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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
Normandy and St Jean de Brebeuf
During my pilgrimage tour to France in 2019 I was sorry not to have the time to find the shrine to St Jean de Brebeuf that I had learned was hidden in the Normandy [...]
Invading Normandy and Moulin Ashenden
Yesterday I took up my friend Gavin Ashenden's invitation to visit his delightful property in Normandy. He and his wife Helen live part of the time in a restored and renovated 18th century mill. [...]
The Cardinal’s New Clothes
Thomas Williams reports here on newly appointed Brazilian cardinal Leonardo Steiner who believes gay sex between non-Catholics isn't wrong. He thinks non-Catholics are not bound to Catholic moral teaching. This is certainly true when [...]
Visiting England and France
When I was in England in June I had to return early due to being hit with COVID. This meant a visit to my Mother in Law in Sussex had to be missed. Therefore [...]
MTD: Murderous Tyrranical Destruction
When you analyze them closely you soon come to realize that all of the seven deadly sins are called such because they are well, deadly. They bring violence and murder. Not just spiritual and eternal death [...]
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism–What’s to Hate?
I have written before about the rise of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism and how mainstream Western Christianity (including most of Catholicism) has been swamped by this Arianism of our day, but consider further the attraction [...]
