Dr. Hawking’s Pi
Today is Pi Day, the third month and 14th day, signifying of course 3.14, the first digits in the ratio of a circle's circumference...
Placating Tyrants and Playing Catch up with the Culture of Death
From Justin Trudeau’s eyebrow apparently falling off during a press scrum (apparently it may have been an optical illusion), to his tiff with President...
Fathers, Presidents and History
Today is the memorial of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1190 – 1153), named after the ‘clear valley’ in which he helped establish a Cistercian...
Synods, Speech and Synagogue
The Synod on Youth has closed, after approving the final document in accord with the new rules on Episcopal Synods promulgated by Pope Francis...
Will Real Evil Please Stand Up?
I am still wondering about the case of Father John McCloskey, the popular – or once popular - Opus Dei priest, responsible for numerous...
Notre Dame and France’s Baptism
Nothing is accidental in God’s providence, which guides all things – concretely and immediately – to their final end, in the overall plan He...
That Slippery Morphing Conscience
Conscience can be a slippery thing, if we allow it so, eventually fluctuating under the waves of circumstances around us, by which we may...
Saints Eusebius of Vercelli and Peter Julian Eymard
The Church commemorates two pastors today, separated by a millennium and a half: The fourth-century Eusebius of Vercelli (+371), the first bishop we know...
Saint Joseph of Cupertino’s Levity
According to the laws of physics, a man should not be able to fly, at least without technological help. But are not the 'laws...
Saint Lucy’s Luminous Light
It may be difficult to believe in these dark December days, but a scant week from now, once we pass the winter solstice, the...
