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.
Today we commemorate Saint Thomas More, husband, father, lawyer, sometime chancellor of England, martyred in 1535 along with his compatriot Saint John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester and cardinal of the Church, who is remembered...
Although I try not to dwell on it overmuch, in fact I ignore it as much as I might, this is âGay Prideâ month, which used to be a scant week-long event, but one...
I might have re-named it, had I bought the town of Hell, Michigan, as did âYouTuberâ Elijah Daniel, of whom I had never heard, but apparently, being a star on the Google-owned media platform...
As Canadians celebrate 'Gay Pride' across this fair dominion, I thought a bit of clarity on what it really is we are being asked to celebrate might be in order.
In light of Saint Thomas'...
Once again, a blessed solemnity of the Trinity, and, on a more secular level, although in a connected way, a happy Fathers' Day to all those who exercise that charism of paternity, whether biological...
A blessed solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the greatest and most fundamental mystery of our Faith, signifying Who God is in His very Self, His interior Being. I AM WHO AM. As I...
Pope Francis the other day expressed his full support for âcarbon taxesâ â carbon âpricingâ, if you will â a punitive measure to reduce the use of carbon-based fuels, combustion of which produces carbon...
Conscience can be a slippery thing, if we allow it so, eventually fluctuating under the waves of circumstances around us, by which we may be buffeted, tossed and turned. So sayeth Saint Jude of...