Conservatives, Big and Small
One can get the measure of a man not from his guarded, careful behaviour, but rather from his occasional slip-up, his less careful moments,...
Barnabites, Civil Wars and Confusing Synods
Saint Anthony Zaccaria (+1539), from noble lineage in late-renaissance Italy, first studied medicine, then for the priesthood, adopting a life of great discipline and...
Maria Goretti, Lust and the Noon-Day Devil
Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God (Mt 5:8)
But I say to you every one who looks at a woman...
A Peterson Apologia, non-Anonymous
We  have received some critical feedback on the recent anonymous article on Dr. Jordan Peterson, so a bit of clarity and an apologia, if...
Saint Dominic of Silos and His Chanting Monks
Saint Dominic of Silos died on this December 20th, in 1073, at the monastery he had founded in the southern part of northern Spain....
Will Real Evil Please Stand Up?
I am still wondering about the case of Father John McCloskey, the popular â or once popular - Opus Dei priest, responsible for numerous...
Pilgrimaging at Three Miles an Hour
It seems slow - walking, that is - and, to our modern modes of transport, it is. Bikes can move at about 20 miles...
Coup, Coup, Ubi Es Tu?
Whatever happened on Capitol Hill last week cannot be described as a âcoupâ, and the charge of 'attempted coup' cannot be placed at the...
Christmas Terror
As a number of pundits have predicted, there was a terrorist attack in Berlin, at a Christmas festival, with a multi-ton 'lorry' smashing full...
Newman the Kindly Prophet
Although John Henry Cardinal Newman died on August 11th, in 1890, the Church commemorates him on this October 9th. For it was on this...
