Women and the State

Yet another female premier has been ousted from office after a single term. Is it too impolite, not to say politically incorrect, to ask...

The Last Words of Pope Saint John Paul II

On this Holy Saturday, as come to the end of a long and difficult Lent for so many, these final messages of Pope Saint...

Christus Surrexit Vere, Alleluia!

A blessed and joyous Easter to all our readers, and may the grace of the Risen Christ fill your hearts with a faith, hope...

Song of Creation: An Easter Poem

               They who hear the song love the singer                Music promising light from darkness                Peace and life ever...

Intolerance and Censorship of Truth: Is History Repeating Itself?

Anti-abortion ads removed from GRT buses – Complaint by women’s sexual health organization prompts region to pull ads” – Johanna Weidner, Waterloo Region Record,...

The Upside-Down of Moral Relativism

Very often we hear it said that when tackling thorny questions, two heads are better than one. As for considering the many facets of...

Saint Faustina’s Merciful Jubilee

A blessed Second Sunday of Easter, or Sunday in the Octave of Easter or, now, Divine Mercy Sunday, proclaimed so by Pope (now Saint)...

True Mercy and False Sentimentality: An Address

We hear much of mercy, which in its Latin original is derived from miser (sad) and cordia (heart).  In his one question in the...

O, Canada; Hail, Joseph

(From a few years ago, but still very relevant...) Ed. Devotion to St. Joseph has deep roots in Canada.   Of course we are familiar with...

Immortal Irony

In his short story “The Ambitious Guest,” Nathaniel Hawthorne uses a lot of irony. A lot might actually be an understatement. The story is...