
Is Virginity Better Than Marriage?
The Council of Trent (1545–63) said: “If any one says . . . that it is not better and more blessed to remain in virginity,

The Council of Trent (1545–63) said: “If any one says . . . that it is not better and more blessed to remain in virginity,

This essay is dedicated to Saint Lucy, virgin and martyr, in thanksgiving for her intercession on my behalf. I have been experiencing eye irritation on

What is virtue? The Oxford English Dictionary defines virtue as “behaviour showing high moral standards”; with an article (that is, “a virtue” or “the virtue”),