Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Steadfast Saint John of Brito

Saint John of Brito (1647 - 1693) was a Jesuit martyr in India, called the ‘Portuguese Francis Xavier’, as well as second Saint John...

Courage, Uvalde and Taking the Hit

Aristotle says that virtue is found in the mean between two extremes, but this does not mean the middle. Rather, it is the balance,...

The Abaddonian Abyss

They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abad'don, and in Greek he is called...

Benedict XV’s War and Peace

There is a fin de siècle feel in the air, akin to what people must have felt in 1914 on eve of the Great...

Stand Before the Lord!

In the annals of the continued deviations of celebrations of the Novus Ordo - going way beyond what Vatican II and even the post-conciliar...

The DSM, Psychiatry, and Big Pharma

The DSM - the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - is the textbook, one might even call it the bible, of psychiatry and psychology. After...

Trudeau’s Carbon Tax, and the Rule of Non-Law

This April 1st is the Monday of Easter Octave - and a continued blessed one to all. Christus resurrexit vere, alleluia! But in the...

Saint John Gualbert – A Prodigious Prodigal

Giovanni Gaulberto (985 – 1073) – or John Gualbert – was born into a noble Italian family, and like many such, had a dissolute...

A Day to Truly Honour Women

March 8th is International Women’s Day – which I am at least glad to read they have not (yet?) modified to ‘Womxn’s’ Day – is...

The Necessity of An ‘Ordo Amoris’

The notion of the ‘ordo amoris’ – the ‘order of love’ - has generated some debate of late, not least since some big names...