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France: Priest and Nun Injured in Sunday Mass Knife Attack

Robert Semonsen April 26, 2022

Despite paying lip service to the problem when it inevitably rears its ugly head, Macron and his administration offered little in the way of policy to truly address the issue.

Defending Christendom

Juanma Badenas March 31, 2022

After the “death of God,” attested to by various 19th century philosophers, paganism is filling the vacuum left by Christianity. The problem with all this is not that it might disappear, something that will only concern believers; but rather that Christian civilization, Christendom, is crumbling

FORGOTTEN CLASSICS:
Violent Myth and Christian Faith

Felix James Miller March 26, 2022

Norse mythology, unlike the Sacred Scriptures, does not present readers with loving and merciful divinities. The Norse gods are violent boozers, many of whom seem to spend most of their time playing practical jokes and fighting giants. And yet there is a great power to the tales.

The Young Evelyn Waugh: Tragicomic Seeker

Harrison Pitt March 23, 2022

Nobody could escape the merciless nature of Waugh’s satirical wit, but he was more than a mere humourist. Alongside his gift for comedy, he also possessed an awareness of a fateful void in the modern world.

Gigantomachy—On Slaying Giants and Surviving Ghosts

Carlos Perona Calvete March 20, 2022

Tradition tells us that giants are born from fallen angels joining themselves to willing humans, and that even after these are slain, their specters may yet demand sacrifice. We are still facing giants today, as well as the ghosts they leave behind, and may learn something from those ancient tales.

Humanist Weddings: a Solution to the Crisis of Traditional Marriage in Europe?

Hélène de Lauzun March 15, 2022

Far from what the label suggests, humanist weddings do not free spouses to live in accordance with truth. The reconquest of freedom is at the heart of Christian marriage, which for centuries has been one of the original features and strengths of Western civilisation.