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.
Brendan’s Fantastic Voyage
Today commemorates Saint Brendan (+577) the sixth century Irish monk, the 'Navigator', whose main claim to fame - besides his holiness of life -...
Unity in Life and Liturgy
If you’d like a view into the speciousness and illogicality of the pro-abortion argument, you could do worse than peruse this Wired piece, on...
The Choice of Saint Matthias
In today Office of Readings for the feast of Saint Matthias, Saint John Chrysostom writes 'neque dixerunt: Elige, sed ostende electum - quem elegeris,...
Good and Bad Intentions
On the note of good intentions, I have finished a third reflection on 'the Letter' of the theologians to the Holy Father, which will...
Our Lady of Fatima, Medjugorje and Private Revelation
The revelations of Fatima - the 100th anniversary of which coincided with Canada's 150th birthday two years ago, and take that for what you...
Free Speech Forever?
These are evil days indeed for free speech. You may have read of the banning of various commentators and pundits, Milo Yiannopolous, Alex Jones,...
A Gentle Giant Gone
Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche, has gone to his eternal reward, at the venerable age of 90. The son of soldier, veteran and...
Playing with Schismatical Fire
Concerning the comments received on Overplaying the Heretical Hand, here is my clarification, for what it may be worth: The charge of heresy –...
Bulgarian Pilgrimage of Hope
Pope Francis begins his journey – I like to think of these as pilgrimages, as all our journeys ultimately should be – to Bulgaria...
Overplaying the Heretical Hand
Is Pope Francis a heretic? So claims the recent letter, signed by various theological luminaries of various stripes, including, to my surprise, the Dominican...
