The Bible and the Big Bang
Recently I was asked by an atheist friend to point to just one passage in Scripture for which there is a single piece of...
Pro-Life… Is It Working?
For the Pro-Life movement, it was a perfect storm of related events causing many of its supporters to wonder why the movement itself appears...
A Personal Reflection on Truly Accompanying the Dying
(A few years ago, we published the following letter, which was sent to Catholic Insight in response to my brief posting on the letter...
Marcel Tyberg – a Forgotten Composer of the Holocaust
In the 75 years since the end of the Second World War and the Holocaust, it is still hard to say how much the...
Tales of Canterbury
(A re-posting of my reflections, nearly two years ago now, of my pilgrimage to Canterbury, in light of today's memorial to one of her...
Reformation and the Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the most unique of all Catholic dogmas, not only theologically and historically, but...
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Since you are children of God, God has sent into your hearts the Spirit of His Son, the Spirit who cries out: Abba, Father....
Ash Wednesday Audience of Pope Francis
(Here are words from our current Pontiff, Pope Francis, to help begin our Lenten journey. Â His message continues the tradition of the Holy Father...
Christianity and Common Sense
Can one jump down one’s own throat? This was G.K. Chesterton's reply to those who claim that anything is possible. When we exercise common...
A Silent Passion Sunday, Filled with Hope
Christ Jesus, though He was in the form of Go, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied Himself,...
