Tag Archives: Politics

Espèce d’âne rouge!

Posted on Friday, 5 June, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

These are the words of the dying Doctor Spiletti to the Communist Mayor Peppone in one of the Dom Camillo films – You red ass! Since the downfall of Soviet Communism in 1989, Communism has made as much of a … Continue reading →

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Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive

Posted on Tuesday, 2 June, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

William Wordsworth wrote these words at the beginning of the French Revolution: Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven! As the heads fell during the Terror, he wrote: Domestic carnage, now … Continue reading →

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Interesting Ideas – and their Limitations

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

For the first time in a few weeks, I have found a subject that strikes me as being of interest. There was the Semaine du Golfe when I was totally off-line. The only electricity I was using was a rechargeable … 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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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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Tra le sollecitudini

Posted on Sunday, 1 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The title of this post came into my mind, Italian for “between concerns”. It was the title of a piece of legislation by Pope Pius X about church music. Though I am concerned about church music, I am also concerned … Continue reading →

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Political Philosophy

Posted on Friday, 30 January, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Political philosophy is an academic discipline in its own right, and like any other, takes years of study and work. I have studied other things in life, and am not inclined to go into this in a big way. Some … Continue reading →

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Smoke of Satan

Posted on Thursday, 29 January, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been discovering some new blogs. All blogs reflect the opinions of those running them. Mine does too. I could easily take offence at some of the comments concerning my person, but I take time to find out why … Continue reading →

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The Pipe of Peace

Posted on Wednesday, 21 January, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have had some careful defusing to do over the past day, regarding the article Europeans are frightened in The Anti-Gnostic blog. The person running this blog is spiritually of Episcopalian origins. He is now an Orthodox Christian and tells … 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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