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Of Westphalia and Waterfalls

October 24th marks several anniversaries: The Treaty of Westphalia was signed on this day in 1648, ending the 30-year war of ‘religion’, fought primarily between Catholics and Protestants, although sides got mixed with nationalistic...

Poland, Proms and Pseudo Marriage

First, some good news, much needed at present: Poland has almost – and we must admit, almost – banned abortion outright, making illegal termination of pregnancy for ‘fetal defects’, which was the purported reason...

Do not be afraid. Open, I say open wide the doors for Christ... Christ knows “that which is in man”. He alone knows it. So often today, man does not know that which is...

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the...

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him (G.K. Chesterton)

Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you. (Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, +1690)

The Great Barrington Declaration

Had you heard of the Great Barrington Declaration? Neither had I, until I came across a brief mention that searches for it have been submerged by Google - down the memory hole and it's...

When the mass of families in a State are without property, then those who were once citizens become virtually slaves. The more the State steps in to enforce conditions of security and sufficiency; the...

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