John A’s and Saint Bartholomew’s Imperfections
The iconoclasm and historical revisionism continues apace in the United States, with statues toppling on the left, right and centre, mainly on the right,...
Saints Simon, Jude and Desperate Causes
All of the Apostles have a feast day, and on this third last day of October, in the crisp days of fall, we celebrate...
King David’s Take on Covid
Back in biology class, we debated whether viruses were ‘alive’. They’re certainly the lowest form of living thing, if living at all. They cannot...
WYD In Need of a Reboot
A few words on World Youth Day, which just wrapped up in Lisbon, on which much ink has already been spilled: There is, as...
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...
IVF and Adopting Embryos
I was waiting for it, as I listened to a recent pro-life talk I attended, the topic of which was IVF: I had an...
Trudeua’s Odiferous, Ominous Omnibus Bill
A good choice was made with Saint Matthias, in accordance with God's holy will, and we may rejoice accordingly on this feast of the...
John Chrysostom: The Man with the Golden Mouth
Saint John Chrysostom (+407) was a model bishop, a doctor of the Church, an ascetic and contemplative monk who wanted only to retreat from...
Cardinal Pell’s Due Process
One might well describe the conviction of Cardinal Pell a travesty of justice, but we will likely never know, as the trial was ‘blacked...
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...
