Lenten Reflection From Bishop Erik Varden
Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, a Cistercian Trappist, converted to Catholicism in 2002, and, after years of study at Cambridge and Rome – he is an expert in Syriac... Read more.
The Stabat Mater
For our musical offering on this Third Sunday of Lent, here are a few renditions – amongst many – of the perduring Stabat Mater, the 13th century poem... Read more.
Daylight Savings Time Doesn’t Save Much
Remember to turn your clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time this evening, March 8th, a 2 am to be precise. Or, at least, since most of us keep time using digital... Read more.
Saint Colette of Corbie
Nicole Boellet (1381 – 1447) was a miraculous birth. Her childless, elderly parents, Robert and Marguerite, prayed to Saint Nicholas – yes, ‘Santa... Read more.
What Hold Has China Over the Vatican?
Here is a disconcerting exchange between Pope Leo XIV and an EWTN reporter, when the Pope is asked to comment on the case of Jimmy Lai. As readers may know, Jimmy... Read more.
Benedict’s Resignation
Hard to believe that it was a fateful thirteen years ago on this February 28th that Pope Benedict XVI resigned the papacy, the first Pope to do so since Gregory... Read more.
Nietzsche and Tumbler
Nietzsche either warned or advocated – depending on your point of view – the transvaluation of all values, which is to say, the inversion of the moral... Read more.
Harvesting the Living
The words themselves are chilling: ‘Pre-death approval by the coroner‘: And on it goes into the abyss: “17: The Chief Coroner may allow the removal... Read more.
Anastasia – the Musical!
I’d like to say publicly that the students here at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, under the direction of our staff and faculty, did a wonderful, even a quasi-miraculous,... Read more.
By the Teeth of Saint Apollonia
Saint Apollonia (+249) was a virgin martyr put to death under the reign of Philip the Arab, just before the far more violent persecution under his successor, Decius.... Read more.