Pope Saint John Paul II’s Last Lent
Here is Pope Saint John Paul II’s final Lenten meditation, which he finished on September 8th, 2004 – the birthday of Our Lady -...
The Indefatigable Saint Turibius
Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo (+1606), a missionary bishop of Lima, Peru from 1579 until his death in 1606, is a heroic model for bishops...
Preaching Christ Crucified
Go into most Protestant churches and you may find a cross, but you will not find a crucifix located anywhere. Go into any Catholic...
Climbing the Mountain of Carmel: What is Carmelite Theology?
If you google - or better yet visit - the Carmel of Lisieux, you will find a small French baroque mid-ceiling chapel connected by...
The Last Easter Homily of Pope Benedict XVI
(Last words are always - or almost always - indicative, and one could reach much into these words of Pope Benedict XVI on his...
Christianity, Islam and Atheism
The Arab world before Mohamed was dominated by a polytheism that was slowly evolving toward monotheism. That polytheism included the supreme god among all...
Homily of JP II in the Basilica of the Annunciation, 2000
A blessed Solemnity of the Annunciation to one and all! Verbum caro factum est, alleluia! The feast is moved this year, since its traditional...
The Eclipse and the Via Negativa
An eleven-year-old boy in our neighbourhood told me that for today’s eclipse passing through Eastern Ontario, he was going to fill up a big...
Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów
We celebrate Saint Stanislaus today (+ April 11, 1079), bishop and martyr, who accepted the episcopacy only at the direct order of Pope Alexander...
Thomas Aquinas and Natural Law Theory
Introduction
Natural law is a theory in ethics and philosophy that says that human beings possess intrinsic values that govern their reasoning and behavior. Natural...