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It’s Official: John Paul II Day in Canada

Our parish priest reminded us this morning that by statutory law in Canada, today is officially 'John Paul II Day'. I must confess that I did not know, and somehow missed, that back on...

The Last Easter Homily of Pope Benedict XVI

(Last words are always - or almost always - indicative, and one could reach much into these words of Pope Benedict XVI on his last Easter Vigil as Pope. The light cannot be extinguished,...

Good Friday Musical Meditations

Popule Meus, by Tomas Luis de Victoria, Christ's lament from the Cross, 'My People, what have I done to you, or in how have I offended you? Answer me!' https://youtu.be/bH8t5BKI7Qg The Reproaches, also by Victoria, who wrote...

Digital Dopplgangers

Here we go, with another 'leap' in the A.I. revolution, digital copies being made of products, factories, towns, villages, animals and, ambitiously, of ourselves, our organs, even the entire universe: https://www.noemamag.com/a-digital-twin-might-just-save-your-life/ I'm not sure about digital...

Princess Kate

Katherine Middleton, Princess of Wales, as readers are likely aware, has just made a moving public announcement that she is suffering from cancer.  She speaks stoically, but there must be much emotion behind the...

John Paul II and Passion Sunday

"Christ became obedient for us even to death, death on the Cross. Therefore God raised him on high and gave him a name above every other name" (Gospel acclamation). We have used these words of...

The Creeping Totalitarianism of Bill C-63

Justin Trudeau and his 'Justice' Minister, Arif Virani, are doubling down on Bill C-63, purported to make the internet a 'safe place for children'. Violations of their strict censorship laws - which include anything...

400th Anniversary of Saint Joseph as Patron of Canada

In 1624, Father Joseph LeCaron, an early Recollet missionary here in Canada, consecrated this land to Saint Joseph, adopting him as the nation's patron saint. This was formally accepted by Pope Gregory XVI in...

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