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.
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Closing GM Oshawa: A blessing in disguise?

Is it the canary in the coal-mine, or the bull in an economic china shop? The closure of the Oshawa GM manufacturing plant – which has been making cars since just after the Second...

Christus Vincit in Veritate

A blessed and joyous solemnity of Christ the King to all our readers, a feast first put in the calendar in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. The pontiff had first issued the encyclical Ubi...

True Olympian Virtue

Naheed Nenshi is upset. The long-time Calgary mayor is exercised over their lost Olympic bid, or should I say, the bid that never was, with the people voting overwhelmingly against it in a plebiscite,...

Paradise Lost, but All is Not

Malibu is burning, and we may be inclined to see some sort of divine sign in the conflagration, not least in the loss of the ironically-named razed city of ‘Paradise’. We should pray for...

Sacrifice and Sentiment

We should pause and reflect – and pray, a verb which you will not often hear on the CBC - as we commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the end of what was called at...

The Great Leo

Pope Saint Leo the Great, who reigned from 440 until his death on this day in 461, was known for many things.  With his wise mind, his magnanimous soul and zeal, he helped solidify...

Pope Pius’ Truth and Reality Catching Up

A blessed feast of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Saint John Lateran to all our readers! The highest-ranking church in all Christendom, the principal church of the Pope, it is the mother of...

Politics, Piggery and Doing One’s Duty

As the midterms make clear, the U.S. continues its continental divide, between the (ironically) red Republicans and the blue Democrats, with the former under Trump keeping hold of the Senate (and hence able to...

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