread remarkably equally among the […]

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Mahomet II conquered Constantinople but could not subdue Scanderbeg and Albania

May 24, 2012

The morning of the 30th of May 1453, saw the Crescent floating over Constantinople. The caliph [Mahomet II] entered it as conqueror. Before his death if he did not quite succeed in subjecting the world, he could boast that he had subdued Constantinople and Trebisond, overcame at least a dozen kingdoms, and took innumerable fortresses. […]

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National and International Elites

May 24, 2012

The elite of the nation is formed by people who excel at the national level. It is composed of exceptional figures of the nation, who are representative of its highest sectors of activity and who have corresponding relationships. Such an interrelation is manifested, for example, when a president invites outstanding figures in the fields of […]

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On returning from exile, Pope Pius VII is welcomed by the Dukes of Modena

May 24, 2012

The palace of the Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola is located at Corso Duomo, 34, immediately across from the front entrance of the cathedral. In the entrance corridor of the first floor is a painting recording the visit of Pope Pius VII to Modena in 1815. 1 The painting shows Pius VII extending his hand to a […]

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May 24 – Our Lady Help of Christians, to commemorate the liberation of the Pope from prison

May 24, 2012

  This commemoration was introduced in the liturgical calendar by decree of Pope Pius VII on September 16, 1815, in thanksgiving for his happy return to Rome after a long and painful captivity in Savona and France due to Napoleon’s tyrannical power. By order of Napoleon, Pius VII was arrested, 5 July, 1808, and detained […]

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May 25 – The Emperor Must Wait in the Snow

May 24, 2012

Pope St. Gregory VII (HILDEBRAND). One of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and one of the most remarkable men of all times; born between the years 1020 and 1025, at Soana, or Ravacum, in Tuscany; died 25 May, 1085, at Salerno. The early years of his life are involved in considerable obscurity. His name, […]

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May 25 – She withstood the devil

May 24, 2012

St. Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi Carmelite Virgin, born 2 April, 1566; died 25 May, 1607. Of outward events there were very few in the saint’s life. She came of two noble families, her father being Camillo Geri de’ Pazzi and her mother a Buondelmonti. She was baptized, and named Caterina, in the great baptistery. Her […]

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Diamond Jubilee Military Parade

May 21, 2012

Read about the event here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9277114/For-Queen-and-country-Jubilee-celebration-begins-in-style.html Nobility.org Editorial Comment: — Regardless of a sovereign’s personal merits or faults, his office automatically makes him a symbol and a representative of the nation and its history. Thus, in saluting their Queen, the Royal Armed Forces are honoring  the best of their nation and its past. It is […]

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Meeting of Monarchs in England

May 21, 2012

Meeting of Monarchs in England Photo Gallery of Royalty Arriving for the Queen’s Jubilee Lunch http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/18/photo-gallery-dignitaries-arrive-at-windsor-castle-for-queens-jubilee-lunch/ Nobility.org Editorial Comment: — There is something excellent and sublime in monarchs being together. Representing as they do the best and noblest of their nations, their being together is a unity of perfections, of quintessences. This natural sublimity is […]

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De Soto meets the mighty Mississippi

May 21, 2012

The next day, upon which De Soto was hoping to see the chief, a large company of Indians came, fully armed and in war-paint, with the purpose of attacking the Christians. But when they saw that the Governor had drawn up his army in line of battle, they remained a cross-bow shot away for half […]

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Local Elites

May 21, 2012

In its first sense, an elite* is a group of fine persons who stand out as individuals from the mass of people constituting a community. Isolated individuals unrelated among themselves, do not constitute an elite. Rather, we speak of an elite only when its constituents interrelate with sufficient vitality and diligence so as to create […]

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May 22 – Hanged for Publishing

May 21, 2012

Blessed James Duckett Martyr, b. at Gilfortrigs in the parish of Skelsmergh in Westmoreland, England, date uncertain, of an ancient family of that county; d. 9 April, 1601. He was a bookseller and publisher in London. His godfather was the well-known martyr James Leybourbe of Skelsmergh. He seems, however, to have been brought up a […]

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May 22 – Queen’s Confessor

May 21, 2012

Blessed John Forest Born in 1471, presumably at Oxford, where his surname was then not unknown; suffered 22 May, 1538. At the age of twenty he received the habit of St. Francis at Greenwich, in the church of the Friars Minor of the Regular Observance, called for brevity’s sake “Observants”. Nine years later we find […]

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First trip overseas for Emperor Akihito after surgery

May 17, 2012

Japan Today – Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko left Tokyo on Wednesday to attend celebrations in London marking the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. It is the first trip overseas for the imperial couple since 2009. The 78-year-old emperor had heart bypass surgery in February but appears to be recovering well. Click here to […]

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The Breton fishermen called Empress Sisi the “Queen of Mercy”

May 17, 2012

During her short stay in Brittany the Empress literally showered kindnesses upon the families of many poor fishermen, whose thatch-roofed huts clustered so close to the cliffs that they seemed but larger birds’ nests clinging to the rocks for protection from the wind and weather; and although they did not know who their benefactress was, […]

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The formation of nations and regions

May 17, 2012

A nation is born when an ensemble of people, social groups, and associations dedicated to the private good—or cumulatively to the private and the common good—coalesce into a whole that is clearly distinct from everything outside it. It becomes a closed circuit of an ethnic, cultural, social, economic, and political character, and does not allow […]

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May 19 – Charlemagne’s Scholar

May 17, 2012

Blessed Alcuin of York An eminent educator, scholar, and theologian born about 735; died 19 May, 804. He came of noble Northumbrian parentage, but the place of his birth is a matter of dispute. It was probably in or near York. While still a mere child, he entered the cathedral school founded at that place […]

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May 19 – He Grabbed the Devil By the Nose

May 17, 2012

St. Dunstan of Canterbury Archbishop and confessor, and one of the greatest saints of the Anglo-Saxon Church; born near Glastonbury on the estate of his father, Heorstan, a West Saxon noble. His mother, Cynethryth, a woman of saintly life, was miraculously forewarned of the sanctity of the child within her. She was in the church […]

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Luxembourg Royal Family on pilgrimage to Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted

May 14, 2012

Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg attended a Pontifical Mass as part of the commemorations of the Octave. Then, in the afternoon, accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke, Prince Félix, Prince Louis, Princess Alexandra and Princess Tessy, they attended the closing ceremony of the Octave in the […]

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St. Joan of Arc: the prophetic voice that saved France

May 14, 2012

To proclaim her authority Joan dictated a letter to the English. Far from arguing the disputed question of the king’s right to the kingdom of France, the letter declared that those rights had come from God, who was openly supporting the king through His envoy, the Maid. “Jhesus Maria… “King of England and you, Duke […]

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The Telegraph: Scotland referendum on monarchy or republic

May 14, 2012

Christine Grahame, the convener of Holyrood’s justice committee, said the party has pledged to hold a public vote on a separate Scotland having a “full-blown monarchy, an edited version or go for a republic”. “ I have no problems with that, being a wholehearted democrat,” she wrote. …Nationalists published a draft written constitution for an […]

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The Important Role of Elites at the Service of Society by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

May 14, 2012

Speech of May 6, 1968 My friends, at this lecture organized by the Argentine Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, I have a word to say to you as President of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property on the topic covered by this audiovisual presentation. History has […]

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May 16 – Patron of Poland

May 14, 2012

Saint Andrew Bobola Martyr, born of an old and illustrious Polish family, in the Palatinate of Sandomir, 1590; died at Janów, 16 May, 1657. Having entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus at Wilno (1611), he was ordained in 1622, and appointed preacher in the Church of St. Casimir, Wilno. After making his solemn […]

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Pro Europa Christiana Federation interview with Duke Paul of Oldenburg

May 10, 2012

Duke Paul of Oldenburg is a member of the German TFP and director of the Brussels Bureau of the Pro Europa Christiana Federation. An agronomist, he descends from two of the most illustrious royal houses of Germany. His paternal forefathers were sovereigns of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in northern Germany and married over the […]

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Prayer and simplicity in the life of Emperor Franz Josef

May 10, 2012

Franz Josef was an institution: millions of his subjects had never known any other monarch and he was an unchanging face on the European scene. His own way of living and working exemplified a notion of order and a commitment to the self-discipline and moral dedication on which he sought to base his rule. He […]

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Recipe – The Roll In Honor of a Kaiser

May 10, 2012

Who does not appreciate a warm Kaiser roll with their morning coffee? This tasty roll goes by several names including Imperial, Vienna and Emperor Roll. All of them, however, respect its origins. In 1850, Austrian bakers introduced a roll to Viennese society that was made of high quality flour fermented with yeast, as usual, but […]

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