An Apologia for Women

It seems someone took umbrage at my reflection on Women’s Day, even going so far as to call it ‘vile’ – strong brew! –...

The Mystery of the Annunciation as Reflected in Pope St John Paul II

March 25th is the Solemnity of the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The centrality of this feast lies in the Latin words found...

God’s Daughter, Margaret Clitherow

Please do enjoy this podcast on the great English saint Margaret Clitherow, or Clitheroe - spelling was variable back then, and even her contemporary...

Federal Election, April 28th: The Fight for Canada Continues

After visiting the Governor-General, who must approve in the King's name, Mark Carney has called a federal election here in our fair Dominion of...

Embryos and Adoption

We've written before in these pages on the ontological and moral status of pre-born embryos, and the hundreds of thousands of them kept in...

Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela

In this Jubilee year of hope, friends of mine, Pico and Ruth, are organizing a pilgrimage to Spain, to walk part of the final...

Caveat LifeSite: Incipient Schisms

Heresy - the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise an obstinate...

Five Years Ago…

A pithy paragraph from Mark Steyn, summing up much in a few words: It was five years ago that the entire western world except Sweden...

Pope Francis’ Thirteenth

Thirteen years ago, on a fateful March 13th in the year of Our Lord 2013, Jorge Bergoglio was elected the 266th Pope, taking the...

Novena Prayers to Saint Joseph

March 10th - or 11th, if you want to end on the Solemnity itself - is the day to begin the novena to Saint...