Pius’ Salutary and Courageous Reform
Saint Pius X (+1914) was the first of peasant to be elected Pope in centuries, the bishops of Rome all being chosen from the...
Remembering Those Who Came Before Us
(I wrote this upon visiting my grandparents' graves in Scotland two years ago, but seems a propos for this time as we especially remember...
Modifying the Our Father: Tempting Indeed
As we approach the end of this calendar year, we should give thanks to God for all the blessings He has sent, for the...
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, the Bible and Cappucino
Born Guilio Cesare Russo to a family of Venetian merchants, but far to the south, in the village of Brindisi, right down on the...
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, God’s Ground Wheat
Saint Ignatius of Antioch (+107) joyfully ‘went to the lions’, as the saying goes, meeting his martyrdom in the arena of the Coliseum in...
Our Incarnational Faith
In the midst of the scandals and accusations, we should recall the great joys and blessings of our Faith, not least the gift of Mary, the...
True Olympian Virtue
Naheed Nenshi is upset. The long-time Calgary mayor is exercised over their lost Olympic bid, or should I say, the bid that never was,...
WW II, Euthanasia and a Neo-Dachau
This first day of September marks the 81st anniversary of the beginning of World War II, with Germany's invasion of Poland, one week after...
Teaching kids Latin
Whenever the census in Canada rolls round, I suspect that I am one of the few people who, in the box where one reports...
Young Sam and Somalis
Another Islamic terrorist attack in America, this time in Ohio, where a Somali-born student, 'self-radicalized' according to reports, went on a rampage with his...