Sunday, October 12, 2025

IVF and Adopting Embryos

I was waiting for it, as I listened to a recent pro-life talk I attended, the topic of which was IVF: I had an...

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...

Trudeau’s Tinfoil Hat

One of the worst of logical fallacies - which is to say, the weakest - is the ad hominem argument. That is, instead of...

The SSPX, the Papacy, and the Current Status

We may sympathize with the SSPX, for who would not seek to flee the mediocrity, if not outright mayhem, all too frequently found in...

‘Our Lady of Public Health’

On this feast of Saint Luke, physician and healer, it is a propos that we post a link to a series of insightful and...

Thanksgiving Day

A blessed and joyful Thanksgiving to all of our readers, even the American ones who, of course, hold their own day of thanks later...

Apocalyptic Synods

The long-awaited, or dreaded, depending on one's perspective, Synod on Synodality begins today, and we pray that whatever God wills from this, whether antecedently...

Gregorian Chant: Music for Soul, Body, and God

I recently read a short (152 pages) and small book (each page is 5” by 6”), with beautiful font, and a fittingly short title,...

The Enduring Message of La Salette

On September 19th, 1846, Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat, two shepherd children were coming home from tending their flock outside the picturesque hamlet of...

Becoming Eunuchs for the Kingdom: What Gives?

In Matthew’s Gospel (19:12) Our Lord exhorts us to become ‘eunuchs’, which is not to be taken too literally, even if there are rumours...