True Christian Tolerance
In Lent we pledge ourselves to acquire virtue. The one, perhaps the only, virtue universally honoured today is tolerance. It is a useful Lenten...
Flannery’s Faithful Fiction
Speed, not death, is the great leveller today. Travellers dash around the globe destroying by their visits the very sites and cultures they have...
Fifteenth Sunday: The Good Samaritan and the Thirst of God
(A blessed Sunday to all our readers. Here’s one from our archives, in a reflection from Father Marco Testa, which bears fruit in reading,...
Intolerance and Censorship of Truth: Is History Repeating Itself?
Anti-abortion ads removed from GRT buses – Complaint by women’s sexual health organization prompts region to pull ads” – Johanna Weidner, Waterloo Region Record,...
Fulton Sheen and Infallibility
The doctrine of papal infallibility was dogmatically defined in the First Vatican Council's document Pastor Aeternus in 1870. Of course, this gift of the...
Joseph and Peter: A Josephological Apology for the Papacy
Today in the New Rite is the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter at Rome, celebrated in the Old Rite as the Feast...
Homily of Pope John Paul II on the Canonization of the Martyrs of China
CAPPELLA PAPALE FOR THE CANONIZATION OF 123 NEW SAINTS
HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II
Sunday 1 October 2000
1. "Your word is truth; sanctify us in your...
Murder in the 33rd Degree: The Gagnon Investigation into Vatican Freemasonry
“We have the impression that through some cracks in the wall the smoke of Satan has entered the temple of God.” Pope Paul VI,...
Humility and Happiness
The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds, and it will not rest until it reaches its goal (Sir. 35:17). ⧾
The parable of the...
Thoughts on a Pestilence
Let’s see.
Housebound by this COVID-19 crisis, I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube videos. Probably more than reasonable people might consider healthy. Nevertheless, this...
