Hamburg, Hiroshima and Hamas: Innocents in War and the Dignity of Human Life
On October 11, 1649, the troops of Oliver Cromwell, who was then 'Lord Protector of England', stormed the besieged village of Wexford, Ireland. The...
Sine Dominico Non Possumus
A blessed and grace-filled Solemnity of Corpus Christi! To our Canadian readers, at least, where this day is moved from its regular Thursday, recalling...
Walsingham: England’s Marian Shrine and Hope
Norfolk, in south-eastern England, remained staunchly Catholic during the ‘reformatory’ troubles begun by Henry VIII. The Dukes of Norfolk held fast to the Faith...
Barnabites, Civil Wars and Confusing Synods
Saint Anthony Zaccaria (+1539), from noble lineage in late-renaissance Italy, first studied medicine, then for the priesthood, adopting a life of great discipline and...
Digital Dopplgangers
Here we go, with another 'leap' in the A.I. revolution, digital copies being made of products, factories, towns, villages, animals and, ambitiously, of ourselves,...
A Few Good Men
This past Saturday was the solemnity of the birth of Saint John the Baptist, a feast that commemorates the beginning of the end of...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
It may be remembered that Miss Dunham noted how Gilbert used to make a mysterious sign in the air as he lit his cigar....
That Slippery Morphing Conscience
Conscience can be a slippery thing, if we allow it so, eventually fluctuating under the waves of circumstances around us, by which we may...
Saint Patrick and the Emerald Isle: Erin Go Bragh!
A very happy Saint Patrick’s Day, to all our readers, which this year is still toned down by the insidious Covid-19 virus - or,...
Leo the Great
Pope Saint Leo the Great, who reigned from 440 until his death on this day in 461, was known for many things. With his...