Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Is The Remedy A Remedy?

Introduction A solution to the Covidian problem was eagerly awaited - and emerged in a legion of vaccines.  Development of vaccines to coronaviruses has been...

Healing Effects of the Holy Eucharist

Sadly, the majority of Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Nearly seven in ten Catholics (69%) say...

Pope Benedict and Saint Eusebius of Vercelli

This morning I invite you to reflect on St Eusebius of Vercelli, the first Bishop of Northern Italy of whom we have reliable information....

Rough Weather

(Below is a column from our archives, which pertains to some of the 'rough weather' tht has been visited upon many people of late....

The Mysticism of Gregory of Nyssa

The memorial of Saint Gregory of Nyssa, even if not in the universal calendar, is on this January 10th. Gregory is one of the...

Conformity to God, Not To the World

The godless say, ‘let us wait for the righteous one, who makes life inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; who reproaches us for...

The Holy Mass Part VI: The Bread of Life

This Sunday’s reflection is the sixth in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...

Ascension, Bishops and the Church

When was the Church founded? Many would say that it emerged from the opened side of Jesus on the cross, like a new Eve...

Pope Benedict and Saint Francis, Il Poverello

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 27 January 2010 Saint Francis of Assisi Dear Brothers and Sisters, In a recent Catechesis, I illustrated the providential...

Don’t Get Comatose: The German Euthanasia Program and the Barbarism of Bill C-7

George Santayana's aphorism that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it came to mind quite forcefully this week. And, I...