Articles on Catholic History and Culture
“To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.” Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman
What’s So Bad About Sexual Sin?
London’s Catholic Herald reported on Pope Francis’ audience with priests who are preparing couples for marriage. He stated that the priests have a solemn duty to meet couples where they are and help them [...]
Married Priests? The English Experience
I’m a married man with four young children. There’s no reason why I could not be ordained as a Catholic priest. That’s because I’m a former Anglican minister who has converted to the Catholic [...]
Are Witches Real?
Aleister Crowley was an English witch. He reveled in his description as ‘the wickedest man in the world.’ He was a shameless self publicist, a fraud and a charlatan, but he was also an [...]
England’s Bare Ruined Choirs
The Effects of the Reformation in England That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare [...]
The Shroud of Turin and the High Speed Train
Our train was speeding up the Italian peninsula at over 100 miles an hour. Equipped with power points, flat screens and wi-fi, it was the epitome of everything technoscientific about the modern age. The [...]
Trendies and Traddies
After living in England for twenty five years, I returned to my native country in 2006. I had never lived in America as a Catholic, and learning about the American Catholic Church has put [...]