Free Speech Forever?
These are evil days indeed for free speech. You may have read of the banning of various commentators and pundits, Milo Yiannopolous, Alex Jones,...
The Persistence of China’s Underground Church
On this solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul â and a blessed one to all our readers - it is good to know that...
Saint Pius X and Restoring All Things in Christ
Instaruarae omnia in Christo (motto of Pope Saint Pius X)
Saint Pius X (+1914) was the first 'peasant' to be elected Pope in centuries, the...
A Danse Macabre of a Debate
Concerning the other nightâs âdebateâ, allow me to offer the following enthymeme, a sort of summarized syllogism described by Aristotle:
When a society loses faith,...
Tolkien’s Legacy
The death of Christopher Tolkien as a nonagenarian ends a legacy, for it was this youngest son of the great J.R.R. that took â...
Stats, Reality and Repentance
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statisticsâŠ
So quipped Mark Twain, and, in the main, he was right. Statistics can be...
Bernardine, Usury and the Holy Name
Saint Bernardine of Siena (+1444) lived through a tumultuous time in the Church's history. The Great Western Schism had begun in 1378, two years...
The Hope and Joy of Pier Giorgio Frassati
(On this Sunday, September 7th, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati is being canonized, along with fellow Italian, Blessed Carlo Acutis. Both died young - Carlo...
The Liberal Gong Show
The Gong Show - from which we derive the term 'a gong show', sometimes morphed into a more scatological form, which may apply more...
Pope Saint Leo, the First of the Greats
Pope Saint Leo, the first pontiff to earn the title 'the Great', reigned from 440 until his death on this day in 461, was...
