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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Benedict the Beggar and Benedict the Pope

This day marks the anniversary of the death of Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, (+1783), one of the oddest, but also the most attractive, of saints. His vocation, such as it was, was a unique...

The Limits of Mercy

A blessed Divine Mercy Sunday to one and all, a feast put in place by Pope Saint John Paul II, back in the Jubilee Year of 2000. Five years later, he would go to...

Easter Joy, Lockdown Loops, and Casting Out Fear

A continued blessed and joyous Easter to all our readers, on this second day of eight days of solemnities, each day an 'Easter Sunday' - then another month of the Easter season, until Pentecost,...

A Catholic Scientist Champions the Shroud of Turin

The 'Shroud of Turin', widely held as the very burial sheet of Our Lord, imprinted miraculously with the image of His own body, will be displayed on Holy Saturday, April 3rd. This is a...

Bishop Sheen and the Betrayal of Judas

Judas is an intriguing figure, perhaps not for the right reasons, but nonetheless, he's given to us in the Gospels for a reason - mysterious words, that end in what is in many ways...

The Virgin Mary and Her Share in the Redemptive Work of Her Son

In light of the Holy Father's address the other day, in which he mentioned that Mary was and is not a 'co-redeemer', with Christ, the one and unique Redemptor Mundi - but is rather...

Be It Done to Me According to Thy Will

A blessed solemnity of the Annunciation! to all our readers, which commemorates the conception of the Son of God in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, in the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity...

The Sacred Sacrifice and the Secular Mindset

The bishops of Quebec, Vancouver, and Toronto and other sundry regions seem finally to realize what is at stake. When Covid first hit, they all went well beyond government protocols - locking down churches...

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