Teresa’s True Concept of What a Friend We Have in Jesus
On this, the 'ides' of October, the fifteenth, mid-month, we celebrate the great mystic and doctor of the Church, Teresa of Avila (+1582) who,...
The Limits of Science, Making Moral Choices and Keeping Our Eyes on the Horizon
I have an article published in Catholic World Report, on the Limits of Science and how science might - and might not - guide...
Ms. Pelosi and the Abortion Bill
The House of Congress in America is voting today on a sweeping abortion law, -Our Lady of Ransom and Our Lady of Walsingham, no...
Missions to Moncton, Accompaniment and Papal Sensitivity
I'm not sure how one might describe the decision of Archbishop Valery Vianneau, spiritual head of the diocese of Moncton in New Brunswick, to...
Trudeau’s Totalitarianism
A vote for Trudeau and his Liberals is a vote for totalitarianism, and a pernicious version at that.
Before we cast that ballot, dear reader,...
Dante’s Seven Centuries
Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago today, at the age of 56, on the evening of September 13th, 1321, fittingly the vigil of the...
9-11 at 20
It was twenty years ago today is the beginning of the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper, but a more sombre anniversary marks this day than teaching...
The False Propaganda of Gleiwitz’ Casus Belli
September 1st, 1939 marks the official beginning of World War II, with Germany’s invasion of Poland, which had an agreement with Britain, and which...
Crecy and the Changing Face of War
The protracted Hundred Years' War, (if the term protracted is not redundant) which was more like a series of dynastic wars mainly between French...
The Muddled Metaphysics of Darwin
(Today, August 20th, marks the anniversary of the publication Darwin's Origin of Species, in 1858, whose full title includes also "by Means of Natural...
