Tuesday, November 4, 2025

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...

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...

Crushing Dissent

The punishing penal sentences meted to two groups of protestors - a group of pro-lifers who blocked an abortuary, as well as those who...

Resisting Evil: The Beatification of the Ulma Family

God permits moral evil - He never wills it, let it be said - but He does allow it, even the grave and demonic...