The Council of Nicaea, 1700 Years Ago
This May 20th marks the 1700th anniversary of the opening session of the Council of Nicaea, which this Year of Jubilee, 2025 commemorates. Nicaea...
Our Lady and the Octave of Christmas
Hail, holy Mother! The Child to whom you gave birth is the King of Heaven and earth forever.
Christmas is a Solemnity with an Octave....
Apologist Ronald Knox Remembered
Monsignor Ronald Knox (1888-1957) is remembered as theologian, translator of the Latin Bible, author of detective stories, novelist, poet, and most of all as...
Old Thunder
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) was arguably the most famous Catholic writer during the first half of the 20th century. In youth he flirted with apostasy,...
The New Populist Right and the Death of the Father
Cultural change generally moves slowly, and when we first take notice, we sometimes find that its roots are already firmly in place.
I clearly recall...
Ontario’s Holy Lands
I come from the Holy Lands of Ontario.
These are the small towns in which the Irish settled over the 19th century, and built imposing...
Providence and a Thief’s Goodness
Last year on Palm Sunday we heard the passion from Saint Mark’s Gospel, and next year it will be from Saint Matthew. Each is...
Can Popes be Heretics?
Is the Pope a heretic? should sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but is a charge that has been made by a...
Thirtieth Sunday: The Old Testament in Light of the New
WE CANADIANS pride ourselves on being tolerant, which, paradoxically, means that we are extremely intolerant. To demonstrate our intolerance, let me recite three words...
Catholic and Christian Unity
Today, the 19th of January and the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, marks the beginning of the Church unity octave, a week of prayer...
