The future of Catholicism
When a publisher telephones and asks for a new book, written quickly, there is only one response: a high- pitched, only partly controlled āyes.ā...
What we are called to do
The Catholic blogosphere hit Bottum recently, and hit it very hard indeedāthe Bottum in question being Jody, a Catholic journalist and former editor of...
A papal revolution
There I was in late July, driving to work at 7:30 am, content and peaceful after a weekend with friends in their rural Ontario...
A magical scarf
Walking to my flat late Friday afternoon after a chaotic morning, I was confronted with the fact that I hadnāt yet had lunch. I...
Successor to St. Peter
Itās been a challenging few weeks for serious Catholics. By āchallengingā I suppose I mean difficult, and by āseriousā I mean those who live...
Poppies
Our NovemberĀ cover artist, Sheila Diemert, lives and worksĀ in Kitchener, Ontario. She enjoys creating art that is uplifting and positive and paintings that have meaning...
All You Need is Love (Doo doo do do doo)!
āThe proclamation of the saving love of God comes before moral and religious imperatives.ā
Yikes. Scandal.Ā Gasp. The Internet explodes and sides begin to form. One...
The Extraordinary Ordinary
Last Saturday was the feast of the Triumph of the Cross and for me, this one has always been a conundrum of a feast...
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...
Shhh
The quiet scares me ācause it screams the truth. - P!nk, "Sober"
It was late at night, and the rest of my family was asleep....
