Of Muslim Mayors, Fire and Brimstone
By the time you read this, London (the one in England) will have elected a new mayor. The residents did not have much of...
The Bright Moment of Conception
There are sometimes good things in the news, like this report from the Telegraph that when conception occurs, that is, when the male sperm...
The Brave New Canada of Artificial Reproduction
In 2004, Canada passed the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, which legalizes certain forms of artificial reproduction of human beings, including in vitro fertilization and...
Caveat Spectator
Modern television (or do we say internet?) programs, particularly on Netflix, and other media, have become radically explicit, both in violence and in sex. ...
Ant-Man vs. Daredevil
(As a bit of light-hearted reading before the issuance of the Holy Father’s Apostolic Letter later today, here are some thoughts on two superheroes,...
Our Unsupportable Medical Utopia
I met an acquaintance of mine recently in one of local stores (of course, government run) that sells liquid cheer, to refresh the weary...
The Beauty of Suffering: Salvifici Doloris
In, 1984, Pope Saint John Paul II penned an Apostolic Letter on the mystery of human suffering, Salvifici Doloris (curiously, now looking back, the...
Of Bombs, Budget and Bombast
*Our prayers go out for all the victims and, yes, the perpetrators of yesterday's attacks in Belgium. We are up against a determined enemy,...
A Deadly First
With the permission of a Superior Court Justice, Ontario had its first euthanasia case this morning, when an 81 year old man suffering from...
Ite Ad Joseph: The Archbishop’s Novena
As promised, I have pasted below the novena prayer to Saint Joseph, which the Archbishop of Ottawa, Terence Prendergast, has asked all Catholics in...