Will the Real Fascism Please Stand Up?
Yelling 'Fascist!'' is one vivid and quite effective way to shut down an honest debate - in the pre-mask era, a bit of spittle...
Bodily and Spiritual Strength
While we're on the theme of athletics, I came across an article claiming that men are 30% weaker now than they were even a...
Saint Jerome’s Holy Vulgarity
All saints change history, often in ways that are mysterious and opaque, but at times more obviously. Such is Saint Jerome (347 - 420),...
Popes and Martyrs, Marriage and Montanism
Today’s commemoration of saints are all connected with the persecution The first group suffered under the Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius in the mid-2nd century,...
Saint Gregory Narek, Mystic, Monk and Doctor
The Armenian monk Gregory Narek (Grigor Narekatsi), whose life spanned the latter half of the 11th century (ca. 950 - 1003), was enrolled amongst...
Signs in the Heavens
Signs, signs, everywhere, signs, blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind...
So sang the Five Man Electrical Band in their 1970 anti-establishment ballad, whose lyrics...
Notre Dame and France’s Baptism
Nothing is accidental in God’s providence, which guides all things – concretely and immediately – to their final end, in the overall plan He...
Contact the Senators to Send Bill C-4 Back!
I know this is last minute, but Bill C-4 may be voted on by the Senate as early as tomorrow. This proposed legislation -...
Saint John of Avila, Apostle of Andalusia
Today's optional memorial as we continue the Easter season (alleluia!) commemorates Saint John of Avila (1499 – 1569), a contemporary of his fellow Spaniards,...
Revolution, Paris and the Olympics
The French Revolution casts a long shadow. It seems the generational guilt in casting off the 'shackles' of the Church, which entailed also the...
