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A top Italian history professor has caused outrage after he claimed that the Roman Empire fell due to the rise of homosexuality.Roberto De Mattei, 63, a devout Roman Catholic, had already raised eyebrows by saying the Japan tsunami was "divine punishment", and now with his latest claim he faces calls to resign."The collapse of the Roman Empire and the arrival of the Barbarians was due to the spread of homosexuality," the Daily Mail quoted the vice-president of Italy's prestigious Centre for National Research as saying in a radio interview."The Roman colony of Carthage was a paradise for homosexuals and they...

Two Editors of Archbishop Viganò’s Writings Respond to the Accusations of Professor de MatteiThe following text is a composite response from Professor Brian McCall and Dr. Maike Hickson, both of whom are involved in book projects with collections of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s writings of the last years. We thought that, by virtue of our work and close collaboration with His Grace, we might be competent to speak for and defend him. We do so in two consecutive texts, written individually. We are both honored to add our Apologiae pro Viganò’ to those already published by Dr. Taylor Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gctxhniG1Rs...

Abp. Viganò: About some declarations of Professor Roberto de Mattei which recently appeared at ‘Corrispondenza Romana’If I have spoken evil, give testimony of the evil; but I have spoken well, why do you strike me?' ~ Jn 18:23 June 22, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The article The Viganò Case: The Archbishop and His Double, which appeared yesterday at Corrispondenza Romana in both Italian and English, signed by Professor Roberto de Mattei, has been pointed out to me. I am unable not to express my amazement at the statements that an illustrious Catholic intellectual, hailed as a champion of Tradition and who...

COVID vaccines, the common good, and moral liceity: A response to Professor de Mattei — Part IIII would respectfully suggest that Roberto de Mattei ponder his own heavy moral responsibility for the division his booklet has helped to provoke among the Catholic faithful, particularly given its peremptory and haughty tone toward Catholics who want nothing to do with abortion and thus nothing to do with abortion-derived vaccines, a conviction he rather arrantly dismisses as 'sentimentalism.'Christ the Redeemer statue with "vaccine saves" message May 24, 2021 (Catholic Family News) – As the first two articles in this series have shown, Prof....