Eisenhower’s Dire Farewell Warning
On this day in 1961, outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower - 'Ike' - gave his famous farewell speech, warning Americans of the dangers of...
Two Significant Years of Saint Thomas Aquinas
(Here is a reminder of the 'two years of Saint Thomas', as decreed by the Vatican last year. The 800th anniversary of the great...
Brother Bernard of Corleone
Franciscan Capuchins celebrate the feast of our Capuchin brother St Bernard of Corleone on the twelfth of January, and we may delve a little...
Saint Raymond of Penyafort
Today, January 8th, is the feast of Saint Raymond of Penyafort (1175-1275), one of the first Dominicans (officially known as the Order of Preachers)...
The Wisdom of the Magi
When reading from the Gospel of St Matthew, in my mind and heart comes naturally the beautiful parallelism Pope Benedict XVI brought about the...
T.S. Eliot’s Epiphany
The English poet T.S. Eliot - a high Anglican, with strong Catholic sympathies - wrote numerous religious works (including the life of Saint Thomas...
Cupich, Custom and Communion
Anthony Esolen spares few punches in his opinion on Cardinal Cupich’s recent directive for Catholics in his diocese to receive Communion standing, effectively forbidding...
The Church Could Use A Few More Thomas (à) Beckets
A blessed continuing 'Merrie Christmas!' to all our readers, on this sixth day of Christmas, as we celebrate all these twelve days, right up...
The Heroic Witness of the Holy Innocents
December 28th is the Feast of the Holy Innocent Martyrs, who, without knowing, died at the hands of Herod who wanted to kill the...
