The Neo-Pagan Limits of the Olympics
The much-awaited Olympics is now upon us in Rio, a city in a country in a continent mired in unmanageable debt and corruption. Surrounded...
Father Jacques Hamel and the Faith of Europe
Another Islamic massacre, this time of an octogenarian priest, Father Jacques Hamel, saying Mass in a church in Saint Etienne de Rouvray in the...
Faith Flicks: Sources of Inspiration or Despair?
It seems that there is something stirring in the movie-making business of late. Namely, religious themes are reappearing on the radar in a more...
Calum and Tina’s Childless Choice: A Reflection on Parenthood
The headlines proclaimed it, in a his and her perspective, on why a young-ish, urbanite couple plan never and, they mean never, never, never...
Winter of the Soul: A Spiritual Analysis of the Game of Thrones Pop Culture...
Game of Thrones, the wildly popular HBO series based off of George R.R. Martin’s high fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire, is...
King Henry’s Anglicanism Gone Awry
The headline the other day read that the Anglican 'Church of Canada' had rejected same-sex 'marriage' in their recent synod by one measly vote....
Potty Mouth: A Reflection on ‘Swearing’
I have been asked to write about what is euphemistically, and rather incorrectly, known as 'swearing'. We have all perhaps heard our younger siblings...
Saint Benedict: Ora et Labora
Today is the feast of Saint Benedict (ca. 480-547), the father of Western monasticism and one of the main forces in preserving Western culture...
The Collapse of the Rule of Law
Another day, and more mayhem, with no end in sight. Five police officers assassinated, others wounded, by snipers at a Black Lives Matter protest,...
The All-Too Hidden Strength of the Catholic Church
We Catholics sell ourselves short. As individuals, often; that will vary from person to person. But more importantly, we underestimate ourselves as a Church,...