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Proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church

Pope Blessed Pius IX declared  Saint Joseph patron of the universal Church in 1870. This was sixteen years after the same Pontiff defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, on the same day, in...

Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power

(The Liberals are fast-tracking Bill C-9 through parliament, which will make illegal 'hate speech', vaguely defined, and punishable by two years to life imprisonment. Specifically, the new bill seeks to remove 'religious exemption' from...

Eleganti Sums up the SSPX

Bishop Marian Eleganti, auxiliary emeritus of Chur, Switzerland, through which I happened to pilgrimage last summer, sums up the irregular situation of the SSPX. His thoughts bear pondering: Firstly, acting with full autonomy without papal...

Lenten Reflection From Bishop Erik Varden

Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, a Cistercian Trappist, converted to Catholicism in 2002, and, after years of study at Cambridge and Rome - he is an expert in Syriac - was ordained to the priesthood...

Daylight Savings Time Doesn’t Save Much

Remember to turn your clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time this evening, March 8th, a 2 am to be precise. Or, at least, since most of us keep time using digital devices, which automatically...

Saint Colette of Corbie

Nicole Boellet (1381 - 1447) was a miraculous birth. Her childless, elderly parents, Robert and Marguerite, prayed to Saint Nicholas - yes, 'Santa Claus' - that they might conceive, and lo and behold, as...

What Hold Has China Over the Vatican?

Here is a disconcerting exchange between Pope Leo XIV and an EWTN reporter, when the Pope is asked to comment on the case of Jimmy Lai. As readers may know, Jimmy Lai is a Catholic...

Benedict’s Resignation

Hard to believe that it was a fateful thirteen years ago on this February 28th that Pope Benedict XVI resigned the papacy, the first Pope to do so since Gregory XII, who voluntarily stepped...

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