Fare Thee Well, South Africa
The errors of communism, as Our Lady predicted, continue their long, slow march throughout the world, but sometimes this march takes a sharp turn...
Communism and the Popes – Part II
(This is the second part to Paula Adamick’s historical analysis of Communism, following her first take earlier this month. Read and enjoy.
Its enduring appeal...
Christopher Dawson On Religion and Progress
Baptized Anglican, Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) during Easter of 1909 visited Rome where he experienced a mystical event and became a Roman Catholic at the...
Mϋller and Polycarp
While we're on the topic of clarity, an excellent read is this recent piece by Gerhard Cardinal Mϋller in First Things. Quite a limpid,...
Troublesome Technology and the Modesty of Mixed Doubles
I suppose I should wish everyone a joyous and restful Family Day, but I have a strong, almost knee-jerk, reaction to State-mandated holidays, regardless...
The Expurgated Bible
Do youngsters still read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? I recall gobbling them up when I was a lad. There is one that I...
Retracting and Detracting
Patrick Brown has thrown his hat into the ring of the Progressive Conservative leadership race, vying to win back the very position he resigned...
Communism and the Popes
No one can be at the same time a sincere Catholic and a true Socialist.
Pius XI, Quadragesimo Anno (1931)
Before he became a famed author...
God or King?
I have this theory, and history attestst to its veracity, that people are by nature monarchists. Oh, we may give lip service to republicanism...
The Church and China
It was a dramatic scene: venerable Cardinal Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, a lifelong foe and survivor of Communism in China, a spiritual...
