Editor's Corner
The Late, Great Saint John Paul II
Today is the memorial of Pope Saint John Paul II, who was beatified on May 1st, 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI, and canonized ten...
Choosing Wisely, and Badly
Election - from the Latin 'eligere - to choose'.
Choose life, that you and your children may live (Dt 30:19)
The core battle of our time...
Canada Up in Smoke
(A retrospect on the legalization of cannabis in Canada, now six (!) years ago. The stultifying and enervating effects of this drug may in...
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, God’s Ground Wheat
Saint Ignatius of Antioch (+107) joyfully ‘went to the lions’, as the saying goes, meeting his martyrdom in the arena of the Coliseum in...
A Day of Four Saints
We celebrate a veritable panoply of saints today: In Canada, we have the memorial of Saint Marguerite D’Youville (+1771), the first Canadian-born saint. She...
Nota in Brevis
Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko and Putting God First
The feast of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko, which is celebrated October 19th, drives home an important point: God comes first in our lives, and that...
Kamalogorrhea
An intriguing clip, with Kamala Harris facing an interviewer who at least tries to get her to answer a direct question about the number...
Pope Saint John and Openness to the Holy Spirit
As we celebrate the feast of the Papa Buono, the Good Pope as he was affectionately referred to, Pope St John XXIII, what comes...
Neptune, Voyager and Where No Man Has Gone Before…
On this day in 1846, astronomer William Hessel discovered Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, just 17 days after Johann Galle discovered...
Feckless FEMA and Finding Our Own Way
Feckless:
Lacking purpose; without skill, ineffective, incompetent; lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.
As another hurricane hurtles towards Florida - possibly a catastrophic...