Wednesday, April 1, 2026

The Ministerial Priesthood and St. Maximillian Kolbe

Nothing is more doomed to failure than a layperson trying to tell the clergy what they ought to do. Well, perhaps if such a...

Remember Man, That Thou Art Dust…Pope Benedict and Ash Wednesday

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 9 March 2011 Ash Wednesday Dear Brothers and Sisters, On this day, marked by the austere symbol of ashes, we enter...

Distributism: The Original ‘Third Way’ for Shared Ownership, Social Justice, and Economic Equality &...

(Contributor Tadgh Quil-Manley offers a reflection here on distributism, an economic philosophy derived by Chesterton, Belloc and others from Leo XIII's landmark encyclical, Rerum...

John Paul II at Lourdes

PILGRIMAGE OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO LOURDES ON THE OCCASION OF 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROMULGATION OF THE DOGMA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION HOMILY OF THE HOLY...

Homily at the Mass of Blessed Josephine Bakhita

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO BENIN, UGANDA AND KHARTOUM (SUDAN) EUCHARISTIC CONCELEBRATION IN HONOR OF BLESSED JOSEPHINE BAKHITA HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II Green Square, Khartoum (Sudan) Wednesday, 10 February 1993   "Come...

Pope Saint John Paul and the Presentation

(A blessed feast to all our readers! In 1997 Pope Saint John Paul II declared this ancient feast of the Presentation - also known...

Pope Benedict XVI and the Enduring Value of Saint Thomas Aquinas

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 2 June 2010   Saint Thomas Aquinas (1) Dear Brothers and Sisters, After several Catecheses on the priesthood and on my latest Journeys,...

The Digital World and the Crisis of the Modern Mind

The medium is the message (Marshall McLuhan, 1964) The invention of the digital world is supposed to be celebrated as a triumph of shared knowledge...

Is There Any Hope for the Catholic School System in Ontario?

As students return to school after Christmas holidays, and in light of yesterday’s memorial of founding Catholic educator Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, I offer these...

My Peaceful and Profitable Time at the Two Fonts of the Liberal Arts

(New contributor Mary Innerst offers here a reflection of the beauty of her time studying at the ITI - the International Theological Institute -...