Modesty and Monetary Miasma
I am more and more convinced that the scandals plaguing our Church and society, and the salvation of the world, depends far more upon...
Migrants, Warming and Stocking for the Antichrist
A blessed and joyous Epiphany week to all our readers, in these last days of the Christmas season, leading up to the Baptism of...
Christmas, Canada, Becket and the Truth
A blessed continuing merrie Christmas to all our readers, as we celebrate all these twelve days, right up to the Epiphany and the Baptism...
The Salvific Message of Christmas
As we draw close to Christmas, waiting in these days of darkness, it is profitable to reflect on the purpose of the Incarnation. An...
Farewell to Future Generations
It is oft good – if still disheartening – to read of one’s deepest fears realized, for it signifies that one’s thoughts are tending...
Lust, Esto Vir and Franco
Of all the sins, Saint Thomas says (II-II.153.5) that lust perverts the reason the most, its intensity – meant to bond together a man...
Politics, Piggery and Doing One’s Duty
As the midterms make clear, the U.S. continues its continental divide, between the (ironically) red Republicans and the blue Democrats, with the former under...
Guy, Gosnell and Social Cohesion
Remember, remember the fifth of November. Yes, it is Guy Fawkes Day, when Brits of a certain religious persuasion celebrate - or used to...
The Beginning and End
It took nearly a hundred years - in galactic terms, I admit, a twinkle of an eye – but astronomers have now officially re-named...
Synods, Speech and Synagogue
The Synod on Youth has closed, after approving the final document in accord with the new rules on Episcopal Synods promulgated by Pope Francis...
