Monthly Archives: November 2016
Albertus Magnus
Saint Albert was called the 'great' even during his lifetime, rumoured to have known everything there was to be known, which may have been...
Will it be God or Mammon?
The headlines the other day declared in apocalyptic terms that one trillion dollars had gone up in smoke for the worldwide economy when Donald...
Remember Saint Martin
Today we celebrate Remembrance Day (in the United States, Memorial Day), commemorating the cessation of hostilities in World War I, on the eleventh hour,...
President Elect Trump
Donald Trump has been elected the next President of the United States of America, an outcome that I, and many others, welcome, albeit with...
Robin Hood “telling his beads”: A Catholic reflection on the prince of thieves
The legends of Robin Hood and his Merry Men exert a near universal appeal, and have done so for generations. From ballads to books...
Election Day: Are We Headed for Venezuela?
It will all be over later today, one way or the other, after a bizarre and unenviable election process:Â The United States of America,...
Honour and Ambition: Thoughts on the Requirements for Political Office
Politics is a curious business, and not just in the United States the Big Day approaches:Â Here in Ontario, Canada, about a four hour...
One Papacy, Two Popes: A Brief Reflection
It is a curious situation in the Church that we have two living Popes, one of them a resigned, retired Pope 'emeritus'. One is...
Beware Bagpiping Scotsmen
A bag piping Scotsman was recently fined in Montreal for carrying an 'illegal weapon', namely, his sgian-duh, literally his 'black', but more properly his...
