Adding Titles and Falling Totems
Pope Francis has added three new titles to the Litany of Loreto, the ancient prayer to Our Lady under various of her titles: We...
Saint Jean Vianney, a Priest for Priests
On this day, August 4th, in 1859 - the same year that Darwin published his specious Origin of Species, and one year after Marx's...
Courts, Cardinals and Constantine
Where does one even begin, as events outpace our capacity to absorb and assimilate them?
The U.S. Senate, by a rather slim majority (52 to...
Negativity and Positivity
Why do we love bad news so much? Here's some intriguing thoughts, and why people in this age of instant, ubiquitous social media are...
Some Good News
A couple of good news stories, to lift our spirits a little. We will hopefully have more of these to share in these pages:
In...
Mary, Mother of the Church and Our Lady of Sheshan
The Monday following Pentecost is now the memorial of 'The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church', as decreed by the Holy Father, via...
Saint Roch Against the Plague
August 16th, besides the public memorial of King Stephen of Hungary, is also the feast of a very popular mediaeval Saint, Roch of Montpellier,...
Extraordinary Ordinary Time
With the feast of Christ’s Baptism last Sunday, and the 'Second Sunday' today, we enter back into what we now call ‘Ordinary Time’. We...
Les Poètes Maudits and Their Bitter Fruits
One of the fastest growing 'religious' groups in the West are the 'nones', and I put that in scare quotes, since these are those...
Pèlerinage dans La Belle Province
For the feast of Saints Anne and Joachim on July 26th, just prior to the papal visit, I went on pilgrimage to the shrine...
