The Faith is All or None
(I may write more on the recent headline, which comes not as a surprise, that most 'Catholics' - and one must use that term...
Investigation Yields Disturbing Findings on Catholic Relief Services
An exhaustive investigation by two Catholic organizations into Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in three African countries has revealed pervasive contraception promotion and abortion referrals.
Joint research...
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...
Old Thunder
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) was arguably the most famous Catholic writer during the first half of the 20th century. In youth he flirted with apostasy,...
The Last Sunday of Advent
What follows is Pope Saint John Paul II's last Advent address, way back in 2004. He would go to his eternal reward three months...
Bach’s Incomparable Chaconne
The final, fourth movement of Bach's partita for violin in D minor, composed between 1717 and 1720, is often called 'the chaconne', even if...
The Flame of Love: The Spiritual Diary of Elizabeth Kindelmann
Elizabeth Kindelmann (1913 – 1985), a poor, Hungarian mother of six children, and a lay Carmelite,  was widowed at the age of thirty-three. In...
A Brief Reflection on What is Poetry
I believe poetry is the highest of mankind’s literary achievements, timeless, appealing down the ages, revealing imagery of the poet’s struggles and experiences, stresses...
Twenty-Fourth Sunday: The Good Shepherd and the Love of God Incarnate
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am...
Russel Kirk vs. the Libertarians
Russell Kirk (1918-1994) was an eminent author whose many diverse talents as a novelist, short story writer, and essayist were celebrated in Bradley J....
