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...
Digital Doomsday?
Get ready to have your credit, bank and driver's card digitalized, along with your passport and health records, vaxx and booster status, and so...
O Crux Ave Spes Unica
A blessed and glorious feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross! Also called the Triumph of the Cross and, at times, the 'Invention'...
Elizabeth, Regina, Requiescat in Pace
Queen Elizabeth has died, after a reign of 70 years, at the age of 96, at the royal residence of Balmoral, Scotland, on this,...
The Tragedy, and Hope, of Ireland
Ah, the Emerald Isle, the cradle of Catholicism for the British Isles, land of heroes and martyrs, of rousing and melancholic music, of large...
Abbot Weakland, Pope Paul and the End of Chant?
I had no idea that recently-deceased Archbishop Rembert Weakland was almost single-handedly responsible for the abolition of Gregorian chant in the Benedictine Order, which...
