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Editor's Corner
All the Myriads Upon Myriads of Saints
A blessed solemnity of All Saints to all our readers! Its institution goes back to its official institution by Pope Gregory III (731 ā 741) as a commemoration of all the countless martyrs who...
Articles
Luther’s Fateful All Hallowed Eve
(Here is a re-post of a reflection on this 'All Hallow's Eve' anniversary of the generally accepted date for the formal start of the 'Reformation', when legend has it that Luther nailed his 95...
Editor's Corner
Blessed Terence O’Brien and Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez
This penultimate day of the month of October - the eve of all hallowe'ed eve - is the memorial of the Irish bishop and martyr, Terence O'Brien (1601-1651), put to a brutal death on...
Blogs
Pike, Hasan, the Church and the Death Penalty
The death penalty has been in the news of late. There was the ābotchedā execution of Christa Pike on September 30th, the memorial of Saint Jerome. Iām not sure the hermit saint had an...
Editor's Corner
Saints Simon, Jude and Desperate Causes
All of the Apostles have a feast day, and on this third last day of October, in the crisp days of fall, we celebrate SaintsĀ Simon and Jude,Ā the latter, in particular, being invoked as the...
Editor's Corner
Casting Stones with a Log in the Eye
Conservative commentator and writer George Weigel in a recent column makes some rather damning ā and I use that term advisedly ā accusations against Candace Owens, accusing her of the āgrave sinā of āanti-semitismā....
Nota in Brevis
Saint Crispin, Agincourt and the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
This day, October the 25th, is Saint Crispin's Day - or, rather, the feast of Saint Crispin and Crispianus, for let us not forget that there were two brothers put to death during the...
Editor's Corner
Anthony Mary Claret, On Fire for God
Anthony Mary Claret died on this day, October 24th, 1870, after a long, full and adventurous life, demonstrating how much one man can do if he puts his mind and will wholeheartedly to the...
