Perplexity 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…
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Be 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…
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BY Alan Fimister
What should a Catholic think about the Israeli Palestinian conflict? Obviously both parties are by and large proceeding from a…
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…
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BY Alan Fimister
A few days ago, in a startling act of blasphemy, Joseph Biden, the second Catholic President of the United States,…
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BY Alan Fimister
There is a difference of opinion in Eastern and Western tradition regarding St Mary Magdalene. In the writings of St…
READ MOREEmptying the Cross of its power
BY Alan Fimister
“Whosoever would be saved before all else it is necessary that he profess the Catholic Faith which faith unless he…
READ MOREMy ways are not your ways
BY Alan Fimister
In 2 Timothy 3:16–17, St Paul tells us that, “All scripture, inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to reprove,…
READ MOREThe duties of the layman in evil days
BY Alan Fimister
“Actually I am a Christian, and indeed a Roman Catholic, so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything…
READ MOREDoing evil that “good” may come of it
BY Alan Fimister
It is not, in fact, difficult to demonstrate the immorality of abortion. If there is any doubt about the humanity…
READ MOREThe symbol of Christ’s love
BY Alan Fimister
“O Immaculate Virgin Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ,Mother of Grace, and Queen of the kingdom of thy Son,humbly kneeling…
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