The Glorious Martyrdoms of Martin and Maximus

As we enter into Holy Week on this Passion/Palm Sunday, we recall on this 13th of April Pope Saint Martin I (+655), one of...

Elon’s Efficiency, Algocracy and God’s Munificence

Efficiency is not in itself a virtue. It may sometimes help towards virtue, but in much of life, it is not efficiency that is...

Saints Sabbas and Julius: Contra Paganism, Pro Homoousios

There are two saints commemorated on this April 12th. The first is Saint Sabbas the Goth (+372), a sort of ‘village fool’, but the...

Saint Gemma Galgani

On this April 11th, 1903 - the same year that the Italian Guiseppe Sarto was elected Pope later that summer as Pius X -...

Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów

We celebrate Saint Stanislaus today (+ April 11, 1079), on the brink of Holy Week this year, a bishop and martyr who accepted the...

Jurassic Wolf

Well, they've finally done it. Readers of a certain vintage may recall seeing Jurassic Park in full theatre mode, and being blown away by...

Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle: A Teacher for Teachers

Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1651 - 1719), a French nobleman, ordained a priest, founded the first order in the Church’s history entirely without priests,...

Saint Isidore of Seville, the Internet and Industriousness

Today, April 4th is the commemoration of Saint Isidore of Seville (560-636) a bishop and doctor of the Church during a tumultuous age, when...

A Second Reply to Dr. Elizabeth Rex: IVF and ET Are Still Immoral

(Bioethicist Dr. Elizabeth Rex has responded to my initial response, and the reader may find such on LifeSite. You can read the debate here....

A Hidden Friar and a Popular Pope

This April the second marks the memorial of Saint Francis of Paola (1417-1507), founder of the 'Minim' friars, so called for their humility and...