We live in a culture and an era that – for all it obsesses over sexual issues – hates the body. Indeed, the very nature of those obsession, as reflected in a desire to “liberate” the individual from whatever gender he or she was in, coupled with much older effort to divorce sex entirely from procreation, shows the dualist atmosphere of our time. Continue reading COOKERY, CUISINE, AND THE SOUL by Charles A. Coulombe
…. to begin with, I’d like to take a look at an extremely complicated and endlessly fascinating institution – the United Nations. Continue reading TRUE AND FALSE INTERNATIONALISM, PART I by Charles A. Coulombe
If you keep aware of the news in this dismal election year of 2016, you may well find yourself … Continue reading TRANSFIGURING YOUR LIFE by Charles A. Coulombe
If, as I do, you find the New Age slogan with which I have entitled this piece annoying, good! But I have plundered their arsenal for a purpose, as I hope you shall see. Continue reading THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY! by Charles A. Coulombe
As the current Patriarch of Moscow told Der Spiegel back in 2008, “the schism between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches reminds one of a divorce as it is resulted from ‘human sins’: West and East divorced as they thought they would not need each other. Continue reading THE SCHIZOPHRENIA OF THE WEST by Charles A. Coulombe
The past few days, weeks, and months have seen these United States, the World at large, and the Catholic Church (and the Orthodox Churches) passing through an extraordinary share of wars, rumours of wars, acts of terrorism and mayhem, and general nastiness above the usual range of such annoyances. Against this unpleasant backdrop, individuals are living lives with their usual rounds of death, sickness, economic difficulties, and sundry heartburn-inducing inconveniences. How, amidst all of this, are we to find at least personal peace? Continue reading FINDING PEACE AMIDST CONFLICT by Charles A. Coulombe
The recent vote by 52% of the British electorate to leave the European Union has sent shock waves around the World. Predictably, in these United States comparisons (often snide) were made to our own revolution. And, indeed, the British Isles have a huge hold on our national imagination, both for good and for ill. Continue reading AFTER BREXIT by Charles A. Coulombe
Well, another Independence Day has rolled around, bringing in its wake fireworks, parades, and barbecues – as it should. I am a fan of the Fourth, and if anything mourn the fact that it has lost the splendour it had before I was born. This may sound strange if you either know my view of the American Revolution or my horror at what we have become. Continue reading BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY? by Charles A. Coulombe
Christmas brings all sorts of joy, for all sorts of reasons. Readers of Dom Prosper Gueranger’s Liturgical Year will be reminded in his first volume for the season of three great historical events that took place on Christmas Day — the conversion of Clovis, the conversion of England, and the crowning of Charlemagne: “Three hundred years after [St. Augustine of Canterbury’s mass baptisms at York], God gives us another glorious event in honour of the Birth-Day of his Son. Continue reading Sacrum Imperium by Charles A. Coulombe
June 10, amongst English-speaking Catholics, was long called White Rose Day. It was so-called because on this day was born in 1688 the son of the soon-to-be overthrown King James II of England (and VII of Scotland), James Francis Edward Stuart, the Prince of Wales. Continue reading Thoughts on White Rose Day by Charles A. Coulombe
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