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The ghost of St. John-Marie-Baptiste Vianney seems trapped in the breezes of Dearborn County, where the old French priest passes through the Indiana skies as an approval of old country ways. Once a humble priest of post-Revolutionary France, he now lingers improbably in this small corner of America—far from his time, farther still from his…
In a little over 50 days in office, it’s become clear that Pope Leo XIV is no “Francis 2.0.” While surely the two men possess many commonalities, Leo is not a carbon-copy of the controversial and divisive Francis. This difference is most stark when it comes to the new pope’s liturgical preferences. He clearly loves…
It is a strange feature of our times that when a priest fulfills his sacred duty it becomes news. Such is the case with Fr. Ian Vane, who rightly refused Holy Communion to British MP Chris Coghlan after Coghlan’s public support for assisted suicide. Such an action by a priest should be common—as common as…
Above: Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, with gushing blood, detail of the Ghent Altarpiece, Jan van Eyck, c. 1432. According to the Traditional Catholic Calendar of 1962 and prior, July 1st is the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This feast was instituted for the Universal Church in 1849 by Pope…
On July 1, 1925, exactly one hundred years ago, Erik Satie, often referred to as the “Socrates of music,” passed away in Paris. A nonconformist composer who constantly defied expectations, Satie challenged the rigid academicism and bourgeois conventions of his time through his irony, eccentricity, and a distinctly transgressive spirit. Born in 1866 in Honfleur,…
It began, as it often does, with a teacher’s question. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” The responses, once peppered with dreams of firefighting, flying, and healing, have given way to a new, disconcerting consensus. The overwhelming answer: “A Social Media Influencer.” To a sixth-grader’s mind, it’s the ultimate hack: attention…
We live in an age when many scientists still clumsily reduce the mind to nothing more than neurochemical activity, namely, the mere interactions of neurons and neurotransmitters. Such scientists often react with hostility at even the suggestion that substance dualism might be true. Therefore, it is refreshing to witness the person with the world’s highest…
Above: Calgary, Alberta. Félix M.ª Martín Antoniano holds a degree in Law from the Complutense University (Madrid) and completed a Master’s degree in Stock Market and Financial Markets from the Institute of Stock Market Studies (Madrid). He is a member of the Madrid Bar Association. He has published various works in the magazines Verbo and…
In the first part of this essay, I gave a brief overview of the influence of nationalism from the French Revolution till today. In the second part, I want to discuss how the Church responded to nationalism and nationalist movements in the modern era, from the French Revolution to the 20th century. The French Revolution…
Political obsession is a reality we all have to live with. On any given day, even when we intentionally avoid the news, it seems that we hear Trump’s name at least three times a day. If only people would speak as passionately about our Blessed Lord! Perhaps then we would all be just as Jesus-focused…
