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At the Roots of the Mountains: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Contributions to The Jerusalem Bible,...
Tolkien’s Original Jonah Compared to other Traditional Catholic Versions
Msgr. Ronald Knox, a prominent convert from Anglicanism, became “the fifth Catholic Chaplain at Oxford since...
Pope Benedict and Augustine
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
Saint Augustine of Hippo (1)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
After the great Christmas festivities, I would like to...
Saint Bartholomew, aka Nathaniel, In Whom There Was No Guile
A blessed feast of Saint Bartholomew, to one and all! Like many of the Apostles, we don't know all that much about the life...
Pope Benedict and Saint Bartholomew
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 4 October 2006
Bartholomew
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In the series on the Apostles called by Jesus during his earthly life, today...
Editor's Corner
Gregory the Great, a Pope for All Seasons
One of the great joys of history is reminiscing about the past, giving hope for the present; for history is ‘eschatological’, moving towards a...
Spaghetti and the SSPX
Kennedy Hall has positioned himself as the foremost apologist for the SSPX, his books and articles are considered required reading by some fellow traditionalists....
André Grasset, Canada’s First Homegrown Beatus
Blessed André Grasset was the first Canadian to be beatified - not quite the first 'saint', which requires canonization. That honour belongs to the...
The Legendary Hermit, Saints Giles, or Egidio
The life of Saint Giles, as many mediaeval saints, is steeped in legend. What we do know is that he had quite a following,...
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Rings of Power, Rings of Turpitude
The ongoing new take on Lord of the Rings - 'Rings of Power', an 'Amazon Original' - is, as expected, from what Ben Reinhard report - and I paraphrase - a dumpster fire, a debacle, a scandal and a morass of moral turpitude. Not that I have seen it,...
Saints Agricola and Ingrid
A mention of two other saints commemorated on this second day of September:
The first is Saint Agricola (630 – 710), who at the tender age of sixteen chose the ‘better part’, becoming a monk at the Abbey of Lérins. At the less-tender age of thirty, he was appointed coadjutor...
Saint Raymond, the Not-Born, and Saint Aristedes, the Apologist
Saint Raymond Nonnatus - the 'not-born' - who died on this day in 1240, was a Mercedarian priest, whose Order, as their name implies, was tasked with ransoming Christian slaves from the Moors (that is, Muslims). We might consider that a controversial practice, as ironically incentivizing capturing more slaves...
Pilgrimage
A Pilgrimage By the Saint Lawrence
The mighty Saint Lawrence River is intertwined with the history of Canada and the United States, and forms a natural border between the two...
All Roads Lead to Rome
On this feast of Saint Bridget of Sweden, one of the four co-patrons of Europe (along with Saint Benedict, Saint Catherine of Siena and...
There and Back Again
I returned from Rome late last night, around about midnight – at least, all the way back home, which required an hour’s walk through...
The Profound Peace of Assisi
I wasn’t quite prepared for Assisi, even if it was just what I needed. I suppose God works like that. When I got off...
Florence: Art, Beauty and Truth
Firenze! Even the name - at least in Italian - signifies energy, exuberance, enthusiasm. What is one to say of Florence in a few words?...
Le Sieci and Christ the King
I left off these reflections with my arrival in Florence, after the Purgatory - I will not say hell, for it had its end...
Swtizerland and Frauenthal
Upon arriving in Zurich from Vienna, I had an hour or so before I caught a connecting train down to Knonau and the convent....
A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome
I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldn’t just show...
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Apologetics 101
Apologetics is the art of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse, making reference to both faith and reason as appropriate, in light of Saint Peter’s admonition to ‘Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence’ (1 Peter 3:15).
