From the Homily of Pope Paul VI At the Canonization of the Forty Martyrs...
25th October 1970
To all those who are filled with admiration in reading the records of these martyrs, it is perfectly clear that they are...
Some Observations on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Religion
Artificial intelligence (AI) is technology that enables computers and machines to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving capabilities. These days one cannot browse the internet...
Two Justins
Today is, or rather was, as I am getting to this rather late, the memorial of Saint Justin Martyr, an early apologist for the...
High Virtue, Low Virtue, and the Dangers of Moral Self-righteousness
One of the most mysterious statements in all philosophy comes from the Taoist sage Lao Tzu, who proclaims in the Tao Teh Ching: “High...
No Ambition Except to Do Good: Mary, Mother of God and A New Year
January 1st begins the new calendar year and it also brings to an end the celebration of the Christmas Octave with the celebration of...
Orestes Brownson on Socialism & the Church
Orestes Augustus Brownson (1803 –1876) was among the most original and powerful intellects of his era. A self-taught child prodigy who had memorized most...
What’s Wrong with the World? Well, The Hatred of Words, and the Word
I suspect there are few people left who don’t think there’s something very wrong in the world today, whatever their political and moral leanings...
The Ratzinger Report Revisited
The Italian journalist and Catholic convert Vittorio Messori in 1985 published his two hundred page interview with Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict...
What King James Has to Say about the Lectionary
The current lectionary at Mass in Canada has been in use for nearly thirty years now; it was introduced in 1992. At that time...
A Feminine, or Feminist, Response to Covid?
On April 13, Forbes magazine published a piece titled: “What Do Countries With The Best Coronavirus Responses Have In Common? Women Leaders” which was...
