A Manly King, and a Kingly Man
An article this morning in CWR quotes a recent speech by none other than Cardinal Sarah, recounting to young scouting pilgrims, on pilgrimage to...
Guy, Gosnell and Social Cohesion
Remember, remember the fifth of November. Yes, it is Guy Fawkes Day, when Brits of a certain religious persuasion celebrate - or used to...
Brother John: A Monk, A Pilgrim, and the Purpose of Life
August Turak has written a delightful little book – and by ‘little’, I mean the term in a way similar to Christ’s usage of...
Justin, Philosopher and Martyr
Saint Justin, who is called the 'martyr', was born around the time the last Apostle, John, departed this life for heaven. Justin was not...
Alphonsus Ligouri, John Paul’s Institute and the Battle for Truth
Saint Alphonsus Ligouri died in 1787, two years before the unleashing of the demonic fury of the French Revolution, after a long and fruitful...
Saint Francis: A Most Radical Man
There are as many ways to follow Christ as there are humans beings, even if many seem not to avail themselves of the grace...
Intending Death and Drinking Deep
January 7th was the fifth anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, when the offices of the satirical magazine – which made fun...
Saint Rita’s Mission Impossible
We have it on good authority that nothing is impossible with God - or, as the Gabriel puts it, all things are possible with the...
The Precipitous Prelate and the Prudential Pope
Newton’s Third Law has many applications, as does Hegel’s dialectic of thesis-antithesis-synthesis, in that eternal struggle of the World Spirit – even in the...
