Monday, January 12, 2026

The Bishops of Ontario Prepare for the Second Vatican Council

This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council and also the sixty-third anniversary of the opening of the...

Apologetics 101, Question 10: How do you know the Bible is a reliable source...

For this question, it would not be possible, and possibly not helpful, to try to provide an apologetic for the reliability of “the Bible”...

Dishonest Wealth Made Honest

Twenty-fifth Sunday Per Annum (C) September 22, 2019. You cannot serve God and wealth (Lk. 16:13). At face value, it would seem that that the Gospel...

Apologetics 101, Question 7: A Designed versus Random Universe

In response to Catholic Insight’s post of Carl Sundell’s list of 39 essential questions Catholics should be prepared to answer about our faith, I...

Keeping the Republic

The most marked political tendency of the American people has been to interpret their government as a pure and simple democracy, and to shift...

A Primer for Our Lenten Pilgrimage

‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him’ (Mt. 4:11). On Ash Wednesday we begin the observance of the holy season of Lent with...

Pope Saint John Paul’s 11th Station

THE ELEVENTH STATION Jesus is nailed to the Cross. V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according...

The Opticks of Justice

Isaac Newton penned his treatise Opticks in 1704 – and who am I to improve upon his spelling, about which they were not exactly...

Pope Benedict and the Angelic Doctor

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

Mater Dolorosa: Our Lady of Sorrows

(In the calendar of the usus antiquior, today, the Friday before Holy Week, is the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. In the revisions...