The Choice of Matthias
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon themÂ
So wrote the Bard in his 1602 play the Twelfth Night, and...
Adding Titles and Falling Totems
Pope Francis has added three new titles to the Litany of Loreto, the ancient prayer to Our Lady under various of her titles: We...
Saint Jean Vianney, a Priest for Priests
On this day, August 4th, in 1859 - the same year that Darwin published his specious Origin of Species, and one year after Marx's...
Escape from Seattle
The analogy to the 1981 John Carpenter film Escape from New York is a limited one, for Manhattan in the fictional account, turned into...
Timothy, Titus and Episcopal Reckoning
A blessed memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, co-workers of Saint Paul, both of them ordained by him into the early episcopacy of the...
Easter Joy, Lockdown Loops, and Casting Out Fear
A continued blessed and joyous Easter to all our readers, on this second day of eight days of solemnities, each day an 'Easter Sunday'...
Saint Boniface: Laying the Axe to the Root of Evil
Saint Boniface, bishop, missionary and martyr was hacked to death by a band of Frisian idol-worshippers on this day, June 5, 754, along with...
The Limits of Science, Making Moral Choices and Keeping Our Eyes on the Horizon
I have an article published in Catholic World Report, on the Limits of Science and how science might - and might not - guide...
Wake Up, Canada!
RĂ©veillez-vous, Canada, and Joan Up!
I appreciated Kennedy Hall's clarion call to stand fast against tyranny and oppression - with which I heartily agree -...
Saint Barnabas and Keeping up the Good Fight of the Faith
It is fitting that we celebrate the Apostle Barnabas, the âson of consolationâ, or the âson of encouragementâ, in this season of the Holy...
