Of Girl Power, Councils and Contraception
I trust all the Canadians out there had a very joyous and blessed Thanksgiving. Our hearts go out to those affected by the torrential...
Of Holy Families, Peace and Good Will Toward Men
Today's feast of the Holy Family reminds us of the fundamental importance of this 'basic building block' of each and every society, not just...
Easter, Popularity and Populism
I hope that all our readers are enjoying their 'week of Sundays' during this Easter Octave, every day a solemnity, to be celebrated with...
Captain Fantastic and Hollywood’s Anti-Catholicism
Viggo Mortensen, the same actor who played Strider/Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, seems to enjoy getting naked in his non-Tolkien films,...
An Inestimable Gift to God
In the eyes of God, the smaller and more hidden things in this life are often those of the greatest moment in the sight...
JP II, We Miss You
Yesterday was, or would have been had it not been the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time, the feast of Pope Saint John Paul II,...
Christus Natus Est, Gaudeamus!
A very merry, blessed and joyous Christmas to all our readers, which we hope is filled with God's grace and good cheer. Someone sent...
Of Saint Thomas’ Death and Voting
Saint Thomas Aquinas died on this day, March 7, 1274, at the Cistercian monastery of Fossanuova in Italy, between Naples and Rome (where there...
Justin the Martyr
Saint Justin, who is called the 'martyr', was a pagan convert to Christianity, based in large part upon his investigation of the rational arguments...
Scandals, Kolbe and Mary
I am here at the Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome, waiting for my (delayed) flight back to Toronto and, well, back to life...
