Thursday, January 15, 2026

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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Doubting Thomas and the Nature of Faith

Today is the feast of Saint Thomas, the Apostle, who gets a bit of a bad rap as 'doubting' Thomas, a term is that needs a bit of refining (and I see it often...

Oh, Canada, Philosophy, Law and Global Warming

Well, another ‘Canada Day’ has come and gone, celebrating the founding of this Dominion in 1867, which achieved further ‘liberation’, if one wants to use that term, from Britain in 1982 with our 'Charter'...

Nero, John Paul II and the Protomartyrs

The first, or proto-, martyrs of the Church of Rome commemorate the untold number of Christians put to death under the reign of Nero, in what would ironically later be termed  64 Anno Domini,...

Trinity Western and the Fight for Religious Freedom

Perhaps you have not heard of the bad news on the religious freedom front, this time from out west, but it comes with a tinge of hope: two weeks ago, Friday, Trinity Western University, an evangelical Christian...

Saints Peter and Paul and Obeying God

A blessed and joyous solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul to all our readers! As they were in life, comites, literally ‘fellow travellers’, so they were in death, leaving everything behind for the sake...

Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop and Martyr

Saint Irenaeus is the saint of the day, the vigil of Saints Peter and Paul.  He was bishop of Lyons in what is now France, a doctor of the Church, and venerated as a martyr for...

Justice Kennedy’s Conscience

First, the Supreme Court of the U.S.A. sides with pro-life pregnancy centres, removing the requirement that they more or less advertise for abortion right outside their doors, and now Justice Anthony Kennedy, a professed...

Of Benedict, Free Speech, Immigration and Beer

I have an article posted this morning on the Benedict Option on Catholic World Report, for those inclined to peruse before it is posted on these pages. Feedback, as always, is welcome. For once, and...

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