Wherefore Romance?
Like the seemingly inextinguishable California wildfires, the aptly named 'Pervnado' continues its own incineration of the careers of various media and political types, all...
Saint Peter’s Cathedra
It might seem odd to celebrate a 'chair',Ā even one of Saint Peter, but today's feastĀ commemorates not a physical object, but the office of the...
Some Sliver of Hope for Ireland
What is one to say about the tragic vote in Ireland last Friday, on the day of the three saints (not one of whom...
Tales of Canterbury
(A re-posting of my reflections, nearly two years ago now, of my pilgrimage to Canterbury, in light of today's memorial to one of her...
Kavanaugh: Bork or Kennedy?
As the United States mid-term elections loom, peruse Carl Sundellās take on Robert Bork, who went through his own gruelling Kavanaugh-esdque process three decades...
Ite ad Joseph with Brother Bessette
Today is the feast of the one ofĀ Canada's most beloved saints, her own home-grown Andre Bessette (1845-1937), a humble and obscure lay-brother who founded...
Notre Dame and France’s Baptism
Nothing is accidental in Godās providence, which guides all things ā concretely and immediately ā to their final end, in the overall plan He...
Saint Anthony of Paduaā¦or Lisbon
Saint Anthony of Padua is usually named historically after the city-state in northeastern Italy where he died after his brief but full life at...
Dedication of Santa Maria Maggiore and Our Lady of the Snows
On August 5th, we celebrate the dedication of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the highest church in the hierarchy of churches dedicated to...
The Myriads of Holy Guardian Angels
This memorial of the Guardian Angels goes back to the year 1500, the very dawn of the Protestant āReformationā, seventeen years before Luther would...
