As Easter recalls renewal and hope for many in the Christian faith, the author of a series of children’s books warns that cultural war and the fight for family values are not over.
Anthony Destefano is a successful author renowned for his books on the Christian theme for adults and children. His books often give life to biblical stories through a lively animated narration. His latest, “From Bread and Wine to Holy Divine”, “ Presents children at the Eucharist – a central element of Catholic and Orthodox communion – in a simple and accessible way.
“If the electorate rejects the awakening, what other options have the left? What is their most effective strategy? Is it to go after the children,” DESTEFANO told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.
“It is true that American voters have rejected the physical mutilation of the children’s body through puberty blockers, sex hormones and irreversible gender transition surgeries,” said Destefano. “But they must also recognize that the awakened left, through the entertainment industry, is just as determined to mutilate the spirits and souls of children through ideological propaganda. It is a difficult declaration, but it is true. Unhappy does not only concern the body of mutilating children. It is a question of mutilation of the souls of children.”
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The author of the children’s book Anthony Destefano meets Pope John Paul II. (Anthony Destefano)
Destefano’s works were published in 18 countries and translated into 12 languages. For him, the way to become a children’s book author was not so clear from the start.
A native New York, he attended the prestigious Stuyvesant Lycée de Manhattan, known for his rigorous university programs – and where he met his English teacher. This professor, Frank McCourt, won the Pulitzer Prize for his memory “Angela’s Ashes”, later adapted to a film.
McCourt’s influence on Destefano was immediate.
“He affected us to write children’s books,” recalls Destefano. “He wanted to force us to stop writing in depth, as teenagers often do.”
“I had always wanted to be a doctor,” he said. “A surgeon, to be exact.”
However, obstacles like organic chemistry and full calculation have led him to reassess his objectives, he joked.
In his twenty in their twenties, the life of Destefano, however, turned in another direction. He found a deep link with the Catholic faith, influenced by the writings of CS Lewis and GK Chesterton, which brought him back to writing.
“I said to myself:” Ah, maybe, maybe there is a way to combine these two great desires to be a writer and be a doctor. “Maybe what God really wants me to do is to be a healer of a certain kind, but to heal people, not with surgery, but through my writing,” he said.
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The author of the children’s book Anthony Destefano meets Pope Francis. (Anthony Destefano)
“It is the genesis of my whole writer career and writing simply,” said Destefano. “And then, of course, as I get older, and I recognized more and more that there was an in progress cultural war, I realized that the children represented the front lines in this cultural war. And so I said to myself, if I could write books that were helping to instill in traditional traditional values at an age where children are always open, curious and impressable, then I do something significant to counterclasses bombed media and media. “
In 2018, DESTEFANO ruled out from the writing of children’s books and wrote “within the atheist spirit: to unmask the religion of those who say that there is no God”, who immediately aroused criticism and negative criticism online.
From this experience, he said, “it was exhilarating”, adding that “if you are attacked by secular culture, it means that you are doing your job”. For Destefano, the restoration of the “objective truth” of family values and faith in the current social landscape is one of the keys to rejecting “moral relativism” spread in culture today.
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“Now Easter is the celebration of the resurrection, and this is the ultimate proof that the light conquers darkness,” he said. “The same power that rolled the stone in Easter morning is at our disposal when we reject the lies that are fed on us.”
