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.
Oh, Canada…
On this 150th birthday of Canada, it befits us as Canadians to stop and reflect upon the year that was, as the Dominion reaches...
A Catholic Approach to the Papacy
On this solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, celebrating their respective life and martyrdom, it is beneficial to dwell a moment upon the papacy...
Supreme Court and Texan Abortion: What Next?
Another day, and more bad news. One becomes benumbed after a time, which is not a good thing. Would that I could write on...
A Philosophical Brexit
Already the effects of the Brexit are rippling through the world: The British currency has taken a record nosedive, the stock market is tottering,...
Brexit, the Faith and Europe
Britain is voting as I write on whether or not to stay within the 'European Union', with pundits widely divided on the effects of...
More’s Conscience
Today we commemorate Saint Thomas More, husband, father, lawyer, sometime chancellor of England, marytyred in 1535 with his compatriot Saint John Fisher, Bishop of...
Star Farce: A Study in How to Ruin a Franchise
I thought the Star Wars franchise, so successful and cinema-transforming in the late seventies and early eighties, was ruined by the three prequels in...
Senate Passes Euthanasia Law
The Canadian Senate has capitulated, passing into law Bill C-14 legalizing 'Medical Aid in Dying', or, more properly, murder-assisted suicide. It will now be...
Conscience, Love and Law
There is much talk nowadays about conscience, freedom of conscience, good and bad conscience, yet with little awareness, from what I can tell, of...
Normalizing Deviancy
Well, another evening CBC episode, dedicated this time to the flying of the rainbow flag in various locales, the most controversial being the American...
