Two Benedicts: A Wandering Beggar and A Long-Suffering Pope
A grace-filled continuing Easter season to all our readers! As we rejoice with great joy in the glory and hope of the Resurrection about...
Saint Pius V: Between Heaven and Earth
Michel Ghislieri was born Anton in 1504, but took the name of the Archangel when he joined the Dominican Order at the age of...
Law and the Militant Church
There are three 'dimensions' to the Church in her pilgrimage through time: The Church suffering, in purgatory; the Church triumphant, in heaven; and the...
Blessed Marie-Leonie Paradis
There is a trio of Canadian Saints in this week: Saint Marie of the Incarnation, on the last day of April; Saint Francois de...
George Weigel’s Double Standard
George Weigel, papal biographer and social commentator, certainly has his fixed opinions, and I don’t mind that, even if I may at times disagree...
The Pope, the TLM and the Novus Ordo: Who’s Really Following Vatican II?
The Holy Father just cannot let it go: In remarks made the other day on May 7th to liturgical scholars at the Pontifical Liturgical...
Tattoo You?
(Here is a re-post of an article I wrote five or so years ago now, partly in response to Father Michael Schmitz' public declaration...
Les Poètes Maudits and Their Bitter Fruits
One of the fastest growing 'religious' groups in the West are the 'nones', and I put that in scare quotes, since these are those...
A Few More Good (Gentle) Men
I was in the Niagara region for a wedding last weekend, and, cycling around, I came across this statue of George VI overlooking the...
Brendan the Navigator
Saint Brendan (+577) the sixth century Irish monk, called the 'Navigator', is reputed to have discovered Canada a full millennium before the Italian John...