American Oracles: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt
In 2014 there was an incident in Colorado that would jolt the sensibilities of many older Americans. At one school district, students organized to...
A Night in Paris
I had this romantic notion on the pilgrimage of sailing away from my native land, watching the ‘white cliffs of Dover’ recede into the...
Taking a Deep Breath
In light of the apparent scandals washing over the Church, readers should peruse and ponder this critical assessment of the recent Pennsylvania Report, which...
Did the Pope Change Church Teaching on the Death Penalty?
At the climax of Luke’s passion narrative, we see Jesus hanging between two criminals. One of the criminals mocks Jesus, but the other responds,...
The Gift of a Consecrated Life
We need some good news stories, and I was witness to one yesterday, as Sister Margaret Mary MacGrath of the Sisters of Our Lady...
The Fragility of Bridges and Covenants
As I was leaving Rome, watching out the window of the da Vinci airport, after five days of hot, sunny weather, the rain began...
The Message of Mary
A blessed and joyful solemnity of the Assumption, the greatest of the feasts of Our Lady, commemorating her entrance into heaven, body and soul,...
The Unspoken Heresy of Christ the Wimp
The powerlessness of Jesus. In a word, it is one of our modern heresies, but it lies hidden in the heart because it is...
Scandals, Kolbe and Mary
I am here at the Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome, waiting for my (delayed) flight back to Toronto and, well, back to life...
San Lorenzo in Roma
A blessed feast of Saint Lawrence to all our readers, the third century martyr whose quite literally legendary life echoes through the ages, his...