Sunday, April 20, 2025

Scheer Wins

Andrew Scheer has won the election as leader of the federal Conservative Party, thankfully and rather surprisingly narrowly edging out front-runner Maxime Bernier, who...

More Martyrs in Egypt

Sometimes, following Saint Philip Neri in his spirit of joy is a difficult one, as we hear of another Islamic attack, this time on...

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...

Massacre in Manchester

ISIS has struck again, in the heart of Britain, as a suicide bomber detonated a ‘sophisticated’ device as young concertgoers were leaving an ‘Ariana...

Sad and foreboding news indeed from the University of Saint Thomas in Houston:  The administration has threatened within weeks to 'reorganize' or 'close' both...

Pope Benedict, Silence and Cardinal Sarah

I just came across a brief commentary by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, on Robert Cardinal Sarah's new book, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship...

Today's feast is that of the Apostles, Saints Philip and James.  Philip, the one who asked Christ that if they could only 'see the...

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Receives Official Accreditation

Yesterday, May 1st, on the memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom received official recognition from the government of Ontario...

France’s Malaise

Thus endeth another Easter Octave, the week of Sundays that the Church offers us to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, with another 40 days...

Easter, Popularity and Populism

I hope that all our readers are enjoying their 'week of Sundays' during this Easter Octave, every day a solemnity, to be celebrated with...