Edmund Campion’s English Optimism
Today, on this first day of December, we call to mind Saint Edmund Campion – see Avellina Ballestri’s fine recounting of his glorious life from...
Saint Andrew the Protoclete
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Wednesday, 14 June 2006
Andrew, the Protoclete
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In the last two catecheses we spoke about the figure of St Peter. Now,...
Andrew, An Apostle for All Ages
A blessed feast of Saint Andrew to all our readers! Today, the last day of November, were it not the first Sunday of Advent,...
MAiD and the RCMP
As the saying goes, they always get their man, or woman, especially if they're old, sick and/or enfeebled. One week after Remembrance Day, November...
Quas Primas of Pius XI: On the Feast of Christ the King
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the institution of the Feast of Christ the King, by the promulgation of Pope Pius XI's encyclical...
A Triptych of Saints: Clement, Columba and Pro
We commemorate three saints on this November 23rd, Saints Clement of Rome, Columba and Miguel Pro, muted this year on the Solemnity of Christ...
Hot Air Hypocrisy
Irony may be defined as something that goes against expectation, especially radically so. It is the basis of much of literature and films –...
An Intriguing Take on the Titles of Our Lady
Here's an intriguing take on the controversy surrounding the titles of Our Lady recently deemed 'inopportune' by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the...
Saints Margaret of Scotland and Gertrude of Germany
Beautiful bonnie Margaret of Scotland (+1093) was the devoted wife of Malcom III, king of the nation to which she fled as a fetching...
A Significant Insouciance
If the reader wants a significant moment in the history of the Church in America, ponder the insouciant non-reaction from the assembled bishops to...
