Justin Trudeau and the Long, Long….Long Goodbye
Napoleon once quipped that if you want to discover a man's character, don't make him suffer; rather, give him power. By their fruits ye...
Young Sam and Somalis
Another Islamic terrorist attack in America, this time in Ohio, where a Somali-born student, 'self-radicalized' according to reports, went on a rampage with his...
A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome
I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldnât just show...
Hope and History, Hope in God
I chanced upon a slim volume this year, by an author whom I greatly admire, Thomist philosopher Josef Pieper. In the midst of what...
The Miraculous Friar, Pio of Pietrelcina
While we're on the topic of signs, the life of today's saint, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, was filled with them. His long life as...
Saints Fabian and Sebastian: Doing the Holy and Perfect Will of God
Pope Fabian (+250) was put to death on this day in the persecution of Emperor Decius, for refusing to offer idolatrous sacrifice, and this...
When Refusing Communion is an Act of Love and Healing
'Shunning', 'exclusion', 'forbidding', even, dare we add, 'excommunication' - hardly words that are often connected with 'love', which on the contrary oft goes along...
Canada, Good While It Lasted
What more need be said, for the visuals speak a thousand words? Vanguards of police standing mutely and idly by, while âprotestersâ â armed...
Bishop Sheen and the Betrayal of Judas
Judas is an intriguing figure, perhaps not for the right reasons, but nonetheless, he's given to us in the Gospels for a reason -...
The Glorious Martyrdoms of Martin and Maximus
As we enter into Holy Week on this Passion/Palm Sunday, we recall on this 13th of April Pope Saint Martin I (+655), one of...
