Cardinal Zen’s Letter from the Heart to the College of Cardinals
(The following is excerpted from LifeSite news, and the full piece may be found here. For another take on the troubling situation in China,...
The Need for Spiritual Care in Dementia
 “Dementia is a group of symptoms that affects mental cognitive tasks such as memory and reasoning. Dementia is an umbrella term that Alzheimer’s Disease...
Epiphany’s Lesson
In the events surrounding the birth of Jesus, three groups are called to our attention: the shepherds, the Magi and the court of King...
Facing 2020
“First we overlook evil. Then we permit evil. Then we legalize evil. Then we promote evil. Then we celebrate evil. Then we persecute those...
Timely Words from a Far Off Place
(On this feast of the Holy Family, in my breakfast reading, I stumbled across this homily from Pope Saint John Paul II which he...
Preaching the Primacy of the Family
It has always been difficult for the homilist to preach on the feast of the Holy Family. In the old days, the priest would...
Isaiah, Christmas and Salvation
For a Child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; he is named Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty...
Urbi et Orbi 2002
(Here is the Christmas address of Pope Saint John Paul II, from way back in 2002, and the needs for which he prayed seventeen...
Without Fear: The Pro-Life Witness of Dr. JĂ©rĂ´me Lejeune
Addressing a United Nations conference on health in 1969 following his reception of the William Allen Award, Dr. JĂ©rĂ´me Lejeune, the discoverer of the...
The Light of the Incarnation in a Dark World
As Christmas approaches and this decade ends, it would be worth our while to consider the current situation we find the world in. The...
