Saint Mark and the Resurrection
At Easter Sunday Mass, you heard the closing verses of Saint Mark’s Gospel, or almost so. I say “almost” because our lectionary omits the...
Pope Benedict and the Third Sunday of Easter
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Gospel from this Sunday, which is the Third Sunday of Easter, is that of the disciples of Emmaus. They were two of...
The Curious Case of Cardinal Pell
Asked if he had ever asked God, in the words of Christ on the cross, “Why have you forsaken me?” Cardinal Pell responded “No...
A Feminine, or Feminist, Response to Covid?
On April 13, Forbes magazine published a piece titled: “What Do Countries With The Best Coronavirus Responses Have In Common? Women Leaders” which was...
In Times Like This, Structure is Especially Essential
In this time where the schools are shut down, business is shut down, we are living off of government handouts, Churches are closed indefinitely,...
The Not-So-Great Reset
The great reset is a set of bad ideas, ideas that would in my view leave Canada and the Western world poorer and far...
Secular Franciscans: Who Are They?
(In light of the memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, who was a third-order Dominican, readers may enjoy these reflections from John Baldio, on...
Do Cats Go to Heaven?
(The Church in her official capacity does not speak much of animals, except in their relation to us humans. They don’t have intrinsic ‘rights’,...
A New Bishop for Pembroke and for Canada
Propitiously, on this memorial of Canada's first, and quite saintly, bishop, a new episcopus has been announced for the Pembroke diocese, where this writer...
Pope Francis, Sister Marie and Bishop Francois
(What follows is the homily of Pope Francis from 2014 for the 'equipollent' canonization of two Canadian saints - Marie de l'Incarnation, whom we...