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Stop Euthanasia for the Mentally Ill
Britain, by some miracle of grace, or just plain reason, or likely a mixture of both, voted against euthanasia on September 11, 2026, albeit by a close margin: 286 against, and 270 in favour.
Meanwhile,...
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Keeping Sunday at the Saint Gregory the Great Institute
I write these few words on my way back from the second annual conference of the Saint Gregory the Great Institute in Edmonton, Alberta, where I offered an address on ‘Sunday and Society’. The...
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J.S. Bach and Saint Michael
Michaelmas of 1724 - the 29th of September, now the feast of all the Archangels - saw the first performance of J.S. Bach's cantata, Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, (Lord God, we all...
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Novena Prayers to Saint Francis of Assisi
This October 4th marks the 800 anniversary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi in 1226. In preparation for that day of grace, here is a collection of a few prayers written by...
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Saint Pacificus of San Severino, Patron of Those in Chronic Pain
We should mention the hidden life of Saint Pacificus (1653 - 1721), a Catholic priest in Italy who lived a hidden and mortified life, in part since he is the patron saint of those...
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Beatification of Bishop Fulton Sheen
Today, September 24th, will soon welcome the newest beatus in the panoply of saints in the Catholic Church, as Bishop Fulton Sheen is beatified later this afternoon (2 pm), Eastern time, in Saint Louis,...
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International Hobbit Day
In the midst of all the bad news swirling around us, it may provide some small comfort to commemorate in some way International Hobbit Day, which falls on this 22nd day of September, the...
Editor's Corner
9-11 at 25
It was twenty-five years ago today that the towers fell. Many readers will recall the morning they turned on their radios and televisions - this was in the halyconic largely pre-widespread-internet era - to...
