Wedding Cakes and Walking on Eggshells
A blessed feast of Saint Boniface, (+735) the 8th century Apostle of Germany and what is now Europe, of which he is now the...
Food for thought
The Incarnation was made present to the world through Mary. On Christmas, Mary placed Our Lord in an animal feed trough, where he was...
Peter, Paul and the Path to Rome
Today's memorial of the dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul - following upon that of the Lateran Basilica last week -...
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...
Childless Despair and Childlike Hope
This rather sad article recounts the growing movement of deliberate childlessness, in the United States, and beyond. Or, as those in the movement like...
Adding Titles and Falling Totems
Pope Francis has added three new titles to the Litany of Loreto, the ancient prayer to Our Lady under various of her titles: We...
One Fine Spring Day, Three Saints
There are many saints in the Church's history too many ever to be celebrated liturgically, and those are only the officially canonized ones. We...
Banting and Best’s Better Choice
Before we leave this July 27th in the rearview mirror, a brief note to commemorate the discovery of insulin on this day in 1921...
Quebec’s Demographic Demise
Quebec is back in the news, this time with a report of its death-spiral of a birth rate. It seems Quebec women by and...
Thomas’ Enduring Legacy
Today is the anniversary of the death of Saint Thomas Aquinas. In March of 1274, he fell ill on his way to the second Council...