Thursday, October 16, 2025

From the Heart of a Woman: What It Really Means to Be a Man

What does it really mean to be a man? Well, I cannot tell you firsthand. I am a woman. However, I believe that it...

Briefly Testing Aristotle’s Golden Mean

“Virtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency.” Aristotle Scripture is full of exhortations to avoid...

Shūsaku Endō’s novel Chinmoku [Silence]: Christ’s Sabachthani versus Fr. Rodrigues’ Apostasy

(Please note: this article refers to the book; admittedly, I have not seen the film.) Chinmoku – a Tragedy Contrary to the interpretation of many Western...

Saint John Henry Newman’s Philosophy of Education: Part 2

(This is the second article in a series on Newman's philosophy of education. For the first reflection, may be found here). Newman recognized that knowledge...

The Agony of Abraham

First Argument When skeptics complain bitterly about the so-called “Judaeo-Christian mythology,” one of their most frequent objection is to the incomprehensible cruelty of God as...

By an Inch: Trump, JP II and Fatima

July 13th was the 107th anniversary of the one of the visions to the children at Fatima, this one concerning hell, the consecration of...

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...

That All May Be One

“I pray that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also...

Images in the Time of Shadows: A Poem

Images in the Time of Shadows   A dove sits in the tree of life in the genesis of mist - a tracery for the vale of tears...
Pope St. John Paul II

John Paul II’s Homily on the Hundredth Anniversary of Maria Goretti

MESSAGE OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOP OF ALBANO FOR THE CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF ST. MARIA GORETTI To my Venerable Brother Bishop Agostino Vallini of...