A sub-category of News.
The best writers are often those who aren’t just writers: they are adventurers as well. Two of my favorite authors in this category are Hilaire Belloc and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Today, I’ll dive into the former’s exploits on land and sea. Unlike his somewhat more famous friend G.K. Chesterton, the inimitable Belloc was a much…
The Document Fiducia Supplicans, issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on December 18, 2023, and approved by Pope Francis, regarding the possibility of granting “simple,” “spontaneous,” “short,” and “non-liturgical” blessings to couples cohabitating in adultery or in same-sex relationships, deeply and detrimentally affects the Catholic Church as a whole, as well…
In earlier days in the Roman Church one of the calendrical milestones of the liturgical year was the “birthday” of the Apostles Peter and Paul, that is to say, the feast of their martyrdom and birth into new life in Heaven, 29 June. The imagery of being born is commonly used in reference to the…
It was exactly eighty years ago this month that General Dwight Eisenhower sent a hundred and fifty thousand soldiers and sailors and airmen across the sea to win the war against Hitler and his Third Reich. It was the largest armada ever launched in human history. Nearly all those young men dispatched from England to…
There have been many bad popes throughout the history of the Church. Indeed, there have been so many that it is a miracle that the Church has survived them. On the other hand, of course, and thanks be to God, there have been many more good popes than there have been bad. Many of these…
According to Russia Today’s triumphant report, There are several main lines of reaction to the news that I have encountered on- and off-line. The Libertarian crowd would think it inappropriate to implement any kind of restrictions on free speech, that being quite in line with Classical Liberalism in this matter, although they are a bit…
Echoes of the Holy Trinity ring out in the hearts of fathers. Failing to appreciate this leaves them prey to the cultural vandals. First, a bit of digging. As with every mystery of our Catholic Faith, the Holy Trinity is called a mystery not because it is like a riddle but because it is like…
One of the catch phrases you hear about and from people in recovery from addiction is the danger of “people pleasing.” It is the old concept from spiritual theology which used to be called “human respect.” The Stations of the Cross by St. Alphonsus Liguori refer to that in one of the meditations, and I…
From what I gather on what is called, with irony that could only come from Hell’s own propaganda department, “social media,” the main causes of the decline in churchgoing are to be attributed to conservatives. They do not welcome people of the whole range of oddball sexual proclivities, they insist upon liturgies that put everyone…
June 13th is the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231). On this day, in 1231, 36-year-old Anthony, a Franciscan priest, was given last rites and died. Although most people are familiar with St. Anthony because he is the patron saint of lost objects, his nickname during his lifetime was “The Hammer of Heretics.”…
