The Cardinal’s Candidate
The widening chasm in the Catholic Church - mirroring that in the broader society and culture - continues unabated. One is left wondering at...
Tam, Vaccines, Physicians and the Church
Theresa Tam is an odd, mysterious person, about whose past we know little, except that for years she has been involved in various globalist...
Saint Jerome Emiliani’s Pilgrimage to Heaven
Today, with Saint Josephine Bakhita, we also celebrate Saint Gerolamo - or Jerome - Emiliani (+1537), who ran away from his home in Venice...
The Glorious Martyrdoms of Martin and Maximus
As we enter into Holy Week on this Passion/Palm Sunday, we recall on this 13th of April Pope Saint Martin I (+655), one of...
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Our Lady of Combermere and the Immaculate Heart
A blessed ‘feast’ of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Sedes Sapientiae, an ancient and venerable title of the Virgin Mary celebrated on June 8th...
What ‘Following the Science’ Really Means: The Limits of Medicine and Moral Freedom
If there is one thing that is omnipresent in empirical research, it is doubt.
This line has always stuck with me, from a methodology textbook...
Quebec’s Capitulation, and Hopeful Resurgence
Capitulate - to surrender after negotiation of terms. (Merriam-Webster) - literally, to hand over one's head.
The statement of the Quebec bishops declaring their submission...
S.A.D.S, Bieber and the Pope
I did not know that Ray Liotta had died, in his sleep. He was in the midst of filming a new movie, and engaged...
Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes
No Pope is impeccable, even if, by virtue of their office, they are at times infallible – or, more precisely, a few of their...
Saint Gabriel Possenti – God, Prayer…and Guns?
Gabriel of the Seven Sorrows, who died on this day in 1862, may be seen as a kind of male Saint Thérèse, but, as...