The Message of the Magi

For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live...

Amoris and the Sacramentality of Marriage

How are Catholic couples meant to interpret Amoris Laetitia? When already a fog of confusion surrounds the question of whether or not the divorced...

The Meaning of the Resurrection

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden...

Sunday, and Pre-Election Thoughts

A blessed and glorious Sunday to all our readers... Today's Gospel speaks of Christ's 'elect' - that is, His chosen, which in the end means...

The Feast of the Chair of Peter

On Monday February 22 we celebrate the Feast of the Chair of St Peter. What do we mean by the Chair of Peter and...

Thirtieth Sunday: Humble Prayer, in Truth

The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds, and it will not rest until it reaches its goal (Sir. 35:17) ⧾ Like all of our...

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...

Twelfth Sunday, Open Churches and the Return of the King

‘Fear no one….Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven’ (Mt. 10: 26, 32). ⧾ At long...

Canada at the Gates of…

“It is gravely unjust to enact laws that legalize euthanasia or justify and support suicide, invoking the false right to choose a death improperly...

Tories and the Grave New World

A nation that kills its own children has no future.  St. John Paul II In 2008, the late Father Alphonse deValk, founding editor of...