Saint Agatha the Good
Saint Agatha (+251) is counted amongst the most venerated of the 'virgin martyrs', one of the seven women whose name appears in the Canon...
Independence, Pier Giorgio and Elizabeth
A joyous Independence Day to all our American readers. There are any number of factions developing in the once-United States, but all can be...
When Refusing Communion is an Act of Love and Healing
'Shunning', 'exclusion', 'forbidding', even, dare we add, 'excommunication' - hardly words that are often connected with 'love', which on the contrary oft goes along...
Two Marital Extremes
Pondering the post-Valentine blues, here is a view of two opposite sides of culture that would have very difficult time cohabiting, so to speak. ...
M-87 and the Demise of Free Speech
Not one MPP, yes, nary a one of our elected representatives in provincial parliament, not on Conservative, not even the much-vaunted Sam Oosterhoof and...
The Imposition of Family Day
I suppose it is requisite to wish everyone a happy 'Family Day', even though my reservations with this holiday, which is not really a...
Excuses, Truth and Nothing But
Just after posting the announcement on the week-long showing of Unplanned in Canadian theatres, it was announced this morning that two of those theatres...
On Martyrdom and True Religious Freedom
Carl Sundell has a very a propos article today in Catholic Insight on the remarkable Frank Sheed (+1982), a Catholic lay apologist who emphasized...
The Long and Short of Nukes and Koreans
The North Koreans have tested yet another potentially-intercontinental missile, this one reaching scant 1000 km before crashing into the sea. Not bad, some might...
Women’s Day and the Two Trudeaus
Yesterday, I alluded briefly to Sophie-Gregoire Trudeau, and how she had taken Emma Watson on a scooter ride around Ottawa upon the latter's visit...