A Controversial Canadian Cardinal
In a surprise move, Pope Francis has appointed a Canadian Jesuit priest, Father Michael Czerny, as one of the newest members of the august...
Wherefore Art Thou, Candidates?
What is one to say of our Prime Minister - or Prime Minstrel, as he has been dubbed - prancing around in blackface, curiously...
The Non-Milquetoast and Quite Holy Canadian Martyrs
In the rest of the world, the Canadian, or if you will, North American, Martyrs, six priests and two laymen put to death for...
Keeping Up With Humour
An apparently disgruntled reader took some umbrage at my take on Grumblin' Greta, describing, au contraire, yours truly as the 'humourless' one, and 'knowing...
The Indomitable Faith of Taegon, and Korea
Catholicism was brought to Korea by scholars in the 18th century, via books written in Chinese. When missionaries arrived in the early 19th century,...
Cornelius, Cyprian, Schisms and Apostasies
Saint Cornelius was Pope for a scant two years in the third century, elected in 251, fighting against his fellow bishop Novatian, who declared...
O Crux Ave, Spes Unica
The Exaltation of the Cross - so it has been termed in the liturgical revisions after Vatican II - dates back to the time...
Despair, Hope and the Rosary
In honour of the Blessed Virgin, we might peruse Pope Saint John Paul II's encyclical on the Rosary, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, which he promulgated...
The Writ Be Dropped
Today marks the official beginning of the campaign to elect the next Prime Minister, on October 21st, five short weeks, praise God, rather than...
9 11 and Historical Memory
It is difficult to believe that it was a full eighteen years ago I first heard of the attack – initially reported as a...
