Monthly Archives: October 2016
L’Arche, Pronouns and Police
L'Arche, the community founded by Jean Vanier, has clarified his ambiguous comments upon euthanasia, upon which I wrote a few months ago. You can...
A Hallowed Eve: The Spiritual and Cultural Traditions of Halloween Â
Halloween has always been a complicated holiday, laced together with many threads of different spiritual traditions and cultural customs. It has always stirred up...
IVF, FBI and Lost Causes
Some stories sum up the insanity of our world in a way I find almost profound. Apparently, a male homosexual sperm donor donated his...
Finding Unity Despite Disunity: God, Love and the Enduring Message of Terry Fox
Much of the Western world is split by issues pertaining to politics, economics, race, gender, sexual orientation and religion. No doubt, these issues need...
Of Angels, Sports and Money
Well, some news stories have sort-of-happy endings. A distraught father, after arguing with his wife, âkidnapedâ his two toddler sons, drove to a bridge,...
How Catholic is Kaine?
A recent flattering article in the New Yorker describes Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's vice-presidential running mate, as a "devout Roman Catholic." Not only that,...
Kaine, Trump and Clinton, Oh My
I have an article posted this morning on Crisis magazine, on How Catholic is Kaine, Hillary Clinton's Vice-Presidential running mate. Feel free to peruse.
I...
It’s a S.T.E.M. World, Baby
A recent article, sponsored by none other than the Royal Bank of Canada, had a list of the top ten âmost valuableâ university degrees...
Where your treasure lies: A spiritual reflection on an election year
 This election cycle, Catholic Americans are presented with the hair-raising choice between Hillary Clinton, a woman whose corrupt record and virulent support for the...
