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.
The lifeless body of the 2 year old Aylan Kurdi lying face down on a beach has caused outrage around the world (I have shown him here alive and laughing, as he may well...
The Gospel on the memorial of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist, which we celebrated last week, recounts the story Herod, Herodias, his unlawful wife (who had been married to his brother), Herodias’...
In light of Pope Francis' call for September 1st to be a day dedicated to prayer for the environment and ecology, here is a post I wrote soon after the publication of the encyclical...
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As most of you have heard by now, Catholic Insight, for reasons that were primarily financial, decided earlier this year to cease print publication.
After some discussion and reflection, the Board of Catholic...
As the world burns, and our Supreme Court here in Canada is about to decide tomorrow on whether or not physicians should be permitted by law to kill their sick patients, a word on...