The Backstory of the Daily News: Notes on Science, Politics and Gnosticism by Eric...

(Eric Voeglin (1901-1985) was a German political philosopher, who narrowly escaped the Gestapo, and spent most of his life in America. He wrote voluminously,...

A Primer for Our Lenten Pilgrimage

‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him’ (Mt. 4:11). On Ash Wednesday we begin the observance of the holy season of Lent with...

Saint Peter Damian and Pope Benedict

Not many in the hierarchy write like Saint Peter Damian (+1072), whose direct and blunt condemnation of the unnatural sexual sins of the clergy...

The God of Love: Christ in the Song of Songs

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for...

Sixth Sunday – Fulfilling the Law

If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and they will save you… has not commanded anyone to be wicked, and He has...

Fifth Sunday: The Salt of the Earth and Light to the World

‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden’ (Mt. 5:14). Imagine the astonishment of those who heard...

MAiD and Salvific Suffering

In 2016, two weeks after it was legalized in Canada, a patient asked for my help in referring her for Medical Assistance in Dying...

Beatitudes and the Imitatio Christi

For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord...

Pope Benedict and Saint Paul’s Conversion

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 3 September 2008 Saint Paul (3) St Paul's "Conversion". Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today's Catechesis is dedicated to the experience that Paul...

The Shekinah, A Type of Saint Joseph

Perhaps you may be familiar with the Pillar of Cloud — which may be compared to a tornado — or the Pillar of Fire...