Fourth Sunday: Ite Ad Joseph
When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home (Mt. 1:24).
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Re-Framing Pius XII
Disinformation, noun: false information spread deliberately and often covertly (by planting rumours) to deceive in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. The English...
Solomon’s Demise and Christ’s Cure
When we hear that someone was “born with a silver spoon in his mouth” we think of a man being born into much wealth...
How Wisdom Is Superior to Knowledge
Wisdom and knowledge are not the same. One can have much wisdom and be short of knowledge. On the other hand, one can have...
A Full Glimpse of Fulton J. Sheen
Destined to become the most famous American Catholic of the 20th century, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) was born on a farm near El...
Christ the King
An Irish bull is a statement that is, strictly speaking, illogical and yet whose meaning is somehow clear. Yogi Berra, a baseball player of...
The Equality Act and Its Follies
He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. Genesis 5, v 2.
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The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
As a mathematician, my field of research rarely brings me into contact with controversial ethical topics. However, recent developments in the area of Artificial...
Solemnity of Christ the King
‘For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth...
Gaudete! The Third Sunday of Advent
‘Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom...
