Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Daniel Comboni
“I am dying, but my work will not die.” Said by Saint Daniel Comboni, who had dedicated his life to spreading Catholicism in…
Conquest of Paradise
Something for the weekend. The song Conquest of Paradise from the movie 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), which retold the story of…
Open Thread
Quite the hysterical reaction online from official Catholicism and Catholic, Inc to the news that Nidal Hasan, traitor and mass murderer, will be executed…
Chose Poorly
He was given five separate opportunities to have charges dropped and return to his unit without significant punishment. Those offering leniency included his company…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Cardinal John Henry Newman
A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault. Saint…
LeoWatch: Buzzwords
Bad enough that the chair of Peter has popes infected by Leftism, but is it to much to ask that they try to think…
Cardinal Ernest Simony
In our just rage against worthless and scandalous clerics we forget those who manifest heroic lives in service to Christ. They are torches sent…
Now For Some Happy News
Trump is having him executed at the scene of his mass murder. Good. The murders occurred because his Army superiors loved their careers,…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Palatias and Laurentia
At Ancona, Saints Palatias and Laurentia, who were sent into exile in the persecution of Diocletian, under the governor Dion, and sank under the…
Open Thread
The usual Open Thread rules apply:Â be concise, be charitable, and above all be amusing! In response to a person on Twitter who…
Perhaps Put His Face on a Milk Carton?
His campaign claims that he has the flu. He is a young guy, and even at 69 I normally work through the flue. For…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Sergius
 For us life is Christ, and to die is gain. Said by Saints Sergius And Bacchus before they were martyred.
October 7, 1571: Lepanto
“The Turks, swollen by their victories, will wish to take on our fleet, and God—I have the pious presentiment—will give us victory. Charles V…
The Shock of Recognition
If I lived another fifty years, I doubt I could read all the books that I own which I have not yet read. (Don…
Eva Marie Saint Requiescat in Pace
Eva Marie Saint has passed away at age 102. One of the last survivors of the Golden Age of Hollywood. A skilled actress, she…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores
Apostle to Guam. His motto was “to proclaim the gospel to the poor.“
Correct!
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: U.S. — With unrest drawing attention around the globe and the November midterm…
Favorite Books of the Bible
(I originally posted this in 2015. Curious to hear the opinions of commenters and readers after more than a decade.) Since my…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Anna Schaeffer
The sun of my life is Jesus Christ. Saint Anna Schaeffer
Burn of the Day
Historical amnesia should not be an attribute of the contemporary Church.
October 5, 1864: Hold the Fort
Few battles have inspired a hymn, but the successful defense by a Union garrison of Allatoona Pass, fought 162 years ago,  did. At…
Oops!
Prediction markets on elections are worthless, and polls are little better this year. On another note, it is likely that the…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Francis of Assisi
At all times and seasons, in every country and place, every day and all day, we must have a true and humble faith. Saint…
Francis, They Hardly Know Ye
Hattip to Elliot Bougis in regard to the below video. Strong content advisory for the video for anyone who occasionally suffers from…
Christ and Saint Francis
While the Vicar of Christ listened attentively to a parable told by Francis and its interpretation, he was quite amazed and recognised without a…
Mira Circa Nos: Canonization of Saint Francis of Assisi
Tomorrow is the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi and today is the eight hundredth anniversary of his death. I thought our readers…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
We are not called upon to do all the good possible, but only that which we can do. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
LeoWatch: I’m Almost Expecting It
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: VATICAN CITY — The supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church issued a sharp criticism of…
Pick a Little, Talk a Little
Something for the weekend. Pick a Little, Talk a Little from The Music Man (1962). Bonus:
Instructing Tucker the Ignorant
If one of Carlson’s current paymasters is Russia, he should be even more grateful, as by economic standards they are basically Mexico with…
Eternal Prodigals
Friend of the blog HW Crocker III has a nice piece up on Catholic Thing.  Go here to read it.  As well…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Thomas of Hereford
At Montefiascone in Tuscia, the passing of Saint Thomas Cantelupe, Bishop of Hereford in England, who, resplendent with learning, severe toward himself, to the…
Burn of the Day
Few issues more starkly show the chasm between the traditional Catholic Church and whatever we have now than the death penalty. The idea that…
Thought for the Day
There was probably also a bit of Saint Dismas involved.
Miracles of the Little Flower on Battlefields
Go here to read about a book, Stronger Than Steel, which details the miracles reported by soldiers of The Little Flower. The Little Flower…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Therese of Lisieux
It’s true, I suffer a great deal–but do I suffer well? That is the question. Saint Therese of Lisieux
LeoWatch: Lavender Mafia
I am sure that Pope Leo will deal with the Lavender Mafia around the seventh of never. Let us pray that he is not…
