Albert, the Great, Theologian and Scientist
Saint Albert (1200-1280), whose life spans what William Walsh called the 'greatest of centuries' was given the title 'the Great', even before his death....
Our Lady of the Snows: Santa Maria Maggiore
On August 5th, we celebrate the dedication of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the highest church in the hierarchy of churches dedicated to...
Saint Polycarp’s – Baked Bread and Boldness
The Church has had martyrs since her earliest days, and will have them unto the end of time. One of the first in the...
The Gnostic Roots of Transgenderism
Ideas have consequences, and few more dire than the idea of that one can transition one’s gender. The notion that our bodies may be...
St. Patrick’s Fire
In our culture, the closest thing we have to a state religion is the worship of scientific knowledge, which is really just the worship...
Tattoo You?
(Here is a re-post of an article I wrote five or so years ago now, partly in response to Father Michael Schmitz' public declaration...
The Re-Consecration of England Through Our Lady of Walsingham
Tomorrow, March 29th, in the year of Our Lord 2020, five centuries after the beginning of what is known as the 'Protestant Reformation', England...
A Deadly First
With the permission of a Superior Court Justice, Ontario had its first euthanasia case this morning, when an 81 year old man suffering from...
Borden’s Burdensome Tax
On this day, in 1917, Prime Minister Robert Borden - whose mustachioed visage is on the $100 bill - imposed an income tax on...
Trudeau Whipping Death Along
It is said that princes and noblemen at public schools in England each had their own ‘whipping boy’, a low-born student who would take...