Thursday, January 29, 2026

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...

World Wide Web’s Birthday

Today is the traditional birthday of what was dubbed - and the name stuck - the world wide web. On April 30th, back in...

A Eulogy for Father de Valk and Homeschoolers Beware

A blessed Third Sunday of Easter to all our readers! Christus surrexit vere, alleluia! Father Raymond de Souza has posted in the Catholic Register a...