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.
Coup, Coup, Ubi Es Tu?
Whatever happened on Capitol Hill last week cannot be described as a âcoupâ, and the charge of 'attempted coup' cannot be placed at the...
The (Non) Children of Men and the Indissoluble Nexus
It was somewhat disconcerting to discover that the 1992 novel The Children of Men by mystery writer P.D. James was set in January of...
Year of Saint Joseph: The Shadow of the Father
On this solemnity of Mary's Divine Motherhood, it's good also to be reminded of her husband's quasi-divine Fatherhood, as we begin this 'Year of...
The Limits of Law and Obedience
Obedience is not necessarily a virtue. It did not excuse the Nazis at Nuremberg, who were just âfollowing ordersâ. Just as Serviam has its exceptions and...
Saint Thomas Ă Becket’s 850th
A blessed continuing 'merrie Christmas!' to all our readers, as we celebrate all these twelve days, right up to the Epiphany and the Baptism...
Should the Church Obey the State? The Limits of Law
I have a reflection out this morning on Catholic World Report, on the Limits of Law and Obedience, if you'd like to peruse my...
Hope and History, Hope in God
I chanced upon a slim volume this year, by an author whom I greatly admire, Thomist philosopher Josef Pieper. In the midst of what...
Trudeau Whipping Death Along
It is said that princes and noblemen at public schools in England each had their own âwhipping boyâ, a low-born student who would take...
Fra Juan’s Canticle of Light and Darkness
The Carmelite Order traces its spiritual roots back to the prophet Elijah, but its practical foundation was in the twelfth century, round about the...
The True Santa Claus
In these early days of Advent, we celebrate one of the most popular of saints, of whom we actually don't know all that much....
