Newman and His Fierce, Unchanging Religion

I will not shrink from uttering my firm conviction, that it would be a gain to this country, were it vastly more superstitious, more...

A Parable for Today, or Always Do Thy Duty

“All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed he said nothing to them without a parable.” Some time ago an American missionary priest—we’ll...

Christianity and Common Sense

Can one jump down one’s own throat? This was G.K. Chesterton's reply to those who claim that anything is possible. When we exercise common...

Belloc’s Tarantella – and as Sung by Old Thunder Himself

Tarantella by Hilaire Belloc Do you remember an Inn, Miranda? Do you remember an Inn? And the tedding and the spreading Of the straw for a bedding, And the fleas...

Jubilee Year Homily of Pope John Paul II for the Canonization of Sister Faustina

HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER  MASS IN ST PETER’S SQUARE FOR THE CANONIZATION OF SR MARY FAUSTINA KOWALSKA Sunday, 30 April 2000 1. “Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, quoniam in...

Saint John Henry Newman’s Philosophy of Education: Part 1

(John Hartley presents a three-part series of Saint John Henry Newman's views of education. Here is the first, on the commemoration of the great...

The Trojan Horse in the City of God

Homer's epic poem, The Iliad, is the story of the war waged by Greece against the city of Troy. Unable to vanquish the Trojans...

The Holy Name of Mary is our Hope

As we are joyfully celebrating the feast of the Holy Name of Mary, on this twelfth of September, it is important that we see...

Orestes Brownson on Socialism & the Church

Orestes Augustus Brownson (1803 –1876) was among the most original and powerful intellects of his era. A self-taught child prodigy who had memorized most...

Eva Forgives the Angel of Death

Here is a poem by Lorraine Labriola, on forgiveness, which we post in light of the Jewish commemoration of Yom Kippur - the Day...