Why We Can’t Drop the SSPX Debate… At Least, Just Yet
Can We Finally Drop the SSPX Debate? This might seem an odd time to discuss the SSPX, as things unravel in our world – terrorism, war, murder and ideologies... Read more.
Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile
I just finished reading Joseph Pearce’s biography of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, subtitled ‘A Soul in Exile’, a remarkable book, packing a very full life into... Read more.
John of Damascus, Defender of Icons and the Last of the Eastern Fathers
Was there ever a golden age of Catholic and Islamic relations? The evidence for such is slim, with the two religions seemingly incompatible and irreconcilable –... Read more.
IVF and Adopting Embryos
I was waiting for it, as I listened to a recent pro-life talk I attended, the topic of which was IVF: I had an inkling the presenter would raise the fractious issue... Read more.
Hamburg, Hiroshima and Hamas: Innocents in War and the Dignity of Human Life
On October 11, 1649, the troops of Oliver Cromwell, who was then ‘Lord Protector of England’, stormed the besieged village of Wexford, Ireland. The soldiers... Read more.
‘Our Lady of Public Health’
On this feast of Saint Luke, physician and healer, it is a propos that we post a link to a series of insightful and intriguing essays on our health-and-safety obsessed... Read more.
How Really to Remember Senator Feinstein
For what should Senator Diane Feinstein, who died recently at the advanced age of 91 after a long – some might say far too long – career in politics,... Read more.
Gregorian Chant: Music for Soul, Body, and God
I recently read a short (152 pages) and small book (each page is 5” by 6”), with beautiful font, and a fittingly short title, Chant, by Katherine le Mée, published... Read more.
Crushing Dissent
The punishing penal sentences meted to two groups of protestors – a group of pro-lifers who blocked an abortuary, as well as those who wandered through the... Read more.
Resisting Evil: The Beatification of the Ulma Family
God permits moral evil – He never wills it, let it be said – but He does allow it, even the grave and demonic kind, for reasons that are mysterious.... Read more.