A bit long, at 30 minutes, but considering that the first feast day of Blessed John Henry Newman is coming up on October 9th, the topic is certainly appropriate. Read more

Mass attendance is up in Edinburgh after the Pope’s visit. Chattering classes are, natch, busy calling the visit “a failure“–which it was… for them. Read more

…fights the good fight. Read more

Catholic, Orthodox report promising progress on unity One of the worst things that could befall the devil would be the restoration of unity between east and west. And one of the best things that could happen to the Church and the world it has been sent by our Lord to help save. Read more

…who is making life weary, flat, stale and unprofitable for the beloved Peter, who must watch his Hamlet (a terrific production, by the way) for English class: Read more

I don’t get the panic over illegal immigrants. They are thoroughly woven into our economy, so it’s cloud cuckoo unrealism to imagine we are going round up 12 million of them and send them back. And they are, largely, Lazarus–doing back-breaking work that we need them to do and getting crap wages for it. I’ve never understood the menace they allegedly represent: hard-working, largely Catholic, with a strong sense of family who have shown repeatedly that they want to make... Read more

In which we discuss the folly of our current era’s self regarding Intellect Worship. Read more

I had a great time up in Canada at the Redeemer Pacific Marian Conference. I got to go first, which meant that the jitters were gone lickety-split and I could enjoy the rest of the day without worrying about all the different ways I might screw up. In particular, I enjoyed the afternoon presentations by Msgr. Eduardo Chavez, who was the postulator for St. Juan Diego’s cause. That guy has forgotten more about the apparition of Guadalupe than I will... Read more

In which we discuss the Duke and the happy days of yore when things were less-trip-wired with politicized shibboleths. Read more

when both Ross Douthat and Michael Brendan Dougherty leap to Chesterton’s defense. Read more