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Editor's Corner
Saint Francis: A Most Radical Man
(This October 4th marks the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi, one of the most well-known and beloved amongst the panoply of saints. Enjoy the reprise reflection...)
There are as many...
Editor's Corner
Illusory AI Companions
A friend who works at a long-term care home, where many of the residents suffer from Alzheimer’s, sent me this webpage on a new technology. It’s developed by an engineer from Quebec (made in...
Saints
The Myriads of Holy Guardian Angels
This memorial of the Guardian Angels goes back to the year 1500, the very dawn of the Protestant ‘Reformation’, seventeen years before Luther would pin his theses to the church door at Wittenburg on...
Editor's Corner
Thérèse of Lisieux of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face
On the first day of October we celebrate the Saint of the Little Way, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (1873 - 1897), also known after the place of her...
Editor's Corner
Do We Have a Right to the TLM?
The limits recently placed on the Latin Mass at the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in Toronto bring to the fore the quasi-Hegelian tension between Benedict’s Summorum Pontificum and Francis’ Traditiones Custodes. By the former,...
Editor's Corner
Saint Jerome’s Inspired Vulgarity
All saints change history, often in ways that are mysterious and opaque, but at times more obviously. Such is Saint Jerome (347 - 420), to whom we may attribute the first truly 'critical' version...
Editor's Corner
Michael and the Holy Archangels
A blessed feast of the Archangels to all our readers! This day is traditionally called 'Michaelmas', with the focus on the 'one who is like God' who does battle with the devil. But as...
Editor's Corner
The Pope, the Church and France
France has been called 'the eldest daughter of the Church', and her indispensable and providential role in the history of Christendom looms large indeed. The Church is almost as much 'French' as she is...
