Tea at Trianon: What the Catholic Church Needs

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Sunday, April 27, 2025

What the Catholic Church Needs

From Politibrawl:

With the passing of Pope Francis—may he rest in peace—the faithful face a pivotal moment. For millions of Catholics worldwide, the papacy is not just a symbol; it’s the spiritual anchor, the guiding light in a world drowning in moral confusion. Today, as secularism, wokeism, and modernism erode the foundations of faith, we need a pope who will fiercely defend the Church’s timeless traditions, not bend to the fleeting whims of a culture gone astray. We need a leader like Cardinal Robert Sarah—a bold, anti-woke, pro-life traditionalist—to steer the Church back to its unwavering moral core.
Let’s be clear: the Church is not a political institution, nor should it chase popularity contests. Its mission is eternal—to proclaim the truth of Christ, to uphold the sanctity of life, marriage, and family, and to provide a moral compass for a world desperate for meaning. But under Pope Francis, God bless him, we saw a papacy that too often flirted with modern ideologies, softening the Church’s stance to appease left-wing interests. His efforts to embrace inclusivity and environmental causes, while well-intentioned, diluted the Church’s moral clarity. The faithful don’t need a pope who panders to the progressive elite. They need a shepherd who stands firm, unapologetically proclaiming the Gospel in a world that’s lost its way. (Read more.)