Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Saint Thomas Aquinas died on this day, March 7, 1274, at the Cistercian monastery of Fossanuova in Italy, between Naples and Rome (where there is now a street named after him) on his way to the Second Council of Lyons, in southwestern France. His death, like his life, was eminently holy and simple, offering his[…]
I have an article published this morning in Crisis, on the necessity of reappropriating and reinstantiating beautiful liturgical music, which the Church describes as her greatest artistic treasure. What we hear in all too many parishes is, quite simply, unfitting for house of God and public, liturgical worship. As always, comments, critical or otherwise, are[…]
The errors of communism, as Our Lady predicted, continue their long, slow march throughout the world, but sometimes this march takes a sharp turn for the worse. Witness South Africa, whose Marxist parliament under new president Cyril Ramaphosa recently voted to usurp all the land of ‘white farmers’ without compensation, giving said land, one may[…]
(This is the second part to Paula Adamick’s historical analysis of Communism, following her first take earlier this month. Read and enjoy. Its enduring appeal rests largely in the fact that too few have been able to grasp its nature. The majority instead succumb to its deception, skilfully concealed by the most extravagant promises. Pius[…]
Baptized Anglican, Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) during Easter of 1909 visited Rome where he experienced a mystical event and became a Roman Catholic at the age of 25. Widely regarded as one of the premiere historians of the 20th century, his writings were greatly admired by Arnold Toynbee, T.S. Eliot, and Russell Kirk. Dawson approached[…]
While we’re on the topic of clarity, an excellent read is this recent piece by Gerhard Cardinal Mϋller in First Things. Quite a limpid, and we might add, bold presentation of the only orthodox interpretation of Amoris Laetitia, upholding the natural and divine law doctrine that the sexual union is lawful only within a canonically[…]
I suppose I should wish everyone a joyous and restful Family Day, but I have a strong, almost knee-jerk, reaction to State-mandated holidays, regardless of their theme or intention, as I wrote on this day last year. But, since it is a day off for everyone, enjoy the time with family, friends, or just going[…]
Do youngsters still read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? I recall gobbling them up when I was a lad. There is one that I wish to call to your attention: It’s a story about a race horse called Silver Blaze. In the stories, Sherlock is always two steps ahead of the police, and so it[…]
Patrick Brown has thrown his hat into the ring of the Progressive Conservative leadership race, vying to win back the very position he resigned what seems like just yesterday ago, I suppose in his attempt not just to salvage his reputation and what he considers his ‘life’, but also bringing the Party more to the[…]
No one can be at the same time a sincere Catholic and a true Socialist. Pius XI, Quadragesimo Anno (1931) Before he became a famed author of children’s books in the 1930s, Arthur Ransome spent five years in Russia as a British correspondent for the Guardian newspaper. During those years, he witnessed the fall of the Romanov[…]
