The Ratzinger Report Revisited
The Italian journalist and Catholic convert Vittorio Messori in 1985 published his two hundred page interview with Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict...
Alien Life and the Glory of God
From a religious point of view, we need not worry about life throughout the universe, though Hollywood makes sure that we do as a...
Marxism Is the Opium of the Lost—Truth and Redemption Are Found Only in Christ
Recently, as I rarely do these days, I engaged in a social media exchange in response to a post by a political commentator and...
It’s Always the Right Time to Leisure
Many years ago, I attended an academic talk that left a lasting impression – more so for my reaction to it than for its...
The Pied Vipers of Inaina – A Fairy Tale By Brother Grimm
Once upon a time, in a world far away, there arose and advanced the militant Captitans who built their multi-windowed fortress Inaina upon a...
The Mills of God Grind Slowly
We are currently witnessing numerous calamities in the order of nature: earthquakes, droughts, floods, and disasters which cause the unforeseen death of thousands of...
Fighting For Truth With Fists – and Feet
(I've always had this suspicion that traditional martial arts tend more towards 'arts' than 'martial'. Their emphasis on complex katas and techniques, which display...
The Beauty of the Mass as a Bridge to God
For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples (Is. 56: 7). ⧾
In any given region or country, a common...
Why the Deuterocanon is Scripture
(As we make our way through the Sirach in the readings for Mass, also called Ecclesiasticus, a deuterocanonical book in the canon, considered 'apocryphal'...
Venantius and his Vexilla
Vexilla regis prodeunt; The banners of the king come forth;
fulget crucis mysterium, brightly gleams the mystery of...
