Thus times do shift; each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed as former things grow old. — Robert Herrick, “Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve” After the excitement of the Twelve Days of Christmas and theringing in of the New … Continue reading
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The New Catholic ‘Far-Right’ in France, Part II
From the traditional Catholic viewpoint news on several fronts during the first two weeks of 2019 was excellent even if all of it was not generated by practicing Catholics. For instance: Jair Bolsonaro, inaugurated on January 1 as President of … Continue reading
Our Lady Ever-Virgin: Isaias 7:14 and the Hebrew Word Alma
Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel (Isaias 7:14). Recently I posted as a News Item the denial by Bishop Manuel Linda of Porto, Portugal, of our Blessed Mother’s perpetual and … Continue reading
The New Catholic ‘Far-Right’ in France
For the first time in decades there is visible on the French political landscape politics rooted in France’s historical Catholicism. From the point of view and in the parlance of secular liberal globalists that makes the politics “far right,” “extreme … Continue reading
The Sword Revealeth the Heart
And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed (Luke 2:35). The four Gospels are not without passages that need explanation. That is why we have an ecclesia docens (a Church teaching). … Continue reading
The Meteoric Rise of Vox
The rise of European right-wing movements branded as “extremist” by secular liberal globalists for their espousal of Christian-rooted history, customs and traditions has been marked at the other end of the political spectrum by a decline in voter support for … Continue reading
Who is the Matrix?
After my recent interview with Dr. David Lang on the subject of “Why Matter Matters,” the importance of matter in the divine plan has been in my thoughts. Dr. Lang’s book, and the subject of our interview, is a collection … Continue reading
Why I Love St. Nicholas
Advent and the onset of Christmas always brings on memories of times past and the omnipresent figure of Santa Claus. Now, do not misunderstand me — I am all too aware (and have written about) the de-Christianisation of Christmas and … Continue reading
The First Lie: The Foundation of Original Sin
Introduction This article is about truth. Truth has taken a severe beating over the past five decades. The failure to give truth its rightful recognition has been a costly abomination. Billions of dollars are and continue to be wasted on … Continue reading
Up From the Bottom (Part Two)
“Those who have not lived before the Revolution do not know the sweetness of life.” So said, with great irony, Charles Maurice de Tallyrand, the renegade bishop who did as much as any individual to empower the French Revolution of … Continue reading
Up from the Bottom
It was in 1962, fifty-six years ago, that an article by me was first published in a U.S. periodical of consequence. I was living in France, working as a rewrite man at what was then the Paris edition of the … Continue reading
When the Guns Fell Silent
A century ago, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the worst war in recorded history up to that time ended on its Western Front. Hundreds of miles to the East, a Saint was driven … Continue reading
Has Divine Revelation Ceased?
There are two religious bodies calling themselves Christian that advance the notion of ongoing revelation. These are the “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,” a.k.a., the Mormons, and the “Religious Society of Friends,” a.k.a., the Quakers. The former organization … Continue reading
Attitude is Everything
(Warning to the reader: This article may be boring. It is a consideration of ideas, the process of getting them and how they are used to interact with the world. It is decidedly uncreative and entirely self-indulgent, written for my … Continue reading
The Death Penalty: Should It Be Abolished?
Background On August 2 of this year, Pope Francis announced he will revise the teaching on the Death Penalty in the post-conciliar Catechism of the Catholic Church. And indeed the new Catechism did just that affirming that capital punishment is … Continue reading
