Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle: A Teacher for Teachers
Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1651 - 1719), a French nobleman, ordained a priest, founded the first order in the Church’s history entirely without priests,...
Saint Isidore of Seville, the Internet and Industriousness
Today, April 4th is the commemoration of Saint Isidore of Seville (560-636) a bishop and doctor of the Church during a tumultuous age, when...
A Second Reply to Dr. Elizabeth Rex: IVF and ET Are Still Immoral
(Bioethicist Dr. Elizabeth Rex has responded to my initial response, and the reader may find such on LifeSite. You can read the debate here....
A Hidden Friar and a Popular Pope
This April the second marks the memorial of Saint Francis of Paola (1417-1507), founder of the 'Minim' friars, so called for their humility and...
Saint Benjamin and Blessed Jane of Toulouse: Of Persians and Carmelites
On this last day of March, as this year we approach the final two weeks of Lent before Holy Week, we commemorate two little...
A Universally Mandated Secular Vegan Monasticism
It's as rigorous as the ascetic lives of the desert monks, of the Eastern Fathers, and the glory days of the Trappists and Camaldolese....
No, Embryo Adoption is Not an Option, for Catholics or Anyone Else: A Reply...
I listened with some concern to the recent interview with Dr. Elizabeth Rex on LifeSite news, "The Moral Crisis of IVF: Can Catholics Adopt...
Our Lady’s Role in Redemption
On this great Solemnity of the Annunciation - and a blessed one may it be - it is fitting to reflect upon Our Lady's...
Federal Election, April 28th: The Fight for Canada Continues
After visiting the Governor-General, who must approve in the King's name, Mark Carney has called a federal election here in our fair Dominion of...
The Indefatigable Saint Turibius
Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo (+1606), a missionary bishop of Lima, Peru from 1579 until his death in 1606, is a heroic model for bishops...
