Saint Lawrence of Brindisi’s Brilliance
Saint Lorenza (Lawrence) da Brindisi - Capuchin priest and Doctor of the Church - was born Giulio Cesare Russo on July 22, 1559 to Guglielmo...
Elijah the Prophet
A friend just reminded me that today, a few days after Our Lady of Mount Carmel, is the commemoration of the great prophet Elijah,...
Infallible Infallibility
On this July 17th, 1870, the First Vatican Council solemnly declared the doctrine of infallibility – infallibly. The prelude to the definition was surrounded...
Scandal, and Speaker Pelosi’s Defiance
In reference to Nancy Pelosi receiving Communion in a Papal Mass – although not by the Pope - along with an all-smiles photo-op with...
Initial Thoughts on the Pope’s Desiderio
My first thought on the recent liturgical Motu Proprio of Pope Francis, Desiderio Desideravi, was similar to Peter Kwasnieski's - that the Holy Father's...
Witness of the Proto-Martyrs
On June 30th, 2022, the feast celebrates the feast of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome.
Their witness is important because it brings...
The I’s of July
It was on this day in 2007 that the i-phone was first introduced to the world, and things have never been the same since....
The Spiritual Joy of John the Baptist
The feast of the nativity of St John the Baptist is certainly characterised by joy, in Latin, gaudium.
Interestingly enough we are not talking about felicitas,...
Roe v. Wade Overturned, Deo Gratias
Finally, the prayers and efforts of those on the cause of life over these decades in the trenches have paid off, from the envelope...
Dred Scott and Roe
An intriguing comparison between the 1857 Dred Scott decision, and the 1973 Roe v. Wade. In both, the 'personhood' of certain segments of the...
