Tag Archives: Moral questions

Mass at Sea

Posted on Tuesday, 23 June, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have found this poignant painting on Rorate Caeli by Louis Duveau, A Mass at Sea in 1793 (1864) in the Musée des beaux-arts in Rennes. Click on the image to get an enlargement. 1793 was the height of the … Continue reading →

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Global Warming

Posted on Tuesday, 16 June, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Pope Francis has just written on the subject, I hope not “infallibly”, because much of what I read on the subject suggests scientific evidence opposing the theory of global warming due to levels of carbon dioxide produced by man. Whatever … Continue reading →

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Fr Robert Hart on Transgenderism

Posted on Saturday, 6 June, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Not the author of confusion is a very sensible article by Fr Robert Hart. I have had occasion to comment on this frightening tendency in society. Some hospitals are now ceasing to perform the “sex-change” operation for valid psychological reasons, … Continue reading →

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The Pit

Posted on Tuesday, 26 May, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We are used to catalogues about the woes of modern society. The party’s over is no exception and a breeding ground for simplistic right-wing jingoistic solutions: Spare the rod… Of course, it is all cogent. We have just as much … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Genius

Posted on Monday, 30 March, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is a subject that has haunted me over the last few months. Many of us look at the music of great composers like Bach, Mozart or Beethoven and the scores of books written by the likes of Charles Dickens … Continue reading →

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The Mounting Drum Beat

Posted on Tuesday, 17 March, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Michael Gollop has written Politics without vision – and a defence of trees in the context of the upcoming British General Election, which will certainly influence the turn of things in France for our upcoming local elections and the … Continue reading →

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Prometheus Unbound

Posted on Wednesday, 11 March, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I came across a fairly mind-blowing article this morning. A New Way To Be Human: The Plan Is To Replace Existing Humans With ‘Transhuman’ Hybrids I don’t take this sort of stuff very seriously, any more than the ideas of … Continue reading →

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Gender Bending

Posted on Wednesday, 4 March, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

One problem with modern society is labelling and stereotyping without seeking to understand the profound dimensions of things. With a hat tip to Deborah Gyapong (Foolishness to the World), I came across an article on gender identity by Monsignor Tony … Continue reading →

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Haircuts as Punishment

Posted on Saturday, 7 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Someone truly understands the historical and psychological symbolism of long hair and cutting or shaving it to degrade victims! The French did this to women who had been involved with German soldiers or officers in 1944. Throughout the ages, prisoners … Continue reading →

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Le règne social de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ…

Posted on Sunday, 14 December, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

For many years with the traditionalists, I heard this theme, almost a mantra, meaning the subject of the Church’s social doctrine: the subjection of all earthly authority to the Church and the Pope in particular. This idea reached its zenith … Continue reading →

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