Matthew’s Marvelous Metanoia
Saint Matthew, also known as Levi, presents Christ as the new Moses, leading His people from the darkness and slavery of sin into the light and freedom of salvation.... Read more.
Trudeau’s Totalitarianism
A vote for Trudeau and his Liberals is a vote for totalitarianism, and a pernicious version at that. Before we cast that ballot, dear reader, we should ponder, reflect... Read more.
Dante’s Seven Centuries
Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago today, at the age of 56, on the evening of September 13th, 1321, fittingly the vigil of the feast of the Holy Cross, at Ravenna,... Read more.
Crecy and the Changing Face of War
The protracted Hundred Years’ War, (if the term protracted is not redundant) which was more like a series of dynastic wars mainly between French and England,... Read more.
The Muddled Metaphysics of Darwin
(Today, August 20th, marks the anniversary of the publication Darwin’s Origin of Species, in 1858, whose full title includes also “by Means of Natural... Read more.
Return of the Taliban, 2.0
What is one to say of the ‘fall of Afghanistan’ over the weekend, which many – myself included – predicted as soon as we sent troops over... Read more.
Falls From Grace
First there were the twisties – not a wardrobe malfunction, but a loss of muscle memory in gymnasts, who ‘forget’ their routines, and where their body is in... Read more.
Saint Roch Against the Plague
August 16th, besides the public memorial of King Stephen of Hungary, is also the feast of a very popular mediaeval Saint, Roch of Montpellier, also known as Rock,... Read more.
Why We Still Very Much Need the Traditional Latin Mass
In light of the tangled and controversial implications of the recent motu proprio Traditionis Custodes – the irony of which title still strikes me – I thought... Read more.
Dominic and the Dogs of (Spiritual) War
(As Father Attard reminds us, this is the 8th centenary of the death of the great Saint Dominic, entering heaven on August 6th, 1221, four years before the birth... Read more.