Tag Archives: Coronavirus

Freedom?

Posted on Tuesday, 10 August, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This article presented by Sandro Magister and written by Professor Pietro De Marco is fascinating. Many traditionalists are joining the fight against vaccines, but in reality it is this rebellion that would bring them into subjection under a “new world” … Continue reading →

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For a New Enlightenment

Posted on Wednesday, 4 August, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I write from the point of view of living in France, and refrain from criticising policies in the UK or anywhere else. I get sick and tired of hearing demagogues like Florian Philippot complaining about the erosion of individual freedoms … Continue reading →

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Le Mieux est l’Ennemi du Bien

Posted on Monday, 1 March, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am quite impressed by the way academics, politicians, lawyers and others are reflecting about our society and the unhealthy trends that need to be challenged. The French lawyer Mireille Delmas-Marty summed it up as “The dream of perfection is … Continue reading →

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New Year 2021

Posted on Saturday, 2 January, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

One side of me is tempted to join the chorus of those who are glad to see the back of 2020 in order to hope for something better in this new year. I might think of our present time becoming … Continue reading →

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My Country

Posted on Sunday, 20 December, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

All I seem to have left of my country is to listen to Vaughan Williams and this lovely movement from his Bucolic Suite: The reality is somewhat different, and it brings tears to my eyes as I make the best … Continue reading →

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Science or Ideology?

Posted on Sunday, 24 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am quite amazed to see people floundering in the present crisis, as I find myself doing so myself. We are victims of propaganda and half-truths, even to ideologies and discourses that are hardly more sophisticated than those of Goebbels … Continue reading →

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Optimism and Christian Humanism

Posted on Friday, 22 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is not an easy time for either optimism or humanism when considering the depths of depravity to which human nature can plunge (with a thought of Calvin’s complete pessimism and that of Jansenism). I came across a very interesting … Continue reading →

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Tourism

Posted on Wednesday, 6 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

At the risk of repeating myself, I often have these thoughts about what mass tourism has done, quite apart from spreading infectious diseases like SARS-COVID-2. I have been around some of Europe and a few times to the USA for … Continue reading →

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A New World?

Posted on Tuesday, 7 April, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The quarantine laws in most countries affect us all in different ways. Some become bored and depressed, which is expected when they live in small apartments and have no cultural life. In my house, there is a chapel, hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Our Church’s outreach in these uncertain times

Posted on Monday, 30 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Jonathan Munn has come up with an excellent initiative on our Diocesan website: Material for use during the COVID 19 epidemic There are recordings of Mass from private chapels, including our Bishop who preached a lovely sermon yesterday. My … Continue reading →

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