Benedict, John Paul II and Freedom
Pope Emeritus Benedict wrote a brief reflection on the hundredth anniversary of Pope John Paul II's birth, which is well worth a read, as...
Dealing Babies, Courting Death
As Thomas More and Pope John Paul II both say, all suffering is a form of punishment, but one that is - and should...
Cardinal Sarah Says it Like it Is
Here is the conclusion of some remarks Robert Cardinal Sarah recently made, in light of the Church and society's response to the pandemic, words...
Anne Bolyen’s Apparent Demise. But ’tis Really So?
Anne Boleyn lost her head on this fine spring day in May, 1536, put to death by the decree of her own quasi-husband, Henry...
The Glorious Siege of Malta
Today marks the anniversary in 1565 of the glorious resistance of the Christians to the siege of Malta by the overwhelming invading Ottoman Turks....
A Politically Correct Poem
Burning Child — A politically correct poem
Stop. Don’t speak
a word
sew lips shut with wire
before barbed ire aroused.
We must be kindness-carnate
sweet asphyxiate
in syrup
before a word...
Changes Afoot
In light of the recent appointment of Bishop Guy Desrochers as the new ordinary of Pembroke, I noticed that at the same time, the...
A New Bishop for Pembroke and for Canada
Propitiously, on this memorial of Canada's first, and quite saintly, bishop, a new episcopus has been announced for the Pembroke diocese, where this writer...
Sudden Socialsm
The dear reader should ponder this interview with Pierre Manent, which summarizes what is wrong with this imposition of near-universal house arrest, and the...
