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Editor's Corner
Good King Louis, Ruling, and Ruled, by Truth
The indomitable Cardinal Sarah exhorted in an article in CWR, to French scouts, on pilgrimage to Vezelay in France, that they should emulate the noble virtues of King Saint Louis IX, providing a...
Saints
Saint Bartholomew, aka Nathaniel, In Whom There Was No Guile
A blessed feast of Saint Bartholomew, to one and all! Like many of the Apostles, we don't know all that much about the life of today's saint. Our Tradition identifies Bartholomew with the 'Nathaniel'...
Nota in Brevis
Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
It is an unfortunate accident of history – insofar as we may speak of accidents, when all things are guided in their providential design by a good and provident God – that today’s feast...
Nota in Brevis
The Enigmatic and Ecstatic Life of Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima (+1617), whose birth name was Isabel, was called 'Rose' when a servant saw her face mystically transformed into the beautiful flower soon after she was born. Sure enough, Isabel-Rose would go...
Featured Highlights
Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth
A blessed memorial of the Queenship of Mary, - as queen of heaven and earth, of angels and men. Although the Church has always celebrated the glories of the Mother of God, this feast...
Editor's Corner
The Tragedy of Jason Arday, and What It Says of the Modern University
‘Oh what a tangled web we weave/ When first we practice to deceive’ (Sir Walter Scott, from Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field, 1808)
I had not heard of Jason Arday until last week, and...
Saints
Saint Pius X: Instaurare Omnia in Christo
Instaruarae omnia in Christo (motto of Pope Saint Pius X)
Saint Pius X (+1914) was the first 'peasant' to be elected Pope in centuries, the bishops of Rome all being chosen from the Italian nobility,...
Editor's Corner
Saint John Eudes and Giving Our All
A contemporary of his fellow Frenchman, Descartes, Saint John Eudes (+1680) was of quite a different mind and spirit. Rather that meditate like Descartes on whether he existed or not - cogito, ergo sum...
