John Paul Meenan, Editor
John Paul Meenan currently teaches Theology at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, with a particular interest in the relationship between faith and reason, and how the principles of our faith should impact and shape the human person and modern culture.
Albert the Great
Patron saint of scientists, Albert the Great (1200-1280), scholar, Dominican, bishop, and Doctor of the Church, was considered the most learned man of his...
Hollywood’s Sense of Sin
In a radio address on October 26, 1946, with the horrors of World War II still fresh (if such be the term) in the...
Leo the Great
Pope Saint Leo the Great, who reigned from 440 until his death on this day in 461, was known for many things. With his...
Will and Kate’s Too Many Children
The apple falls not far from the tree: Prince William, son of Charles of the same title, albeit of a different region of England...
The Condescension of Ms. Governor-General
You've probably heard about the recent speech by our newly minted Governor-General:Â Ms. Julie Payette, whose task it is to stand in for the Queen...
Prayerful Protest and Niqabs?
Although I agree with much of what Father Raymond de Souza says in his recent column in the National Post, I must respectfully disagree with...
Hope in the Bubble Zone
Well, alas, as expected, Ontario passed the 'bubble-zone' law yesterday, as our once-noble Dominion creeps, or careens as the case may be, ever-closer to...
The Faceless Niqab
The recent ban in the province of Quebec on the niqab, the Islamic face-covering, when receiving 'public services' (reserved, of course, only for females)...
JP II, We Miss You
Yesterday was, or would have been had it not been the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time, the feast of Pope Saint John Paul II,...
Hubris and Squeezing Stones
Hubris may be defined, in accord with its roots in the hierarchic Greek culture from which the term derives, as thinking more of oneself...
