Fullness of God and the Emptiness of Evil
David Warren has an interesting take on the Catalonian independence movement: I had never considered the role of women in pant-suits, who now seem...
The Pope of the Vulgate
Today we celebrate Pope Damasus, who in his office in the Chair of Peter from 366 to 384, greatly influenced the history of the...
Shedding A Light on the New Barbarism
A blessed feast of the Presentation, also called Candlemas, celebrating the dedication of the child Jesus in the Temple, the purification of Our Lady...
Terrorism in France: The Enemy in their Midst
The massacre in Paris yesterday marks the beginning, we may presume, of other tragedies to come. Well over one hundred dead, hundreds more injured,...
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...
Pope Francis, Islam and World Youth Day
I suppose Pope Francis is correct that we should not strictly identify Islam with terrorism, but a lot depends on how one defines 'terrorism'. ...
The End of Castro
Justin Trudeau shows his true colours once again, eulogizing Castro as a 'friend' of his Dad's, who 'made significant improvements to the healthcare and...
The Savings of Death
They actually published a report out of Alberta, out of the University of Calgary, and published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, that 'medical...
Ben Nevis
When one first arrives in Scotland, everything seems a wee bit, well, smaller or, as they might put it, ‘wee-er’. The streets are narrow,...
The Gift of a Consecrated Life
We need some good news stories, and I was witness to one yesterday, as Sister Margaret Mary MacGrath of the Sisters of Our Lady...