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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Might Dogs Be in Heaven?

I took my brother’s dog, Rocco, out for a glorious hike recently. He’s a golden retriever, raised in my brother’s home from his first days as a puppy, born just over two years ago...

Censoring Science

Two significant censorship stories: Here in Canada, Member of Parliament Charlie Angus has put forward a bill, C-372, that would criminalize any speech claiming the benefit of 'fossil fuels', punishable by $1,000,000 and two years...

Why Can’t Canadians Be Bothered to Have Children?

Having children and raising them is a sacrificial act, or, rather, an unending series of sacrificial acts over many years. One must give of oneself, all of oneself, daily, hourly, minutely, to the new...

Christ, Consecration and Candlemas

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...

Canada’s Continued Descent into the Culture of Death

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...

Tattoo You?

(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...

Saint Marianne Cope of Molokai

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...

Roe versus Wade and the Battle for Life

(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...

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