Why We Need Norman Rockwell
If there’s one thing the seemingly ever-lingering 'pandemic' has inflicted, it’s a strain on ordinary human interaction.
In November of 2021, when many long-closed museums...
The Term Pre-Embryo Within the Abortion Debate
It has been suggested by some, primarily within the pro-life movement, that the term pre-embryo should not be used in discussing the stages of...
The Message of the Presentation
Are there passages from the Bible that frighten you, or at least make you think twice about yourself and your behaviour? Thomas Merton—a well-known...
Candlemas and the Keeping of the Law
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to...
Darwin’s Sad Legacy
No one doubts that modern science is a wonderful thing; but no one also doubts that it is a terrible thing. Modern factories everywhere...
The Last Gospel as the Mass in Miniature
The prologue of the Gospel of St. John (Jn 1:1–14), often referred to as the Last Gospel, forms part of the concluding rites of...
Does the Timing of Abortion Matter?
The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops recently released a public statement relating to the current status of abortion in the state. The article reported...
Morality Without Religion?
Nobody can deny that there has to be a moral consensus about what is right and what is wrong in order to have a...
Why Are So Many Young Women Getting Breast Cancer?
(There are many a priori reasons why abortion is wrong, the primary one being that it snuffs out the life of the unborn child....
Nicholas Ludford: A Forgotten Master of English Polyphony
Among the composers of Renaissance England, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd are easily the best known, but they are not the only composers to...