Choosing Wisely
Election - from the Latin 'eligere - to choose'.
Choose life, that you and your children may live (Dt 30:19)
The core battle of our time...
Maria Goretti, A Martyr for Chastity
It was a day much like today, a hot, humid and sweltering July 6th in the year of our Lord 1902, one hundred and...
Saint Raymond, Pope Benedict and the Code of Canon Law
Today is the feast of Saint Raymond of Penyafort (1175-1275), one of the first Dominicans (officially known as the Order of Preachers) eventually becoming...
Canada Moribunda?
The title says much of what is in this grim article: Canada, old, poorer, smaller. That is, old and smaller demographically, not in the...
The Good Wife
A good wife, who can find? She is far more precious than jewels...
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears...
Complacence, Complaisance, Courage and Christ
Saints Peter and Paul, whom we celebrate today, and John the Baptist, whose birth we recalled a few days ago, were neither complacent nor...
Is the SSPX Really a Refuge for Traditional Catholics?
Where do traditional Catholics go from here? Of course, all Catholics should be 'traditional', in the sense of preserving, living by and handing on...
The Battle of Vienna 1683
September 12th marks the anniversary of the Battle of Vienna, in 1683, when the army of the Holy Roman Empire, particularly with the help...
Should the Church Obey the State? The Limits of Law
I have a reflection out this morning on Catholic World Report, on the Limits of Law and Obedience, if you'd like to peruse my...
