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.
Ecrasez l’Infame!
Cardinal Zen has it right on Vatican II - it is a light for our times, read rightly, in accord with tradition and the...
Constance and the Vatican
The historian Roberto Mattei penned an article recently for LifeSiteNews, in which he argues that if sections of the ecumenical Council of Constance (1414-15)...
Banting and Best’s Better Choice
Before we leave this July 27th in the rearview mirror, a brief note to commemorate the discovery of insulin on this day in 1921...
Saint Charbel and the Catholic ‘Mosque’
The Muslims know how to pick their days. But, then, so does God. As mentioned a few days ago, for the first time in...
Ideas Do Have Consequences
On this day, in 1925, a young German veteran, bitter in soul from the humiliating defeat of his nation in the recent war âto...
To Mask or Not to Mask? That is the Question
One of the primary tasks of a free citizenry is to resist encroaching tyranny â even of the âsoftâ variety - for once weâve...
The Precipitous Prelate and the Prudential Pope
Newtonâs Third Law has many applications, as does Hegelâs dialectic of thesis-antithesis-synthesis, in that eternal struggle of the World Spirit â even in the...
Fatima’s Third Vision and Avoiding Hell
Today, July 13th is the a 103rd anniversary of the third vision at Fatima - no, not the third secret, which is another story...
Saint Henry, King and Emperor
Today we remember Saint Henry, Emperor of the Romans and King of the Italians, the last of the 'Ottonian' line - deriving from the...
Why Is Quaffing an Ale Fine, but Smoking a Joint Not?
(The following was recently published on LifeSite, in response to the setting up of a marijuana store - a 'pot shop' - in the...
