Does the Timing of Abortion Matter?
The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops recently released a public statement relating to the current status of abortion in the state. The article reported...
Morality Without Religion?
Nobody can deny that there has to be a moral consensus about what is right and what is wrong in order to have a...
Why Are So Many Young Women Getting Breast Cancer?
(There are many a priori reasons why abortion is wrong, the primary one being that it snuffs out the life of the unborn child....
Listening in the Silence – A Meditative and Musical Offering
Today's reading from Samuel, telling the origin story of our biblical hero, ends with the words of the prophet, 'speak, Lord, for thy servant...
The Ecstasy of Fernandez, Mariette and Teresa
We won't talk about the resurfaced book by Cardinal Fernandez, like some antedeluvian and postlapsarian creature out of the black lagoon. The current head...
Nicholas Ludford: A Forgotten Master of English Polyphony
Among the composers of Renaissance England, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd are easily the best known, but they are not the only composers to...
Capitalism, Communism and Christ
Jesus said, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed.” Luke 12:15
Capitalism may simply be defined as the economic system that...
The Message of the Magi
For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live...
Pope Benedict’s Last Epiphany Homily
(In Canada, and other locales, the Solemnity of the Epiphany is moved to the following Sunday, for 'pastoral reasons'. But in the Church universal,...
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christianity
Good Christians, now rejoice! The timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and his encounters with three ghosts is steeped in Christian references, symbolism, and themes...
