Today, June 29 2026, is the nineteenth anniversary of this blog, which I launched on June 29, 2007 when I was only 27 years old and working ...

Earlier this month on Pelican Brief, I authored a piece entitled " Why St. Francis Stripped Himself in the Public Square ," in whi...

I was visiting New Jersey this week and had some time to visit St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Burlington. Founded in 1702, St. Mary'...

Pope Martin V It is honestly delusory to imagine that some future pope is simply going to openly repudiate the errors of the post-Conciliar ...

Twentieth century Britain experienced a surging interest in Catholicism amongst its literary classes, many of whom would enter the Church as...

The Institute of Christ the King celebrating the Easter Vigil at the St. Joseph Shrine, Detroit, Michigan.  Have you ever noticed how commen...

Happy Easter everybody! Resurrexit sicut dixit! May the grace of the risen Lord be with you and your loved ones in abundance on this highest...

The news as of late has simply been dominated by the spectre of the impending SSPX consecrations in July. I have hitherto avoided any discus...

Gather round, children, and Uncle Boniface will tell you a story. A few dioceses over from me is a large diocesan Catholic high school. For ...

As many readers of this blog know, I was privileged to enjoy a long and fruitful professional collaboration with the late James Larson , whi...

There is a beautiful passage in the Psalms which says "In thy light do we see light" (Ps. 36:9).  Light is one of the richest meta...

There is truly an ocean of Catholic spiritual literature out there on the subject of learning to recognize the voice of God. As essential as...

Happy New Year everybody! As has been custom here at Unam Sanctam from time immemorial at New Years, it's time for my annual recap! I wa...

When I was young, I was a troubled teen—to some degree, at least. I mean, I don't want to exaggerate. There were others who were vastly ...

This month I read an excellent new historical fiction work from the good folks at Arx Publishing entitled Catherine of the Erie, about the l...