Monday, June 30, 2025

Novena to Saint Joseph!

As the saying goes, Ite ad Joseph! - Go to Joseph, and today marks the beginning of the novena to the Protector and Defender...

Hitchens’ Thoughts on Francis

An intriguing take on this pontificate, with more than a note of tragedy, from Dan Hitchens, senior editor at First Things.

Pope Francis Marks a Decade

Today, March 13th, is the tenth anniversary of the election of Jorge Bergolio as the 266th successor of Saint Peter, the first Pope from...

Bill C-11 – Totalitarian Censorship of, well, Everything

Bill C-11 is a piece of government legislation designed to limit - that is, censor - 'hate material' on the internet and, as is...

15 Minute Cities – Utopian Villages, or Dystopic Hells?

There's much ado of late on '15 minute cities', (FMCs - like everything else now, they have their own acronym) a proposed redesigning of...

Loving Your Home

Sometime contributor to these pages, Rebecca Jacobson - and her own Mum - have a delightful and quite lovely blog, lovingyourhome, which is well...

Saints Hilary and Cassian

A brief mention of two saints, both of whose commemorations fall on February 29th - the day of their deaths. Hence, on non-leap years...

Renfrew County School Board Meeting and Josh Alexander

(Besides this notice from PAFE of the upcoming meeting, one of the concerned members of the public has been given ten minutes to give...

Out of the Smothering, Into the Sunlight

As the Catechism, along with solid human reason, have it, men and women are different. But they are also complementary, each with their particular...

Canon 87’s ‘Loophole’ and the TLM: Closed

What was feared has now come to pass, with the closing of the 'loophole' of Canon 87.1, by Cardinal Roche, current head of the...