The Dilemmas of Atheism
âWhen the Son of man comes, will He find faith on the earth?â (Luke 18:8).
The following random reflections on atheism address what many...
Why Does Hell Exist?
âThe teaching of the Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a...
Saints Newman and Paul’s Logical Minds
Much of the pleasure in writing about John Henry Newman comes from the opportunity to quote his exquisite prose. Consider this statement from a...
Saint John, Son of Zebedee
Pope Benedict XVI offered three audiences on the Apostle John, back in 2006, and, concise as they are - a trait of the erudite...
ShĆ«saku EndĆâs novel Chinmoku [Silence]: Christâs Sabachthani versus Fr. Rodriguesâ Apostasy
(Please note: this article refers to the book; admittedly, I have not seen the film.)
Chinmoku â a Tragedy
Contrary to the interpretation of many Western...
Every Life’s Sacred, or None Are
Jesus provides us with a motive for acting, viz., the love of God, which in practical terms produces a love of our neighbours. The...
Pope John Paul II and the Visitation
(Here is Pope Saint John Paul II's first homily for the feast of the Visitation, to close off his first Marian month as Pope,...
Feminist Follies – Part II
(tFollowing upon her first instalment in this three part-series, here Paula Adamick charts the advance of the feminist movement through the mid-20th century by...
Starved for God
And the Lord spoke all these words:
I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the...
Twenty Third Sunday: The Cross, the Eucharist, and Eternal Life
âWhoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my discipleâ (Lk. 14:27). ⧟
This saying of Our Lord is very...
