The Noble Office of the American Presidency
Is the president a politician who must place the good of his party over the good of the nation?
The Uses (and Abuses) of Schmaltz
Traditionalist Schmaltz, however, has nothing like the strength it had in my youth.
Home for the Holy Days
Two of the devil’s greatest pleasures are to plunge us into hatred and despair – his own two major emotions.
Scotland: The Land of the Leal
It is not by mistake that Scots in the Anglosphere are renowned for martial glory.
Two Englands: Albion and Logres
To see it in the ceremonial heart of Britain was a reminder of the Kinship of Christ over the entire world – especially fitting on that day.
A Patriotic, Monarchist Tribute to America
Our true founding fathers and mothers were Ferdinand and Isabel, Charles V, and Philip II of Spain.
A Journey Through the three Kingdoms
It is amazing how much of the American psyche is bound up with the nations of the British Isles – the traditional “Three Kingdoms” of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
An Eighth Sacrament?
He would draw it from the scabbard and point it at all four directions in turn, to show his willingness to defend Church and people from all foes.
Ukraine and the Casualty of Truth
Above: Potocki Mausoleum Chapel in Pechera, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Public Domain. AGAINST TWO EVILS The death of Elizabeth II and accession of Charles III have pushed the Ukrainian War off the front page – as indeed that conflict has done for COVID. While this is a doubtless a tribute to the presumed length of the public’s…
Hyperpapalism and the Body Politic
We are at very curious time in ecclesiastical history. On the one hand, the shaky ecclesiology of the Orthodox Churches, already shaken further when Constantinople and Moscow excommunicated each other over the status of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, has received another blow when the section of the latter body that had given its allegiance to Moscow broke…
The Emperor of the Church and the Worldwide Devotion to Blessed Karl
Photo: Emperor Karl visiting the residents of Cortina D’Ampezzo, c. 1917. He was known by all during the war (especially his troops) to visit and comfort his people in their suffering. Editor’s note: as we announced a few weeks ago on the centenary of Blessed Emperor Karl’s birthday into heaven, we have chosen this great…