Speaking the Lingo of the Millennials: Social and Religious Justice
Many members of the Millennial generation are strongly concerned with social justice. They are die-hard Democrats (or NDPers, in the Canadian context), and leftism...
Thought Control, Khadr and King Henry the Emperor
I have an article published this morning in Crisis magazine, on a quartet of totalitarian thought-control laws recently passed here in Canada. Â Feel free...
Saint Benedict and Travels
Today is the feast of Saint Benedict, with the variety of whose 'options' carrying his name he may not necessarily agree. At a young...
Beat the Devil
The British agnostic philosopher Bertrand Russell said he could not believe in Satan because the very notion of a devil was not even probable,...
Message of John Paul II to the Bishop of Albano for the Centenary of...
To my Venerable Brother Bishop Agostino Vallini of Albano
1. A hundred years ago, on 6 July 1902, Maria Goretti died in the hospital at...
Whence and What Authority?
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them…”
So quoted Malvolio in Shakespseare’s Twelfth Night (albeit as he read from a letter...
Maria Goretti, Lust and the Noon-Day Devil
Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God (Mt 5:8)
But I say to you every one who looks at a woman...
Thomas the ‘Doubter’ and the Nature of Faith
Today is the feast of Saint Thomas, the Apostle, who gets a bit of a bad rap as 'doubting' Thomas, a term is that...
A Lesson in Para Bellum: Knight of the Long Knives
History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. – Mark Twain
Si vis pacem, para bellum - If you want peace, prepare for war.
This weekend...
Canada Consecrated
The Canadian Bishops, to their credit, have asked all Canadians to join in consecrating this fair land to Christ through the Immaculate Heart of...
