The Pope, Fatima and Medjugorje
In his recent pilgrimage to Fatima, the Holy Father, in canonizing two of the young seers, Jacinta and Francesco, delivered a fine homily on the mysterious...
Philosophers, Trudeau and Trump
Today is the feast of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a woman 'renowned for her learning', put to death as a virgin martyr in 305...
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...
Resisting Reform
As many saints, scholars and sundry others have discovered, reform is a difficult business. Reforming oneself is hard enough, in others, more difficult still,...
Orthodoxy
G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Men of science offer us health, an obvious benefit; it is only afterwards that we discover that by health, they mean bodily...
Ignatius and his Band of Brothers
Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) whom we celebrate on this last day of July, in some ways belongs more to the early days of...
Whither the Angels?
The feast of the Archangels, formerly known, and in some circles still is, as the feast of Michaelmas, after the one who is âlike...
Catherine’s Pure Philosophy
In one of those ironies of God's history - choosing what seems weak to confound the apparently strong - the patron saint of philosophers...
Fabian and Freedom
Pope Fabian (+250) was put to death on this day in the persecution of Emperor Decius, for refusing to offer idolatrous sacrifice, and this...
Boy Scouts, Volcanoes and Mother of God School
A blessed Sixth Sunday of Easter, as we journey with Christ and His Apostles towards PentecostâŠVeni Creator Spiritus!
It had to happen, I suppose: The...
