Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Thirty Third Sunday, Humility and the End of Time

At that time Michael the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise (Dan. 12:1).Ā  As we approach the end of the liturgical year...

Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko, Conscripted Priest, and Martyr for Conscience

Next month, October, marks the 40th anniversary of the abduction and murder of Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947-1984). He was a Polish Roman Catholic...

Third Sunday of Advent: Rejoice, in Integrity and Constancy

The Lord your God, is in your midst…He will renew you in His love (Zeph. 3:17). ā§¾ The third Sunday of Advent is known as...

Avoiding Catholic Syncretism

Throughout her history, the Catholic Church has always had to struggle to address controversial issues of all kinds, and what we are facing in...

Did the Pope Change Church Teaching on the Death Penalty?

At the climax of Luke’s passion narrative, we see Jesus hanging between two criminals. One of the criminals mocks Jesus, but the other responds,...

Fifth Sunday of Easter, and Augustine’s Tale of Two Cities

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out heaven from God…and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ā€˜See,...

Virtue, Vice and Everything Nice? Blessed Dina Belanger

Father Callam’s take on Christ’s declaration that it is what comes from within a man making him unclean, all those unbridled and disordered passions...

Do Cats Go to Heaven?

(The Church in her official capacity does not speak much of animals, except in their relation to us humans. They don’t have intrinsic ā€˜rights’,...

The Ladder of Divine Ascent:Ā A book to read during Lent

One of the great spiritual books that it is surely advisable to be read during the Lenten journey isĀ The Ladder of Divine Ascent, written...

John of God

Saint John of God, whose baptismal name was João Duarte Cidade, lived an incredible life: on the streets alone soon after the tender age...