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 ‘rights’,...

Pope Francis, Sister Marie and Bishop Francois

(What follows is the homily of Pope Francis from 2014 for the 'equipollent' canonization of two Canadian saints - Marie de l'Incarnation, whom we...

The Fifth Sunday of Easter: Body, Soul and Spirit

Geraldine Thompson, a Sister of Saint Joseph who taught English at Saint Michael’s College, Toronto, was utterly charming in person, . . . and...

Sixth Sunday of Easter: Friends of Christ, and Friends of Each Other

‘You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer because the servant does not...

The Courage to Be a Mother

“And when the wine was failing, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her: ‘Woman, what...

Battling Bishops and the Spiritus Mundi

As predicted in a number of prophecies - La Salette, Akita – there is conflict amongst the Cardinals and Bishops of Christ’s Holy Church....

Binding up the Bond: A Survey and Reflection on the Crisis in Catholic Marriage

It is no longer debatable that marriage is in a state of crisis.  In the United States, it is estimated half of all marriages...

Beatification Homily of Francisco and Jacinta Marto

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO FÁTIMA (MAY, 12-13, 2000) HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II BEATIFICATION OF FRANCISCO AND JACINTA MARTO SHEPERDS OF...

Trudeua’s Odiferous, Ominous Omnibus Bill

A good choice was made with Saint Matthias, in accordance with God's holy will, and we may rejoice accordingly on this feast of the...

Isidore the Farmer, Rerum Novarum and Tilling the Land

Saint Isidore, or, in his native Spanish, Isidro de Merlo y Quintana, was named after the other Saint Isidore, the bishop of Seville (whom...