Tolkien, Discernment, and Vocation in The Lord of the Rings
The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, issued from the Second Vatican Council, emphasized the point that every person has a vocation to...
The Significance of the March for Life
The upcoming feast of Saint Matthias, May 14th, paradoxically marks the sombre anniversary of the legalization of abortion in Canada, under Trudeau Sr., in...
The Iranian Revolution … 40 years later
“What did I do to them?” Shah Reza Pahlavi, 1979
Throughout the world, February 11 of this year may have seemed like any other day.
It...
Hunted by Sophists
Plato had something against the sophists, those itinerant teachers of rhetoric who rose to prominence in the fifth century BC, mostly in Athens. The...
Why Confess Our Sins?
The Catholic Encyclopedia explains that a sacrament “is an outward sign instituted by Christ to impart grace to the soul.” All Christians believe in...
Laudato Si: A Commentary on Magisterial Ecology
In light of Pope Francis' call for September 1st to be a day dedicated to prayer for the environment and ecology, here is a...
Francis, Francesco and Civil Unions
On October 21, the documentary Francesco premiered at the Rome Film Festival. Directed by Emmy-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky, Francesco received the Kinéo Movie for...
The Paradox of Parables
You have just heard one of the parables of Jesus, quite a complicated one. It accomplishes what a parable is supposed to do: it...
Our Lady’s Assumption
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,and the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a crown of...
A Pope’s Homily at Auschwitz
APOSTOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND
HOLY MASS AT THE CONCENTRATION CAMP
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II
Auschwitz-Bierkenau, 7 June 1979
1. "This is the victory that overcomes...
