Honour and Ambition: Thoughts on the Requirements for Political Office
Politics is a curious business, and not just in the United States the Big Day approaches: Here in Ontario, Canada, about a four hour...
One Papacy, Two Popes: A Brief Reflection
It is a curious situation in the Church that we have two living Popes, one of them a resigned, retired Pope 'emeritus'. One is...
A Hallowed Eve: The Spiritual and Cultural Traditions of Halloween
Halloween has always been a complicated holiday, laced together with many threads of different spiritual traditions and cultural customs. It has always stirred up...
Finding Unity Despite Disunity: God, Love and the Enduring Message of Terry Fox
Much of the Western world is split by issues pertaining to politics, economics, race, gender, sexual orientation and religion. No doubt, these issues need...
How Catholic is Kaine?
A recent flattering article in the New Yorker describes Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's vice-presidential running mate, as a "devout Roman Catholic." Not only that,...
Where your treasure lies: A spiritual reflection on an election year
This election cycle, Catholic Americans are presented with the hair-raising choice between Hillary Clinton, a woman whose corrupt record and virulent support for the...
Visions in the Streets: A Movie Review of “Don Bosco”
Year: 1988
Filming: Color
Length: 108 minutes
Genre: Biography/Drama/Inspirational/Religious
Maturity: PG (for brief language and intense thematic elements)
Main Cast: Ben Gazzara (Don Bosco), Patsy Kensit (Lina), Karl Zinny...
The Insanity of our Brave New World
James Christian Aggeles is a paranoid schizophrenic with various personality disorders and grandiose delusions, which came to the forefront after he donated sperm to Xytex,...
For the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek’s Mission: A Spiritual Reflection
Enterprise, what a God-haunted mission you are on. All around you there is light, star-shot and splintered in the endless skies through which you...
Why We Need More Bellarmines
Before we get to Bellarmine, for those of you who would like to peruse my take on the strange saga of James Christian Agelles,...
