Saint Bernard’s Three Advents
In one of his sermons, the Cistercian abbot, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (+1090) distinguishes three Advents of Christ: The first, at Christmas, when He came as a... Read more.
The Fall of Malta? But Not of Vella
We need more leaders like George Vella, current president of Malta. The small jewel of an island nation, in the middle of the Mediterranean, with one of the most... Read more.
Corrupting Constitutions, Controlled Commuting and Changing Climates
In discussing the theme of Church-State relations in class, I offer students examples of constitutions of various countries, those founding documents that shape... Read more.
Christus Vincit!
A blessed solemnity of Christ the King to all our readers! A rather recent feast, as Church history goes, first promulgated by Pope Pius XI in the wake of the ‘war... Read more.
Drifting Down the Stream
The saying has it that politics is downstream of culture, and I would only add that so is everything else. For what is a nation or a people but its culture, all... Read more.
Dancing Away the Darkness
Saint Francis de Sales once quipped, if my fallible memory serves, that dances were a lot like mushrooms: Even the best weren’t worth that much. We might retort,... Read more.
The Fate of Unbaptized Babies: Matthew Plese…Please Distinguish
Over at OnePeterFive, columnist Matthew Plese, who, according to his by-line, is a Third Order Dominican and an official catechist, claims as Church dogma that unbaptized... Read more.
Deep Fakes, Deep Lies
Imagine seeing yourself on a video doing and saying things – especially scandalous things – you never did. At least, you cannot recall them, and you... Read more.
Billionaire Bill and the Woeful Wages of Mammon
Sam Kriss has an intriguing take on Bill Gates, and what being that rich – I mean, really, unimaginably rich – does to someone. As Alec Baldwin says... Read more.
Is the SSPX Really a Refuge for Traditional Catholics?
Where do traditional Catholics go from here? Of course, all Catholics should be ‘traditional’, in the sense of preserving, living by and handing on our... Read more.