Cardinals, Consistories and Conclaves
Pope Francis is holding an extraordinary consistory of cardinals this weekend, when all the 206 cardinals of the world are called together, sixteen new cardinals... Read more.
Bury my body wherever you will; let not care of it cause you any concern. One thing I only ask of you, that you remember me at the altar of the Lord wherever you... Read more.
Caveat Discipulus: The University of Western Ontario Triples Down
Yes, let students beware before laying down their – or their parents’ – money. The University of Western Ontario – now just Western University... Read more.
If only mortals would learn how great it is to possess divine grace, how beautiful, how noble, how precious. How many riches it hides within itself, how many joys... Read more.
Let all Christians, therefore, glory in being subjects of the Virgin Mother of God, who, while wielding royal power, is on fire with a mother’s love. (Venerable... Read more.
Is That the Sound of Crunchy Crickets?
As the title of this thread has it, they’re starting to slip the bugs in. No, no, not computer bugs, which have been around for decades, but real bugs, with... Read more.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving (Albert Einstein)... Read more.
the future of the world stands in peril unless wiser men are forthcoming (Gaudium et Spes, 15)... Read more.
Saint Vincent of Lérins and True Development of Doctrine
Here is a very good take on Saint Vincent of Lérins (+445) and the complex question of the development of doctrine, on which Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman also... Read more.
And with regard to ourselves, how deservedly do we keep the feast of the Assumption with all solemnity. What reasons for rejoicing, what motives for exultation have... Read more.