March for Life, Twenty Years On
You will likely hear that numbers were down at the March for Life, although enthusiasm and devotion were, as always, high. This was the...
The Truth and Irony of Mercy
Irony may be described in one way as something happening, not that you don't want to happen, but that you don't expect to happen,...
Skeletons and Resurrection Sedlec Ossuary and the Modern Paradox of Death...
“It is quite impossible for a thinking being to imagine nonbeing, a cessation of thought and life. In this sense everyone carries the proof...
For the Sake of One Iota
There are times when one word, even one letter, can make all the difference. The scene is June of 325, in the basilica of...
Saint Joseph, A Working Man
Saint Joseph has two 'feast' days in the universal Church, neither of which is technically a 'feast'. The first, on March 19th, is his...
C.S. Lewis Revisited
Arguably the two most influential Christian apologists of the twentieth century were G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis. Both were accomplished essayists, novelists, poets, and...
The Eyes of the Heart: A Movie Review of “Prince of Foxes”
Year: 1949
Filming: Black & White
Length: 107 minutes
Genre: Adventure/Drama/History/Swashbuckler
Maturity: PG (for intense thematic elements)
Cast: Tyrone Power (Andrea Orsini), Orson Welles (Cesare Borgia), Wanda Hendrix (Camilla...
A Reflection on Populism and Popularity
As we journeyed through the darkness of Holy Week to the great solemnity of Easter, with the acclamations given to Christ before his humiliating...
Britain Goin’ It Alone
Prime Minister Therea May in Britain has just called an early election, hoping for a mandate to lead Britain out of the European Union....
A Tough Habit to Break
Religious life is habit-forming. Though this is a play on words, the sentiment is accurate. In the culture of Roman Catholicism, mere mention of...