Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Capitalism, Communism and Christ

Jesus said, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed.” Luke 12:15 Capitalism may simply be defined as the economic system that...

Blessed Hermanus Contractus

Hermanus of Reinchenau (1013 – 1054) called ‘Contractus’ due to the deformity purportedly caused by spina bifida and a cleft palate (as well as...

Married Saints

Glance at any catalogue of saints and you will be struck, as I was, at how few of them were married. There are Mary...

Roger Bacon: Seer of Science

(We are soon approaching the feast of Saint Albert the Great, Dominican, teacher of Saint Thomas, and patron saint of scientists on the 15th...
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Urbi et Orbi of John Paul II

This 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and to the world) address of Pope Saint John Paul II from 2002 has lost none of...

Why is There Purgatory?

“All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo...

True Christian Tolerance

In Lent we pledge ourselves to acquire virtue. The one, perhaps the only, virtue universally honoured today is tolerance. It is a useful Lenten...
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The Catholic ‘voice’ can help Canadians overcome the housing crisis

My wife and our friends recently read and discussed sections of Pope Leo XIII’s timeless encyclical, Rerum Novarum. Pope Leo XIV's name inspired us...

An American Professor’s Reaction to the Election of an American Pope

“Sorry. I’m blowing up your phone,” I wrote after sending a barrage of text messages regarding the election of Pope Leo XIV. “I'm blowing...

Frost and Fire: A Lenten Poem

To have the soul of a poet Lord, To have one that feels to the depths. The gaping wide hole in my soul Lord The sadness and...