Pope Saint Leo, the First of the Greats
Pope Saint Leo, the first pontiff to earn the title 'the Great', reigned from 440 until his death on this day in 461, was...
What Vatican II Actually Said on the Mass
IN the wake of the blessed Solemnity of Corpus Christi - whether you celebrated on the proper Thursday, or the following Sunday - with...
Iraq’s Child Brides
Iraq (*) just passed a 'law' permitting nine-year old girls to marry, following other jurisdictions, and the advice of imams and Islamic interpreters too...
Good King Louis
We celebrate today in the universal Church one of my own favorites (not least since I was baptized on this day in bonnie Scotland...
The Limits of Artificial ‘Intelligence’
The gauntlet has now been thrown down, that computers, or more specifically artificial intelligence will soon be able to create more perfect art than...
Judas and Spy Wednesday
Today is Spy Wednesday in our tradition, the day on which Judas Iscariot made the fateful decision, deep in his heart and at Satan's...
Hamburg, Hiroshima and Hamas: Innocents in War and the Dignity of Human Life
On October 11, 1649, the troops of Oliver Cromwell, who was then 'Lord Protector of England', stormed the besieged village of Wexford, Ireland. The...
Saint Isidore the Farmer and Rerum Novarum
Saint Isidore, or, in his native Spanish, Isidro de Merlo y Quintana, was named after the other Saint Isidore, the bishop of Seville (whom...
Retracting and Detracting
Patrick Brown has thrown his hat into the ring of the Progressive Conservative leadership race, vying to win back the very position he resigned...
Saint Callixtus: From Slave, to Pope, to Martyr
This is the memorial of Saints Callixtus, (+222-223) (also spelled Callistus), whose life is historically shrouded, as are many of the early Christians. Some...
