The Expurgated Bible
Do youngsters still read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? I recall gobbling them up when I was a lad. There is one that I...
Communism and the Popes
No one can be at the same time a sincere Catholic and a true Socialist.
Pius XI, Quadragesimo Anno (1931)
Before he became a famed author...
The Church and China
It was a dramatic scene: venerable Cardinal Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, a lifelong foe and survivor of Communism in China, a spiritual...
A Dialogue on Lifeās Meaning: An Assessment
A graduate school federated with the University of Toronto, hosted an event revolving around three distinct perspectives centered on the following question: āIs there...
Evening Wear and the New Evangelization
There are not a great number of occasions to which I get to wear a tuxedo, but when I was asked by a friend...
The Collective Conscience
When confronted by some new bit of feminist nonsense, mother used to say: āKick the Natural Law and the Natural Law will kick back....
Old Thunder
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) was arguably the most famous Catholic writer during the first half of the 20th century. In youth he flirted with apostasy,...
Sitting Ducks
Christie Blatchford has it right: to paraphrase her gist, men are sitting ducks, or at least like those slow-moving targets in cheapo carnival shooting...
Paul of Tarsus and Patrick Brown
You have to love conversion stories, from the very real Saul on that road to Damascus, to the fictional Scrooge on a Dickensian Christmas...
Against Organized Religion
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā In 1999 it was estimated that 24 million Americansāalmost one in 10ādo not admit allegiance to any particular faith denomination according to a...
