Friday, January 2, 2026

Why We Need More Bellarmines

Before we get to Bellarmine, for those of you who would like to peruse my take on the strange saga of James Christian Agelles,...

Hurricanes, Stocks and Good Pope John

The weather and the economy are both volatile, of late, with the aptly-named Hurricane Michael (‘who is like God’) smashing into the Florida panhandle, the...

The Collective Conscience

When confronted by some new bit of feminist nonsense, mother used to say: “Kick the Natural Law and the Natural Law will kick back....

The Te Deum: Giving Thanks and Praise to God

There is an eschatological note to this final day of the calendar year, as there was a month ago in the end of the...

Palm and Passion Sunday

And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks were split...

Revolution and Renewal in England: Glimpses into the History of Catholicism in ‘Mary’s...

(On this day, January 25th, in 1533, Henry VIII secretly married his paramour Anne Boleyn, for whom he had thrown off not only his...

The Meaning of Man and a True Anthropology: Twenty Seventh Sunday

The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. (Gen. 2:7). Our first reading...

St Joseph: The Humble Extraordinary Man of God  

On this Solemnity of the Glorious Patriarch St Joseph, I would like to appreciate with you the figure of this most humble and extraordinary...

The Humble Servant in the Lord’s Vineyard Goes to the Father’s House

After the great John Paul II, the cardinals elected me, a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. I am consoled by...

The Birth of Our Saviour, the Light of the Nations

When the goodness and loving kindness of God our Saviour appeared, He saved us (Tit. 3:4). ⧾ Today, with great joy we celebrate the manifestation...