Short Histories – Nothing is certain in a country where the past is constantly rewritten, says Owen Matthews. The Russian enigma (The Spectator) Papal Infallibility – “A pope speaks ex cathedra when he presents some teaching […]
Following the publication of Traditionis Custodes, there have been numerous pieces written in defense of the usus antiquor, as well as others claiming that Traditionis Custodes was necessary and much-needed. Much of the frenzy surrounding […]
The great 19th-century British historian of liberty, Lord John Acton, stood tall against the tyrants of yesteryear and his own day. He admonished modern civilization against ceding too much power to unquestioned singular authority. He […]
I regard the liceity of the death penalty as having been established with infallible certitude by the Church’s ordinary magisterium. […]
Sometimes “religious obsequium” is translated “religious assent,” at other times “religious submission,” and at other times “religious respect”. What exactly are we being asked to […]
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