John Paul Meenan, Editor
Saint Anthony and Our Lady
There is a curious connection with today’s memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, the place in Italy where he died (in 1231), for he...
An Irish Monk in Scotland
We celebrate in our particular diocese today the feast of Saint Columbkille (521-597), an Irish monk from Donegal on the wild west coast of...
Tattoo You?
An interesting factoid I recently came across, one borne out by anecdotal evidence, is that 3 out of 10 Americans now have tattoos, and...
Anti-Catholicism, Hollywood, and ISIS
If you are interested in an unmasking of the deep anti-Catholic bias in Hollywood, feel free to peruse an article of mine this morning...
Manchester, Muhammad and Trumping Ali
Britain stumbles into another election, this one in the wake of yet-another terrorist attack on the Vigil of Pentecost, with three Islamic jihadis mowing...
Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr, was martyred by a pagan band on this day, June 5, 754. His life was one of tireless struggle...
That in Me You May Have Peace
A very joyful, blessed and grace-filled Pentecost to all of our readers...
In the midst of all the travails of this world, let us entrust...
Skeptical Trump and the Paris Accord
I for one find it encouraging news that Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Paris Accord, whose official term is...
Wonder Woman, Artificial Intelligence and Human Work
Wonder Woman has opened in theatres. I will have more to say on this feminist icon, and what it means for modern masculinity, or...
Life in the Visitation
A blessed feast of the Visitation to one and all! Â I have always considered this a pro-life feast, when two saintly women, each bearing...








