Leo the Great
Pope Saint Leo the Great, who reigned from 440 until his death on this day in 461, was known for many things. With his...
Saint Stanislaus Kostka: Travelling Far in a Short Time
Saint Stanislaus Kostka – who died in 1568 just a few months shy of his eighteenth birthday – is one of the most popular...
The Pope’s Carbon and Luther’s Katherine
Pope Francis the other day expressed his full support for ‘carbon taxes’ – carbon ‘pricing’, if you will – a punitive measure to reduce...
When Harry met Meaghan
The headline reads: 'Meaghan Markle is the strong, modern, feminist princess we need right now'. In case you have not heard, Prince Harry, the...
Beauty, Ever Ancient, Ever New…Ever to be Sought
If there such a thing as a ‘science’ to beauty, we derive it from the Greeks, who posited three criteria to this most elusive,...
Blessed Emilie Tavernier-Gamelin and Walsingham
The Church in Canada venerates a number of Canadian saints and blesseds, almost all of them from Quebec, since the rest of Canada was...
Saint Marianne Cope of Molokai
Many of us have heard of Saint Damien of Molokai, the heroic missionary priest who gave his life working amongst the lepers in Hawaii....
‘Love’ Isn’t Always Love
'Anti-hate' is all the rage, if one may excuse the mixed metaphor. The ‘anti’ of something is, logically, its contrary, and the contrary of...
Justice Kennedy’s Conscience
First, the Supreme Court of the U.S.A. sides with pro-life pregnancy centres, removing the requirement that they more or less advertise for abortion right...
Catherine Labouré and the Miraculous Medal
November 27th is the anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Labouré, a Visitation Sister, during her evening meditation....