Private Versus Public Morality
Toward the end of his term in office, American President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court of the United States. ...
The Refuge of Maria Goretti
In you the children and the young people will find a safe refuge
These were the unforgettable words which were spoken from the heart of...
Everything Hinges on How We Respond to Christ’s Word
And Jesus could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. And...
Fourteenth Sunday: The Inadequacy of Relativism and Random Chance
A theme common to Ezekiel and Saint Mark—the readings for the fourteenth Sunday, year B—is the necessity of faith . . . and, be...
Canceling Conservative Priests
Our world is becoming increasingly violent; a world where people are led and misled by half-truths, slogans and ideological clichés. This violence is directed...
Wherefore Canada?
In 2015, when Justin Trudeau described Canada to the New York Times as the world’s “first postnational state,” adding “there is no core identity,...
Thirteenth Sunday: Theodicy, God and Evil
For God created man for incorruption, and made him the image of his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world,...
Josef Pieper on Death and Immortality
“I am the resurrection and the life. He that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives...
Canceling Conservative Priests
Our world is becoming increasingly violent; a world where people are led and misled by half-truths, slogans and ideological clichés. This violence is directed...
Wisdom in Tough Times From Thomas More
1. When you feel like quitting
“You must not abandon the ship in a storm because you cannot control the winds… What you cannot turn...