Good Friday and War
On the theme of suffering on this Good Friday, there is a pertinent and evocative reflection by James Bogle on OnePeterFive on the bombing...
Wednesday for Saint Joseph
Wednesday is traditionally a day dedicated to Saint Joseph, and to those who love and pray to the great patriarch. As Catholic tradition and...
Pèlerinage en Quebec
I am currently on pilgrimage through Quebec, la belle province, which is still so 'Catholic', at least on the outside, with many signs of...
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary and Praying for Peace
The Holy Father and the Patriarch of Jerusalem have called for a day of prayer and fasting on this upcoming Monday, October 7th, the...
Courage and Campion’s Brag
We need more thumos in the Catholic Church, the Platonic notion of 'spirit, courage, wherewithal, steadfastness, zeal, magnanimity, capacity' and we may add a...
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...
Apologetics, 101
âThe Church needs to promote apologetics, which is aimed at affirming the truth of Christian revelation, the harmony of faith and reason, and a...
Pope Benedict, Silence and Cardinal Sarah
I just came across a brief commentary by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, on Robert Cardinal Sarah's new book, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship...
Clarification on the Legend of Paul VI’s ‘Permission’
*Pursuant to my recent post on Pope Francis' ambiguous and confusing remarks on contraception, it turns out that my initial discomfiture of hearing of...
The True Treasure of the Church
A blessed and joyful feast of Saint Lawrence to all, one of the very few non-Apostolic saints to be honoured with a full 'feast'....