6000 Thoughts A Day: What to Do with Them All?
Did you know that the average human has around 6,000 thoughts per day? A recent study used brain imaging scans to track when new...
Motion M103 and the Perilous Ambiguity of ‘Islamophobia’
Tomorrow, our noble Parliament will vote on Motion M103, which is a motion to get into a motion laws forbidding 'Islamaphobia'. Said Motion is...
Return of the Taliban, 2.0
What is one to say of the 'fall of Afghanistan' over the weekend, which many - myself included - predicted as soon as we...
Call No Man Father…Including Saint Joseph?
One of the age-old objections that Protestants have to the Catholic priesthood is known as the “Call No Man Father” Argument, which runs something...
Saint George Preca, Catechist and Apostle of Malta
(We are a bit late, alas, in posting this reflection on Saint George Preca, a home-grown Maltese saint, whose feast was May 9th. But,...
For the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek’s Mission: A Spiritual Reflection
     Enterprise, what a God-haunted mission you are on. All around you there is light, star-shot and splintered in the endless skies through which you...
What and Why to Read from the Current Magisterium
Over the past week, Pope Francis has issued not one but two relatively “major” documents, along with the standard fare of other routine Papal...
Pope Benedict’s First Address on Saint Gregory the Great
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Saint Gregory the Great (1)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Last Wednesday I spoke of a Father of the Church little known...
The Popes and Becoming Holy
In the solemnity of All Saints Day we are reminded that we too can become holy. Holiness must be our existential target. In fact,...
Morality Without Religion?
Nobody can deny that there has to be a moral consensus about what is right and what is wrong in order to have a...
