... 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 whole …
Continue reading Preparation for Tyranny I: Becoming Strong by Rejecting False Hope
In 2020 the celebration of the feast of Christ the King was very subdued for Catholics in England, France and elsewhere. Once again, Mass had been banned at the order of the state, and they were left to livestream, read their Missals, or find other solutions. This feast was established by Pope Pius XI in …
Continue reading Why lockdown church-closures are the fruit of uncrowning Christ as King
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 – Covid 19 lockdowns and the teaching of the Catholic Church
In response to the Covid-19 outbreak governments worldwide have 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 have also used the crisis to further …
Continue reading True Law – according to the teaching of St Thomas Aquinas