Saturday, August 16, 2025

Saints Ita and Maurus

Saint Ita was an early Irish nun, Íte ingen Chinn Fhalad in Gaelic (+ ca. 480 - 577). Descended from royalty (the King of...

Excess Deaths Across the Globe

Excess deaths continue across the world and the media and the medical establishment are mute - or is that muzzled? We were previously told...

Pope Saint Hyginus

Pope Hyginus, whose feast is today, January 11th, reigned from 138 to his death in 142 - the ninth to hold the papal throne....

Jackson and Zero Debt

On this day in 1835, President Andrew Jackson proudly announced that, with his austere economic policies, the debt of the United States had been...

The Saints and the Solemnity of Epiphany  

Today we are celebrating the Feast of the Epiphany. As we know, etymologically the word epiphany is derived from the Greek term epiphaneia, which...

Excess Deaths Continue to Climb…and Climb

What, pray tell, is going on? And why is no one reporting on it? The young and middle-aged are dying at increasing rates -...

In the Name of Jesus

One of the earliest feasts we celebrate in this New Year of 2024 is that of the Name of Jesus, this most powerful Name. In...

Life-giving Inspirations from Pope Benedict XVI

On Saturday 31 December 2022 - the very last day of last year, Pope Benedict XVI entered eternity. Every time the Lord gives me...

Saint John, Theologian of Love

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 9 August 2006 John, the theologian Dear Brothers and Sisters, Before the holidays I had begun sketching small portraits of the...

The Mystery of Christmas in Two Patristic Texts

After walking our Advent journey the time has come for us to celebrate the feast of Christmas, the Feast of feasts as St Francis of Assisi...