Catholic Insight
Dreher on the Olympic Debacle: A Civilizational Suicide Note on the Seine
Here is an insightful, and forceful, take on the Olympic opening ceremony by Rod Dreher.
An excerpt, on the spectacle staged by Thomas Jolly:
Jolly rogered...
Pugilistic Controversy: Men Pounding Women?
(A reader pointed out that in the recent boxing controversy, the 'male' opponent was not transgender, but rather a biological male apparently with physiological-sexual...
Francisco Guerrero’s Ave Virgo
A fitting way to begin this month of August, dedicated to Our Lady, with some music in her honour. Here is a motet by...
Mozart’s Ave Verum
Since this Sunday has a Eucharistic theme - see Father Marco Testa's reflection today - I thought we would post Mozart's Ave Verum, one...
Jasper Burned
We pray for the residents of Jasper, Alberta, a lovely city on the far west of the province, the gateway to the Rockies, and...
Living the Catholic Life
A note to let readers know about a new Traditional Catholic liturgical planner is on offer, which will help live a life in tune...
Bob Newhart, Catholic Comedian, Requiescat in Pace
Bob Newhart died the other day, and readers - at least, those of a certain era - may recall his dry, deadpan humour in...
What’s In a Name?
On this day in 1917, the royal family of England, by order of King George V, changed their name from Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha to the simpler,...
The Significance of July 16
Some days have more 'history' to them than others, today's July 16th being one of them. As I just wrote, it is the memorial...
Saint Simon Stock and the Scapular
Saint Simon Stock (1165-1265) was an English Carmelite, who helped establish the ancient contemplative Order in England and Italy, founding monasteries in Cambridge, Oxford,...
