Put not your trust in princes
BY Alan Fimister
“Put not your trust in princes: in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation” (Ps 146:3)As we…
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Say not the struggle nought availeth
BY Alan Fimister
As you may have heard, Donald J Trump has recently been re-elected President of the United States of America, taking…
READ MORESomething for nothing? — a very timely book on the evils of usury
BY Alan Fimister
The earth and all it contains was given by God at the creation of the world to the human race…
READ MOREChrysopolis
BY Alan Fimister
18 September this year will be the 1,700th anniversary of the Battle of Chrysopolis in 324. The battle was in…
READ MOREImpurity: Sermon on the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
BY St Alphonsus Maria Liguori
“And behold, there was a certain man before him, who had the dropsy.” (Lk 14:2)The man who indulges in impurity…
READ MOREThe conditions of peace
BY Alan Fimister
“[W]hat king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down and think whether he…
READ MOREPerplexity and service
BY Alan Fimister
It is rumoured that Pope Francis may soon issue some new document placing further restrictions upon the Usus antiquior or even prohibit…
READ MOREBe of good cheer, I have overcome the world
BY Alan Fimister
G. K. Chesterton once remarked that the Catholic Church is the only power on earth capable of saving a man…
READ MOREWhat should a Catholic think about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict?
BY Alan Fimister
What should a Catholic think about the Israeli Palestinian conflict?Obviously both parties are by and large proceeding from a world-view…
READ MOREThe Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is His Name
BY Alan Fimister
If you walk across the Kidron Valley, from the Cenacle in Jerusalem to the Chapel of the Ascension at the…
READ MOREWho is the King of glory?
BY Alan Fimister
A few days ago, in a startling act of blasphemy, Joseph Biden, the second Catholic President of the United States,…
READ MOREApostola apostolorum
BY Alan Fimister
There is a difference of opinion in Eastern and Western tradition regarding St Mary Magdalene. In the writings of St…
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