Life in the Visitation
A blessed feast of the Visitation to one and all! I have always considered this a pro-life feast, when two saintly women, each bearing...
That in Me You May Have Peace
A very joyful, blessed and grace-filled Pentecost to all of our readers...
In the midst of all the travails of this world, let us entrust...
The Ecstatic Life of Saint Joseph of Cupertino
I came across this compilation of stories from the life of Saint Joseph of Cupertino, one of the most remarkable saints in the history...
Life and Death in Britain
Britain votes tomorrow - or today if you're reading this on Friday - on euthanasia, or more properly the Terminally Ill Adults (End of...
The Feast of the Chair of St Peter
The 22nd of February is the Feast of the Chair of St Peter. St Peter’s Chair, or “Cathedra” brings with it the particular mission...
Tolkien and Saint Brendan
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote much else besides Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit - he was an Oxford scholar, with many articles and essays...
Charlie Kirk: A Poem, In Memoriam
Father, when we step into the night,
guide us with Your precious light.
To this land of the free and brave
Please come to hallow and to...
The Theology of Christmas Presents
(A classic by the master essayist, on why we give Christmas presents, for those of us who still sometimes wonder what is the point...
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...
Massacre in Manchester
ISIS has struck again, in the heart of Britain, as a suicide bomber detonated a ‘sophisticated’ device as young concertgoers were leaving an ‘Ariana...
