L.A.’s Inferno and Metanoia
As we pray for those affected by the Los Angeles fires - still burning and uncontained as I write - the significance of this...
Justin Trudeau and the Long, Long….Long Goodbye
Napoleon once quipped that if you want to discover a man's character, don't make him suffer; rather, give him power. By their fruits ye...
The Cappadocians and the Last Days
Today's fourth-century saints, Saints Basil of Caesarea (+379) and Gregory of Nazianzen (+389), comprise, together with Basil's brother Gregory of Nyssa (+395), the trio...
Of Mascots, Saints and Pilgrims
Why do we need a Jubilee mascot? When I think of a mascot, what comes to mind is someone dressed up in an animal...
Christmas and the Mysterium Iniquitatis
There will be some empty chairs around the Christmas table this year, after a Saudi psychiatrist, Tabel Al-Abdulmohesn, plowed his BMW into a Christmas...
Cardinal Cupich’s Processions
Cardinal Blaise Cupich of Chicago has just released another directive for his diocese, discouraging Catholics from kneeling to receive Holy Communion.
Before we get to...
Thoughts on Notre Dame
We may rejoice at the re-opening of the Basilica of Notre-Dame, after its partial destruction in the fire on April 15th, 2019. But with...
Taylor Swift: Sad Tragedy, or Joyful Comedy?
(Today is Miss Swift's 35th birthday, the feast of Saint Lucy, patron saint of light. As we mention in this reprieve, may the virgin-martyr...
Saint Bibiana and Single Ladies
Saint Bibiana (+ca. 363), who is commemorated today, a virgin martyred during the reign of Julian the Apostate (355-363), is the patroness of single...
The Pope, COP and Climate Change
There’s a story told of Father Georges Lemaitre, the priest who first proposed the theory of the Big Bang in 1927. He didn’t call...
