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.
A blessed feast of the Presentation to all our readers, which used to, and still may, be called Candlemas, a celebration of the light that is Christ, now revealed to the world; the Lumen...
I had no idea this proposed legislation even existed, until now. Bill C-3 is in its third reading, and all it needs is royal assent from a pliant 'king' to become the law of...
(Here is a re-post of an article I wrote seven or so years ago now, and I'll keep harping until this unsightly practice is wiped from the face of the earth. And speaking of...
Many of us have heard of Saint Damien of Molokai, the heroic missionary priest who gave his life working amongst the lepers in Hawaii. But there is a female version, celebrated today, Saint Marianne...
(Here is a reprise of what we posted on the last sombre anniversary of Roe v. Wade, now, as so many have hoped and prayed cast into the rubbish heap of history as an...
So the DDF â the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly the CDF, and before that, the SCDF, the âSâ standing for âSacredâ and, boy, do I long for those bygone days...
Can we forgive someone who doesnât accept our forgiveness? Or someone who doesnât think he needs it? There was a group of us discussing this question recently, in reference to all that has happened...
Saint Bernard of Corleone (1605 - 1667) could be the patron saint of the Mafia, and not just because he hails from the same region as the fictional crime family of Mario Puzoâs 1969...