Billionaire Bill and the Woeful Wages of Mammon

Sam Kriss has an intriguing take on Bill Gates, and what being that rich - I mean, really, unimaginably rich - does to someone....

Is the SSPX Really a Refuge for Traditional Catholics?

Where do traditional Catholics go from here? Of course, all Catholics should be 'traditional', in the sense of preserving, living by and handing on...

Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes

No Pope is impeccable, even if, by virtue of their office, they are at times infallible – or, more precisely, a few of their...

Camp of the (Un)Saints

Ponder this list of names of the alleged perpetrators of a grooming-and-rape gang in Britain involving a 13 year-old girl. One name is not...

Queen Elizabeth’s Mixed Legacy

The many accolades heaped upon Queen Elizabeth have their place. She was, as promised in that early address of 1941, devoted to her duty,...

Saint Hedwig of Silesia: Poland’s Crown and Glory

It's a special day for the Polish, as one of their patrons is celebrated, at least here in Canada, on this day - normally,...

Ignatius Ground to Wheat, While Canada Grows its Pot

(This being not only the memorial of the one of the Church's earliest post-Apostolic martyrs, the great Ignatius, who may have known the Apostle...

The Abaddonian Abyss

They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abad'don, and in Greek he is called...

Hilary Mantel’s Reformation Revisionism

Hilary Mantel, English novelist  died last week at the age of 70. Her fame - or infamy, depending on one's perspective - rests largely...