Strong demand, intense debates: Ontario’s Catholic schools at a crossroads
As students prepare to bid farewell to summer and head back to school, Catholic education in Ontario may be at a crossroads.
In Ontario, as...
Where Has Shame Fled?
“If I am a sinner and deny sin, there is no forgiveness. The denial of sin is the unforgivable sin.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Once upon...
Holland’s Hallowed Jesuit
Second only to St. Boniface, St. Peter Canisius, born in Holland, is known as the apostle of Germany, Switzerland, Holland, and other northern European...
Uganda’s Witness
The memorial of Charles Llwanga and his companion martyrs, put to death in Uganda between 1885 and 1887, has complex undertones: the conquest of...
Third Sunday of Lent: Accepting or Rejecting God’s Truth
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness (1 Cor. 10:5). ⧾
These sobering words from...
Against Organized Religion
            In 1999 it was estimated that 24 million Americans—almost one in 10—do not admit allegiance to any particular faith denomination according to a...
Porn and the Disordering of the Human Mind
A propos of nothing, something grabbed my attention the other night, causing me to revisit a phenomenon that has long since disappeared from the...
Silence and the Clericalism of Fr. Rodrigues
Father Scott Murray
Scorsese’s film adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s Silence is true to the original. In fact, I don’t believe I have ever seen a...
3rd Sunday of Advent: Rejoice, the Lord is near
His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation (Lk 1:4).
Once again on this third Sunday of Advent we encounter the figure...
Patching the Chinese Schism?
Be wary in signing deal with atheistic Communists, Confucius might have said, had he lived another millennia or so, only to see his nation...
