Monday, June 30, 2025

Nae Country Fer Young Men

As readers may know, Scotland is the land of my birth and early upbringing, and I have been back a number of times to...

Saint Richard of Sussex

Saint Richard of Chichester (+1253) was a mediaeval bishop in Sussex - now the patron saint of that bucolic region in the south of...

It’s Official: John Paul II Day in Canada

Our parish priest reminded us this morning that by statutory law in Canada, today is officially 'John Paul II Day'. I must confess that...

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...

Good Friday and Suffering

Evil and pain is always a mystery, that whole mysterium iniquitatis, of which Saint Paul writes (2 Thess 2:7). In 1984, Pope Saint John...

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,...

The Creeping Totalitarianism of Bill C-63

Justin Trudeau and his 'Justice' Minister, Arif Virani, are doubling down on Bill C-63, purported to make the internet a 'safe place for children'....

Power, Authority and the Rhinoceros

(Another re-post, which I hope helps the reader see his way through our current thicket) G.K. Chesterton once quipped that a rhinoceros in a china...

The Limits of Papal Authority

(In light of Pope Francis' recent comments that those who refused to get the Covid 'vaxx' is tantamount to quasi-suicide, here are my thoughts...

Ite Ad Ioseph!

A blessed and joyous solemnity of Saint Joseph to all our readers! The strong and silent saint from the Gospel is a fitting one for...