God, the Universe, and Hubble
On September 23rd, 1924, the universe got a little bigger - at least from our perspective. The ancients - Aristotle, Plato, Ptolemy - thought...
Christus Vincit, Christus Regnat, Christus Imperat!
A blessed solemnity of Christ the King to all our readers! A rather recent feast, as Church history goes, first promulgated by Pope Pius...
Newfoundland Moribundus?
Newfoundland and Labrador, jutting out into the cold North Atlantic, have been battered in past decades - no pun on their fishing industry, which...
Avuncular Bishops: Evoke Thy Inner Father
I donât discipline my brotherâs children; my role is avuncular. I may exhort them to be good, and demur when they do bad; I...
The Foiling of Fawkes
Remember, remember! the fifth of November.
  The Gunpowder treason and plot;
  I know of no reason
  Why the Gunpowder treason
  ...
Conscience and the Mandates
There is a science â one might more properly term it an art - to moral discernment in our Churchâs tradition, and we offer...
Max Planck’s Mighty Minimum
Suppose for instance someone maintained that there is a minimum magnitude; that man with his minimum would shake the foundations of mathematics.
So prophesied Aristotle...
What ‘Following the Science’ Really Means: The Limits of Medicine and Moral Freedom
If there is one thing that is omnipresent in empirical research, it is doubt.
This line has always stuck with me, from a methodology textbook...
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...
