Walsingham: England’s Marian Shrine and Hope
Norfolk, in south-eastern England, remained staunchly Catholic during the ‘reformatory’ troubles begun by Henry VIII. The Dukes of Norfolk held fast to the Faith...
Saint Thomas à Becket’s 850th
A blessed continuing 'merrie Christmas!' to all our readers, as we celebrate all these twelve days, right up to the Epiphany and the Baptism...
Thérèse of Lisieux of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face
On the first day of October we celebrate the Saint of the Little Way, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face...
Is Vaccination an Act of Love?
The Vatican has just reiterated its support for the vaccine, or, I should say, vaccines, with the Holy Father's claim that receiving the inoculation,...
Trudeau’s Tantrum
Most readers will have seen the bizarre behaviour of the Prime Minister yesterday evening. As witnesses and the video record attest, Mr. Trudeau, in...
The Precipitous Prelate and the Prudential Pope
Newton’s Third Law has many applications, as does Hegel’s dialectic of thesis-antithesis-synthesis, in that eternal struggle of the World Spirit – even in the...
Saint Claude de la Colombière
Claude de la Colombière (1641 – 1682) is known primarily for his role as the spiritual director of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, the recipient...
Introduction to the Devout Life
31. Pastimes and recreations. To get out into the open air, be entertained by happy, friendly conversation, play the lute or some other musical...
The Neo-Barbarians
Cancel culture continues - and there seems little or no distinctions in the collective mind in what they will destroy, annihilate, obliterate. We use...
Conscience and the Mandates
There is a science – one might more properly term it an art - to moral discernment in our Church’s tradition, and we offer...
