Monday, February 2, 2026

Sacred Heart and Choosing Wisely

Today, the vigil of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, is the World Day of Prayer for Priests, instituted by Pope Saint John Paul...

A Vote for Life

The referendum vote in Ireland today, on the ‘right’ to abortion, is a turning point in our culture, for the Catholic nation symbolizes something...

Is it OK to be Gay? Hope in Hopelessness

Peruse Carl Sundell’s overview of the thought of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, known for his lucid and precise prose on a variety of...

Mother of the Church, Mazenod and Victoria Day

We celebrate today the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, an ancient title of the Virgin, which was formally instituted into the Holy...
Pope St. John Paul II

Of Popes, Potentates and Princes Royal

May 18th would have been Pope Saint John Paul II's 98th birthday, which would be old even for the oldest of Popes. Benedict, the...

Temple Mount, Hydro Rates and Keeping Teachers Happy

Tom Wolfe died a couple of days ago, on May 14th, one of the originators of what came to be called the ‘new journalism’...

Ascending to the Father

A blessed feast of the Ascension to all our readers, when Christ ascended body and soul back to the Father, whence He was sent,...

Silence on the March and Catholic Education

The twentieth-or-so- March for Life was overall a success, at the very least in the prayerful witness offered in the cause of the dignity...

Boy Scouts, Volcanoes and Mother of God School

A blessed Sixth Sunday of Easter, as we journey with Christ and His Apostles towards Pentecost
Veni Creator Spiritus! It had to happen, I suppose: The...

To Life and Living Simply

A blessed feast of the Apostles Philip and James, the latter called ‘the Lesser', to distinguish him from James ‘the Greater’, the writer of...