All twelve days
“Therefore your end is on you,
Is on you and your kings,
Not for a fire in Ely fen,
Not that your gods are nine or ten,
But...
No gold medal for truth and justice
The Olympics are over, so a tale of two athletes. In 2011 America’s most successful gymnast, Peter Vidmar, a man who had won more...
Blessed John Duns Scotus: The Doctor Subtilis
November the 8th is the feast day of the great Franciscan university professor, philosopher and theologian, Blessed John Duns Scotus.
Little is known about his...
A Deadly First
With the permission of a Superior Court Justice, Ontario had its first euthanasia case this morning, when an 81 year old man suffering from...
Good King Louis
We celebrate today in the universal Church one of my own favorites (not least since I was baptized on this day in bonnie Scotland...
Ad Multos Annos, Father de Valk!
Father Alphonse de Valk, Founding Editor of Catholic Insight, celebrated the 51st anniversary of his ordination quite fittingly on December 11th, the eve of...
Bill M-103 and the Abuse of Power via Language
(Parliament may effectively vote into law today with the third reading of Motion 103, which would be propaedeutic to making any criticism of Islam...
Manchester, Muhammad and Trumping Ali
Britain stumbles into another election, this one in the wake of yet-another terrorist attack on the Vigil of Pentecost, with three Islamic jihadis mowing...
Sixtus II, Pope and Martyr
A blessed memorial of Pope Saint Sixtus II and Companion Martyrs, who were beheaded along with six of his deacons in witness to the...
The Faceless Niqab
The recent ban in the province of Quebec on the niqab, the Islamic face-covering, when receiving 'public services' (reserved, of course, only for females)...
