The Three Saints of the Day
Today is one of the rare, if memory serves unique, days in the liturgical calendar wherein we celebrate three saints. Â In chronological order, they...
Stoned, but not Out
I have an article this morning on LifeSite, which tries - as all essays should do - to make the case for the distinction...
Courts, Cardinals and Constantine
Where does one even begin, as events outpace our capacity to absorb and assimilate them?
The U.S. Senate, by a rather slim majority (52 to...
Aligning Planets and Melodious Music
As we being our proximate preparation for Christmas, with the novena of the O Antiphons, and, if you are so inclined, the meditations of...
Clarification on ‘Peace’ and ‘Violence’
A local on-line magazine seems to have quoted me in a way that may be misconstrued: So for those of you in the local...
Nereus, Achilleus, and Pancras: Choosing Our Path
Today we commemorate the early martyrs Nereus and Achilleus, eunuchs and chamberlains of the court, and eventual converts to Christianity, who were put to...
Pot, Schizophrenia and Debating Animal and Human Rights
Should we be surprised? A recent study out of Denmark, published in JAMA Psychiatry, links 'problematic' use of marijuana with the development of schizophrenia....
Onward, Christian Soldiers!
George Buscemi is right, and his words should be read by all our bishops and priests and everyone sitting in the pews wondering what...
Clarificatio
It seems there has been something of a tempest in reaction to my two posts about Russia and Ukraine, which were admittedly hastily written,...
Suffer the Little Children
Francesco Marto died on this day, April 4th, in 1919, a year before his sister and fellow visionary, Jacinta, followed him the following February,...