The Creeping Totalitarianism of Bill C-63

Justin Trudeau and his 'Justice' Minister, Arif Virani, are doubling down on Bill C-63, purported to make the internet a 'safe place for children'....

Saint Peter Chrysologous: How To Preach a Homily

Saint Peter Chrysologous (+450) was, as the traditional account has it, chosen bishop of Ravenna in 433 after the then-reigning pontiff, Pope, Sixtus III,...

Will a Real Women’s Day Please Stand Up?

I am all for honouring women, but International Women’s Day – which I am at least glad to read they have not (yet?) modified...

Mater Ecclesiae and the Entrance into ‘Ordinary Time’

We celebrate today the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, as mentioned, made official by Pope Paul VI in 1964. During the Council, there...

The Night that Life went down to Georgia

Georgia’s Senate has just passed  HB 481, the Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act, which would make it illegal to abort – murder –...

Ite ad Joseph with Brother Bessette

Today is the feast of the one of Canada's most beloved saints, her own home-grown Andre Bessette (1845-1937), a humble and obscure lay-brother who founded...

Frances of Rome and the Taoiseach of Ireland

In the most troubled of times, God raises up saints as exemplars and intercessors, and Frances of Rome is no exception. Born into privilege...

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...

No gold medal for truth and justice

The Olympics are over, so a tale of two athletes. In 2011 America’s most successful gymnast, Peter Vidmar, a man who had won more...