Pascal Wagers on God
In 1654, at the age of thirty, the mathematician, philosopher and theologian Blaise Pascal had a near brush with death when the horse-drawn carriage...
Grace in the Gutter
A Christmas Reflection on Evil, Freedom, and Redemption in Bad Santa
Editors’ note: the film reviewed below contains explicit sexual and violent scenes, sustained crudity...
The Loneliness of the Whistleblower
When Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was crusading against the Vladimir Putin government by investigating one crime after another, she had imagined the damning headlines...
Alien Life and the Glory of God
From a religious point of view, we need not worry about life throughout the universe, though Hollywood makes sure that we do as a...
A Heritage Lost? Jean Langlais and Post-Conciliar Sacred Music
Catholics have sung our praise to God for the entirety of the Church’s history. For at least a thousand years, Gregorian chant formed the...
Setting Our Faces Like Flint and Bearing Fruit
“It was not you who chose me, says the Lord, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit...
Feast of the Holy Family
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
St Peter's Square
Sunday, 31 December 2006
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
On this last Sunday of the year we are celebrating the Feast of the Holy Family...
Unplanned: The Beginning of the End of Abortion?
On April 10th, I got in the car with my sister and drove to Ottawa for a private screening of “Unplanned”. I had read...
Humanae Vitae at 50
I am hurtling in a high speed train from Glasgow to London, with a heavy heart saying farewell to my native land, a sentiment...
The Holy Mass Part II: What God Does for Us, and What We Do...
This Sunday’s reflection is the second in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...
