Wednesday, December 17, 2025

That in Me You May Have Peace

A very joyful, blessed and grace-filled Pentecost to all of our readers... In the midst of all the travails of this world, let us entrust...

The Three Saints of the Day

Today is one of the rare, if memory serves unique, days in the liturgical calendar wherein we celebrate three saints.  In chronological order, they...

Of Japanese Martyrs, Hotel Refugee and Orthodox Reunion

*The migrant/refugee debacle continues, with assaults, rapes and (so far, thankfully foiled) terrorist plots in Germany, Sweden and other countries, who have bent on...

More mayhem, alas, from the Muslim world, which is now in the heart of Europe.  A truck driven into a Christmas market in Germany,...

Pope Francis on Liturgy

If you have a few moments, read and ponder the Holy Father's recent address on matters liturgical. Nothing absolutely new, but the trend of...

Major relic of Saint Francis Xavier to come to Canada, Jan. 3 to Feb....

The forearm of the most famous missionary saint is coming to Canada, January 3 to February 2, as part of a 14-city visit organized...

Gaudete et Exultate

Pope Francis has just released another Apostolic Exhortation, Gaudete et Exultate, which may be translated as ‘Rejoice and Be Glad’, from Matthew 5:12, a...

On Martyrdom and True Religious Freedom

Carl Sundell has a very a propos article today in Catholic Insight on the remarkable Frank Sheed (+1982), a Catholic lay apologist who emphasized...

Killing Sick Kids

And so, following upon my comments yesterday on the mask slipping off the face of evil, it begins: A trio of physicians – oh, why...

The Lustful Elephant in the Room

Of course, as non-rational beings, elephants cannot lust,  but I agree with Julia Meloni that unless the hierarchical powers-that-be realize that the clerical abuse crisis...