So Let it Be Written: A Movie Review of the Ten Commandments
(A recent review of an older film, the Ten Commandments hearkens back to a more golden, and more innocent, era of Hollywood. Much better...
Ireland’s Last Domino
”This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and...
Of Severed Heads, Pronoun Wars and Canaries
An Italian neurosurgeon, Sergio Canavero, is planning to head up the first human body-head transplant, taking the head from a man, Valery Spiridonov, who...
Motion M103 and the Perilous Ambiguity of ‘Islamophobia’
Tomorrow, our noble Parliament will vote on Motion M103, which is a motion to get into a motion laws forbidding 'Islamaphobia'. Said Motion is...
The Inestimable Value of a Pilgrimage
Just as the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord, we might say that the first step on the road to sanctity is...
A Lesson in Para Bellum: Knight of the Long Knives
History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. – Mark TwainSi vis pacem, para bellum - If you want peace, prepare for war.This weekend...
The Miracle on Assumption Day
Victory in battle does not depend on who has the largest army; it is the Lord's power that determines the outcome (1 Maccabaeus 3:9)Presumably...
Calvary: A Film Review
Directed by John Michael McDonaghWritten by John Michael McDonaghIn the credits at the end of Calvary (2014), interspersed among the endless lists of names, are still...
11 Benefits of the Rosary from the 11 Marian Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII was, undoubtedly, a prolific writer of encyclicals. During his 25 year pontificate he wrote a total of 88 encyclicals. Leo wrote...
Felix Culpa
At the bank a few years back, my friendly teller and I were chatting in the way that sometimes happens when you are about the...