The United States not so United, and a Saint of Portugal
A joyous Independence Day to all our American readers, one that may be more muted than days of yore in the troubled United States....
Terrorism in France: The Enemy in their Midst
The massacre in Paris yesterday marks the beginning, we may presume, of other tragedies to come. Well over one hundred dead, hundreds more injured,...
The Salvific Power of Beauty
Dostoyevsky wrote, through the voice of Prince Myskin in his novel, The Idiot, that ‘beauty would save the world’.
I have often wondered about that...
IVF and Adopting Embryos
I was waiting for it, as I listened to a recent pro-life talk I attended, the topic of which was IVF: I had an...
Dedication of Santa Maria Maggiore and Our Lady of the Snows
On August 5th, we celebrate the dedication of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the highest church in the hierarchy of churches dedicated to...
Be It Done to Me According to Thy Will
A blessed solemnity of the Annunciation! to all our readers, which commemorates the conception of the Son of God in the womb of the...
Canada’s Dominion Day
A blessed Canada, or more properly, Dominion Day to all our readers, on which we celebrate the official founding of ‘Canada’ as a (mostly)...
Saint Josaphat, Martyr for Unity
Our Lord seems to have been speaking of our modern crisis when he warns in yesterday's Gospel that scandals are sure to come, and...
All the Myriads Upon Myriads of Saints
A blessed solemnity of All Saints to all our readers, a feast that goes back to its official institution by Pope Gregory III (731...
