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Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes

No Pope is impeccable, even if, by virtue of their office, they are at times infallible – or, more precisely, a few of their statements are. Every Pope is a sinner, as well, during their life, a potential saint. Some 81 of them have been officially canonized, about one-third of the 266, so far. And[…]

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Reading the Church Fathers: A Review

As I was reading Reading the Church Fathers: A History of the Early Church and the Development of Doctrine, a brand new magnum opus by scholar James L. Papandrea, I wondered whether the author might be Catholic. At first I was not sure, but the book seemed written from such a perspective. It was not[…]

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Virgina Woolf’s ‘To the Lighthouse’: Isolation and Intimacy

Human relationships are sorely limited. We all long for companionship and lasting union with another. However, regardless of place or time, one’s ability to achieve union with another has been and will continue to be limited. In my reading, I have yet to find an author who so thoroughly and honestly addressed this reality as[…]

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Romano Guardini’s ‘The End of the Modern World’

The End of the Modern World, a 1956 book by Italian-German priest and theologian, Romano Guardini, is not an easy or facile read. That is not to say that Father Guardini does not write well and clearly; he is superb. But what he says is deep, rich, sombre and even dire. It is not an[…]

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Venantius’ Vexilla Regis Prodeunt

Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus was a self-described wandering minstrel in Europe of the very early Middle Ages, or late Antiquity, or the inaptly-described ‘Dark Ages’, which in fact had much that was light about them. Venantius lived between 530 to about 600 Anno Domini. He was eventually ordained a priest, and ended up as bishop of[…]

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From Benedict’s Peace to Francis’ War: A Review

The fight for Tradition in the Church, in particular her liturgy, is a long and arduous one that will not cease until the parousia, entering an acute phase in our own day, but all worth the effort. Few have taken up this battle with greater zeal than Dr. Peter Kwasnieski. A list of his essays,[…]

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The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains

(It was on this day in 2006 that Twitter was founded, and I write that not with any sense of exuberance. Here is a re-post of a review of mine from 2016, on Nicholas Carr’s book, The Shallows. If the internet has had a bad effect on our memory and intelligence, one can only imagine[…]

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The son-in-law also rises

Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2): 1938-43by Chips Channonedited by Simon Heffer Hutchinson, £35, 1,120 pages ________ This doorstop of a book is the second of Henry Channon’s long and much-anticipated uncensored diaries, and it’s well worth the wait. For many decades his heirs withheld permission of publication, fearing Channon’s more stinging comments on

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Like a Tree Cut Back: An Ireland That Is No More

Like a Tree Cut Back By Michael McCarthy The Poetry Business, Sheffield, England smith-doorstop, 2021 Father Michael McCarthy’s memoir, Like a Tree Cut Back, takes its title from the motto of his alma mter, Carlow College, where he prepared and studied for the priesthood. Rescissa vegetior assurgit – ‘that which is cut back burgeons forth[…]

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A Catholic Scientist Champions the Shroud of Turin

The ‘Shroud of Turin’, widely held as the very burial sheet of Our Lord, imprinted miraculously with the image of His own body, will be displayed on Holy Saturday, April 3rd. This is a rare event, as the Shroud has only been brought out from its climate-controlled storage four times since the Jubilee Year of[…]

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Nebraska: A Review

Nebraska (2013) Written by Bob Nelson Directed by Alexander Payne A society which has lost its religion becomes sooner or later a society which has lost its culture.[1] Christopher Dawson’s statement is a prophecy that has come to pass in our day. Nebraska is proof of the fact, if any be needed. The plot of[…]

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