A New Archbishop, and a Mystery Solved
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Bishop Michael Mulhall – who has led the diocese of Pembroke since 2007, wherein I and the College at which I teach both happen...
Kissing Rings and Boxing Rings
The Holy Father has just completed his one-day pilgrimage to the Holy House of Loreto. As tradition has it – not of divine faith,...
The Ides and the Martyrs
‘Tis the ides of March, when one is meant to beware, for it marks the assassination of Julius Caesar, a famous enough event in...
Tragedies, Evils and the Still, Small Voice
Tragedy in Christchurch, New Zealand, the bucolic land of sheep and Lord of the Rings, where murder is about as rare as it can...
Cardinal Pell’s Innocence and Collegial Guilt
As justice has it, each of us deserves his day in court, and should be deemed innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt. But such...
The Ultimate Gift of Perpetua and Felicity
Today is also the feast – a commemoration now, in the Lenten calendar of the Novus Ordo – of the early martyrs Perpetua and...
The Innocent Cardinal and the Plagiarizing Priest?
The Cardinal Pell saga continues, with his own lawyer now apparently conceding some sort of truth to the decades-old offences, while George Weigel offers...
Gender Neutrality?
From genderless people to genderless clothing – or is it the other way around? Glancing through the article, even the physiognomy, besides all the...
Pirates of Penzance!
Come and see Seat of Wisdom's performance of Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan's 1880 rollicking musical operetta, filled with music, singing, dancing, harmonies galore,...
The Truth of Synods and Conquistadors
Blaise Cardinal Cupich has denied any link between homosexuality and the sexual abuse crisis, and that the upcoming synod will not only not focus...
