How fleas brought me closer to God
It’s been a ridiculously bad year. For fleas, that is. Something about the summer being so hot with little rain, blah blah blah, I...
Defining Virtue
In his Confessions, the brilliant St. Augustine tells his reader that he knows quite well what time is, until someone asks him to define...
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...
Homophobia: Or, why gays are like spiders.
In my search for an apartment in LA, I came across a Craigslist posting for two people looking for a third roommate. In their...
Notre Dame’s Decline
Dr. John Fisher reflects upon his time at Notre Dame in the 1960’s which, for all of its own cultural revolution, seems paradisical compared...
As Roe Falls, Promoting Abortion Continues in the Developing World
(Caveat: The following article contains some vivid descriptions of abortion, that may not be suitable for all readers. But we should keep in mind...
Vatican releases survey on faith and doctrine: world says Church is now democracy
The Vatican just released a survey asking for parish-level input on next year's Synod on Faith and Family.
The questionnaire has been sent to all Catholic parishes;...
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother and Mystery
December the 12 is the celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe, now a feast, which used be a commemoration. But the day was elevated...
Pestilence in the Light of Faith
The time we are living in now looks like a story taken from a fiction book. The world is upside down and everything seems...
Losing Canada
When the cross atop Mount
Royal was first erected in 1924, the Montreal
Gazette described it as “a memorial to the survival of the Canadian people,
whose...