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...
The Re-Consecration of England Through Our Lady of Walsingham
Tomorrow, March 29th, in the year of Our Lord 2020, five centuries after the beginning of what is known as the 'Protestant Reformation', England...
The Glorious Witness of the Ugandan Martyrs
If the Church seems moribund in North America, there is hope in the vast continent of Africa, where there are untold millions of Catholics,...
Stomping on the Devil’s Toe
The Catechism of the Catholic Church declares that the devil is not only real, but most certainly is not just some blind impersonal force...
