"Before the Blessed Mary could be Mother of God... she was set apart, sanctified, filled with grace, and made meet for the presence of the Eternal." Image: La Inmaculada Concepción, Francisco Rizzi, (Source: Wikimedia commons) Editors' Introduction The gospel of the third Sunday in Lent ends with the following verses: "And it came to pass, …
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"The clumsiness of the torture that kills was not for him." These notes are not only a continuation of our series Preparation for Tyranny, but also serve as editorial comment on the extract which we published from Fr Henry James Coleridge, on the results of persecution. Image: Cogniet, Wiki Commons One of the most appalling …
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"I finish by declaring before God and ready to appear before Him, that I do not reproach myself for any of the crimes which are brought against me." Image: Funerary monument of Louis XVI & Marie-Antoinette. Wiki Commons As many know, January 21st marks the anniversary of France’s regicide. King Louis XVI of France was …
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"It is not fitting that the Emperor should be bound to do the bidding of any of his subjects, especially when by his compliance he injures the state!" Image: The Theodosian Walls at Constantinople, Wiki Commons CC (Source) Theodoric in Constantinople In the previous instalment of this series, we saw that Theodoric the Amal, at the age …
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"The Heavenly Power provides a unique and manifold gift when it gives us not only intercessors for our sins but also teachers of eternal life." Image: St Gregory and King Chilperic, Grandes Chronique de France de Charles V, (Wiki Commons, source) Introduction While doing research for The WM Review’s ongoing series on St Gregory the …
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"The custom of the Church stands for these things: and the Church cannot err." Image: Pope St Leo II, Wiki Commons CC Don't worry! This article appears twice as long on a browser than it actually is, due to the footnotes. This is the concluding part of my reply to Professor Edward Feser, who recently …
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"An error which is not resisted is approved; a truth which is not defended is suppressed." Image: The Sixth Ecumenical Council, Wiki Commons CC Professor Edward Feser recently responded to my article Pope Honorius and Roberto de Mattei – Part I: The History. To begin, I must recall that my essay was a critique of …
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"He brought from Rome what he found in Rome" The WM Review is pleased to publish a fascinating letter written by Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, in defence of John Henry Newman’s writings on the Blessed Virgin Mary in his 1866 work Letter to Pusey. Ullathorne was the Bishop of Birmingham, the diocese in which Newman lived and ministered.
"My dear boys, throughout your life find a home in the Holy Family." Image: From right to left: Father Thomas Pope, Father William Neville, Father Paul Eaglesim, Cardinal Newman, the Cardinal's 'Gentiluomo', the 'Caudatario', or Trainbearer. Source: Wiki Commons Public Domain Editors' Notes A few words about the context of this short address. It was …
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"Poverty in this world always opens up the kingdom of heaven" Image: The Basilica at Clermont-Ferrand (Source: Wiki Commons CC) Introduction Sixth century Gaul was a brutal place. Over the course of the fifth century, Roman imperial authority had collapsed, and new kingdoms had been carved out by migrating Germanic peoples. The Romano-Gallic population was …