Divorce, Sort of, Hollywood Style
Following the break-up of HiddleSwift, it seems as though an infectious virus dissolving relationships old and new is spreading through Tinseltown:Â Naomi Watts and...
Of Silence, Saint Death and Saint John
Feel free to peruse an article I just finished on Shuasku Endo's controversial novel Silence, published in 1966, and now soon to be released...
Bill 84 and the Inviolability of Conscience
Sometime this Holy Week, the federal parliament will vote on Bill 84, an amendment to the 'Medical Assistance in Dying' Act which legislated physician-assisted...
Saint Anthony and Our Lady
There is a curious connection with today’s memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, the place in Italy where he died (in 1231), for he...
Of Quagmires and Roses
So President Donald Trump has decided to up the ante in Afghanistan, sending in an as-yet undefined number of troops, with no timeline, no...
The True Reformation of Charles Borromeo
The memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo (1538-1584) commemorates one of the great pillars - along with Saint Robert Bellarmine, Philip Neri and countless others...
The Power of the Holy Name
The memorial of the Holy Name of Jesus dates back to the early modern period, just after the Middle Ages, a devotion popularized, along...
Ite ad Joseph
A blessed and joyous solemnity of Saint Joseph to one and all!
The silent saint from the Gospel, husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster...
Romuauld the Hermit
A brief word on Saint Romuauld (+June 19, 1025/27), before today ends, a tenth-century monk, who founded the strict Camaldolese Order, named after the...
Saint Giles and an Australian Confession
As I was perusing over breakfast, I noticed that today is the olde feaste of Saint Giles, an 8th century hermit in southern France,...
