Monday, August 4, 2025

The Proportionality of War

As the stakes rise in the various conflicts around the world, not least in Russia, Ukraine and the Middle east, we should remind ourselves...

The Witness of Joseph Moscati, Physician and Saint

November 16th was the feast of the holy doctor of Naples, St Joseph Moscati. Giuseppe Moscati, who was born in Benevento (southern Italy), on...

Pope Benedict and Martin of Tours

BENEDICT XVI ANGELUS St Peter's Square Sunday, 11 November 2007 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, 11 November, the Church remembers St Martin, Bishop of Tours, one of the most...

Blessed John Duns Scotus, One of the Great Lights of the Franciscan Order, the...

On the 8th day of November, the Franciscan Order celebrated its important beati, John Duns Scotus. This famous Scottish Franciscan reverbated God’s knowledge and...

Where Has All the Farmland Gone?

RFK, Jr. explains in three minutes, and it's worth pondering. If this is the case with pig farming, what's next? And what might be...

The Commemoration of All the Deceased of the Seraphic Order

On Tuesday November 5th, we celebrated the Commemoration of All the Deceased of the Seraphic Order. On that occasion we recalled to mind and,...

Google – Don’t Be Evil

Google's motto - replete with irony - was 'don't be evil'. They dropped that in 2018, although it's still apparently somewhere in their code...

St Charles Borromeo, Man of God and Servant of the Church

Today, Monday 4 November 2024, as we are celebrating the feast of St Charles Borromeo, one instinctively moves my heart, the receptivity and the...

Il Poverello, Martin of Porres

Some of the saints signify sanctity in a way that goes beyond the norm, if ‘norm’ can be applied to a thing like sanctity,...

Would the Real ‘Fascist’ Please Stand Up?

The term 'fascism' gets a lot of traction in politics, even if few of us could strictly define it. The etymology derives from the...