"We don't have to consider anything she did - but what she was." Photo by Samuel Regan-Asante on Unsplash. The Changing of the Guard, a few days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. There are some persons – particularly among those who lament various laws that have been passed during Queen Elizabeth II's reign …
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This three-part series is about how laymen can go about learning the sacred science of theology, in accordance with its proper methodology and structure. I have freely gathered together notes, ideas and reading lists from various sources, particularly the Bellarmine Forums.[1] Up until this point, we have been going through the stages in the order …
... If pow'rs divine behold our human actions (as they do): I doubt not then, but innocence shall make false accusation blush, and tyranny tremble at patience. - Hermione in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, 3.2.27 The world is in eclipse. It looks like we have almost entered the stage known as “totality,” in which the …
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Photo by David Gilbert Wright, of Andrew, a homeless man, at a London Rosary vigil in reparation for church closures. In 2020, those celebrating the feast of Christ the King in England and elsewhere enjoyed a very subdued experience. Once again, Mass had been banned at the order of the state, and they were left …
This article explores the Covid-19 lockdowns in light of the Catholic Church’s teaching on liberty. It was first published in Calx Mariae in September 2020. It is republished with here in a slightly edited form with permission. References to lockdown restrictions in the United Kingdom refer to regulations in force during the summer of 2020; …
Continue reading Law and Liberty – State Overreach and the teaching of the Catholic Church
In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, governments worldwide enforced draconian regulations, restricting some of the most fundamental liberties of free societies: the right of free association, the right to earn one’s daily bread by honest labour, and even the right to leave one’s own home. They also used the crisis to further violate fundamental rights …
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