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.
Donald Trump was sworn in just before mid-day this morning, as the 45th President of the United States, launched into his new career with a prayer from Timothy Cardinal Dolan and other spiritual figures;...
One can get the measure of a man not from his guarded, careful behaviour, but rather from his occasional slip-up, his less careful moments, when the 'true self' comes forth. Such was the case...
Here are a few articles of note, that I would recommend:
Father Raymond on Amoris. An excellent reflection on the current and likely future status of the controversial 'Chapter 8' of Amoris Laetitia.
Hilary Mantel's on...
Pray for the victims in Kyrgyzstan, where a cargo plane crashed into a village in the middle of the night, killing 33, including women and children, as they slept in their homes. One truly...
Stephen Gordon argues that it is a good thing that Canada does not have an ‘elite’ university like Harvard (and, by extension one may presume, no ‘ivy league’ universities at all). His argument, from...
Today is the feast of Saint Hilary of Poitiers (310-367), Bishop and Doctor of the Church, who was such a brilliant foe of the fourth century heresy that denied the divinity of Christ he...
One can only hope that Justin Trudeau's sense of entitlement and noblesse is finally catching up to him. Even the secular media, who have placed their halo around his hallowed locks, are in consternation...
Another day, yet another terrorist attack, this time in Israel, where a Palestinian, an 'ISIS sympathizer', drove a truck through a squad of Israeli soldiers, backing over his victims, before being shot to death...