German and Paglian Scandal

What are we to say of the German bishop’s conference – now well traversed on its own path of ‘synodality’ – which just proclaimed...

The Many Faces of Justin Trudeau

I just had to post this, at least for posterity's sake. Poignant and evincing.

Separez Vous

Besides being the joyful feast of Saint Nicholas, the sixth of December is also the sombre anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre in 1989,...

Bibiana and All the Single Ladies

Saint Bibiana, who is commemorated today, a virgin martyred during the reign of Julian the Apostate, is the patroness of single laywomen, amongst her...

Andrew’s Shame and Main Chance

To paraphrase Richard Weaver’s dictum about ideas, sin too has consequences, some of them abrupt and awful, such as murder and suicide; while the...

Mammon’s Morbid Might

The conviction of David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress is a tragic one for the pro-life cause. As you may have read,...

Pro, Clement and Columbanus

November 23rd is another of those triptych saint days, with three on offer to lift our spirits as we approach Christ the King, Advent...

Margaret of Scotland and Gertrude of Germania

Saint Margaret of Scotland (+1093) was the devoted wife of Malcom III, King of the nation to which she fled as a fetching young...

Pagan Idolatry and Catholic Fortitude

A writer must at times take back, or at least re-form, opinions once vaguely and lightly and perhaps too hastily held. Even the great...

Two Williams, Two Losses

By one of those historical coincidences that are all part of God's good providence guiding all things to their final end, besides being Guy...