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Editor's Corner
Early Canadian Fortitude
Today, September 26th, is the feast of the Canadian or, if you will, the North American Martyrs. They were all Jesuits, six priests and two lay brothers, put to death for their faith. Five,...
Editor's Corner
Signs in the Heavens
Signs, signs, everywhere, signs, blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind...
So sang the Five Man Electrical Band in their 1970 anti-establishment ballad, whose lyrics are clearly anti-signs, at least those that tell you 'what...
Editor's Corner
The Witness of the John Paul Institute
Much controversy has been raised by Pope Francis' recent reconfiguration of the constitutional make-up of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family. As he frames this in his Motu Proprio, Summa familiae...
Editor's Corner
Flying Friars and the United Nations
Today's reading, in Saint Paul's letter to the young bishop Timothy, the Apostle requests all Catholics to 'pray for those in high places', for all those carrying that oft-misunderstood quality we call 'authority'. Whether...
Editor's Corner
The Battle of Vienna 1683
September 12th marks the anniversary of the Battle of Vienna, in 1683, when the army of the Holy Roman Empire, particularly with the help of the intrepid Polish army under the command of their...
Editor's Corner
Hurricanes, Pot and Claver’s Charity
The inchoate and fevered brain of Jennifer Lawrence, the over-feted Hunger Games and X-Men actress, is partly right, that horrific hurricane Irma, now the size of France, moving across the Atlantic like some primitive...
Nota in Brevis
The Squeezed Middle
There is a lot of talk of immigration of late, and far, far more to come, both of talk, and, more to the point, of immigration itself (see this article by Mark Steyn for...
Editor's Corner
A Tale of Two Princesses
September 5th was the 20th anniversary of the death of Teresa of Calcutta, canonized by Pope John Paul II on September 4th, 2003, but still known colloquially as 'Mother Teresa', sometimes with a 'Saint'...
