The comical reaction I got from a television anchor may never leave my memory. When I told her that the people who lived under King Saint Louis IX of France were freer than we are now in America, she looked … Continue reading
A couple of days after I posted a piece quoting Dorothy L. Sayers — and I don’t often cite Anglican novelists — I came upon an article on the First Things site, Dorothy Sayers and Economic Society. It’s a good … Continue reading
The British author and translator of Dante’s Divine Comedy, Dorothy Sayers, once wrote a spoof catechism based upon what most people really know of their Faith. When she came to the doctrine of the Trinity she has this question and … Continue reading
I wrote my senator, Jeanne Shaheen, to express my views opposing embryonic stem-cell research. Finding her answer was callous and evasive, I wrote a response spelling out the issue more plainly. The correspondence, minus my brief opening email, is herewith … Continue reading
From a Russian blogger comes a stinging critique of America under President Obama. Stanislav Mishin originally published this on his blog, Mat Rodina, but I’ve linked to Pravda’s reprint of it (the printer-friendly version, to spare you some grossly immodest … Continue reading
Recently brought to my attention is this posting by Father John Zuhlsdorf (“Father Z”). In it, the popular Wanderer writer and Internet peritus presents some thoughts on relations between the SSPX and the Holy See. While some may consider that … Continue reading
I went to a school run by the Congregation of the Holy Cross, Holy Cross School. The brothers there are part of that same Congregation still affiliated with Notre Dame. We even had the same fight song, the euphonium part … Continue reading
Ahh, the wonders of technology! Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe would, I hope, approve our use of it. I’m writing this in the car on the way from Phoenix, Arizona to San Diego, California — on Interstate 8 to be precise. … Continue reading
Two years after having one of the lowest birth rates in the world, Georgia is enjoying something of a baby boom, following an intervention from the country’s most senior cleric. It would be wonderful to see Catholic bishops doing what … Continue reading
This column comes from sunny California, where Brother Maximilian Maria and I have just begun a two-state Catholic America Tour. Our first full day here in Blessed Junipero Serra country started with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the … Continue reading
A friend of mine recently brought to my attention this dramatic confirmation of the necessity of sacramental baptism, and God’s providence in supplying it. While we Latins were celebrating the feast of the great Saint Pius V (May 5), the … Continue reading
The ancient prophesy of Genesis 3:15 (“she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel”), has long been interpreted by Catholics to be a reference to the Virgin Mary. This goes back at least to … Continue reading
Sometimes we have to beg. This is one of those times. The economic crisis we’re in is affecting everyone, but just because we beg doesn’t mean we have to be dire about it. Neither will we make outrageous promises or … Continue reading
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