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Editor's Corner
Philip’s Spirit of Joy
We celebrate today one of the most joyful and idiosyncratic â the two are not unrelated - of saints, Philip Neri, (+1595), the founder of the Congregation of the Oratory named after him. From...
Editor's Corner
One Fine Spring Day, Three Saints
There are many saints in the Church's history too many ever to be celebrated liturgically, and those are only the officially canonized ones. We have the 'old' calendar of the usus antiquior, then the...
Articles
Anne Bolyen’s Apparent Demise. But ’tis Really So?
Anne Boleyn lost her head on this fine spring day in May, 1536, put to death by the decree of her own quasi-husband, Henry VIII â I say, âquasiâ, since Henryâs legitimate wife, Catherine...
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Victoria Day 2-4, Ales and Dominions
A happy Victoria Day to all our readers! Some have dubbed this 'May 2-4', I suppose since it often falls somewhat close to the 24th of May - the birthday of Queen Victoria. Hence,...
Editor's Corner
Sto Lat! Pope John Paul II’s Centenary, and Pope John I
On this May 18th, as we celebrate the first Pontiff with the name of the beloved disciple â and more on him in a moment â for we also celebrate what would have been...
Articles
Battling Bishops and the Spiritus Mundi
As predicted in a number of prophecies - La Salette, Akita â there is conflict amongst the Cardinals and Bishops of Christâs Holy Church. We may hope they are all striving in some way...
Editor's Corner
The Indissolubility of a Mother’s Love
In one of those many paradoxical ironies of history, it was on this day that Woodrow Wilson â for whom I have not much admiration otherwise, and his âFourteen Pointsâ at Versailles in 1919...
