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Saturday, April 11, 2015

The Flat Earth and Propaganda

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You probably know by now that I like this sort of thing. Writing for History Today in 1991, Jeffrey Russel uncovers the sources of the lie...
Friday, April 10, 2015

The Tudors Arrive in Paris

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The Tudors--their portraits, more precisely--are on exhibition at the Musee du Luxembourg in Paris. From Time Out magazine: Family dra...
Thursday, April 9, 2015

Time for More Canonized Martyrs of England and Wales

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In The Catholic Herald , Simon Caldwell proposes that the time has come for the 85 Martyrs of England and Wales and other beatified martyrs ...

Magdalen Dacre, Viscountess Montagu, RIP

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Yesterday was the anniversary of Magdalen Dacre's death in 1608. She and her husband, Anthony Brown, First Viscount Montagu, were Cathol...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Phineas Fletcher and Orlando Gibbons

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According to the Encyclopedia Britannica , Phineas Fletcher was baptized on April 8, 1582. He was an: English poet best known for his rel...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Walpole and Rawlins; Oldcorne and Ashley

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Four martyrs on April 7: two in 1595 and two more in 1606: St. Henry Walpole, who is one of the 40 Martyrs of England and Wales canonize...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

Defending St. Thomas More in The National Catholic Register

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Just in time for the first episode of Wolf Hall this evening on PBS, my article for The National Catholic Register is on-line: Catholi...

Christ Is Risen, Truly He is Risen!

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Music for Easter Sunday from the great Abbey of Solesmes : Happy Easter!
Saturday, April 4, 2015

Holy Saturday In "The Man Born to be King"

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Dorothy L. Sayers' radio drama The Man Born to be King depicts the drama of Holy Saturday, that day of mourning and wondering as a da...
Friday, April 3, 2015

Good Friday

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By Father Frederick Faber: O come and mourn with me awhile; And tarry here the cross beside; O come, together let us mourn; Jesus,...