Lettergate and the Limits of Prediction
The controversy over 'Lettergate' is an indicative one, wherein the Vatican Secretariat for Communication, Msgr. Dario Vigano (who has since been demoted, sort of,...
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...
Anything Is Possible
One day years ago, while channel surfing, I came across a news story about a woman who became a man, and had decided to...
Demand reverence
Earlier this year a group of bishops from the Italian region of Tavoliere met with Pope Francis. Such meetings are held only every five...
The March for Life and the Contemplative Life
The annual March for Life is coming up in two days, this Thursday, May 10th, with Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral at 10:00 a.m.,...
Ontario’s Holy Lands
I come from the Holy Lands of Ontario.
These are the small towns in which the Irish settled over the 19th century, and built imposing...
Pentecost and Witnessing to Truth
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good (1 Cor. 12:7).
Today, with joy and thanksgiving we celebrate the Solemnity...
Kermit
I’ve been walking around the last few days with the name "Kermit" in my head and vomit close to the surface. You almost have...
A Church reacting well, wisely, and properly
We haven’t heard very much about the so-called clergy abuse crisis recently, but you can be sure that if the mainstream media manages to...