Impure Thoughts and Morose Delectation
What we know of the saints is the least part of them.
So quipped Saint Philp Neri (+1595), and it is a saying that...
Pope Pius’ Truth and Reality Catching Up
A blessed feast of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Saint John Lateran to all our readers! The highest-ranking church in all Christendom, the...
Ireland’s Referendum on Marriage, Motherhood and Family – March 8th
Ireland is at it again, or at least those who currently govern the Emerald Isle, once so Catholic, and, now, well, chucking off her...
Thomas the ‘Doubter’ and the Nature of Faith
Today is the feast of Saint Thomas, the Apostle, who gets a bit of a bad rap as 'doubting' Thomas, a term is that...
The Wreck of OECTA
The public teachers of Ontario – including the Catholic Board, still holding that title, with not much to show for it, but more on...
A Second Reply to Dr. Elizabeth Rex: IVF and ET Are Still Immoral
(Bioethicist Dr. Elizabeth Rex has responded to my initial response, and the reader may find such on LifeSite. You can read the debate here....
Paradise Lost, but All is Not
Malibu is burning, and we may be inclined to see some sort of divine sign in the conflagration, not least in the loss of...
Reflections on the March for Life
I’ve been attending the March for Life here in Ottawa, Canada since its inception in the late nineties – they mentioned that this last...
Saint Gemma Galgani
On this April 11th, 1903 - the same year that the Italian Guiseppe Sarto was elected Pope later that summer as Pius X -...
Cough Syrup
It was coming up to Christmas and I was sitting in the living room looking at the Christmas tree, deciding whether to light a...
