A New Priest for Pembroke
The newly-minted - or should I say, newly chrismed - Father Lukas Casta was ordained a priest for the diocese of Pembroke today, the...
Dead-End Debate
Do politics still mean something? I suppose they mean something, but what exactly, is dubious. We're a long, long way from what Aristotle meant...
De-Fund the CBC
The CBC has got to go, a billion dollar state-funded propaganda machine, with the worst of it what is has done and is doing...
The Priceless Gift of Blessed Jacques of Ghazir
On this 25th day of June, we as Capuchins jubilantly celebrate the feast day of Blessed Jacques of Ghazir. This great Lebanese Capuchin is...
The Ludicrous Seriousness of Sports
I don’t watch professional sports, but made one brief exception last night to watch the third, and final, period in the NHL playoff game....
Bach and the Baptist
On this Solemnity of Saint John the Baptist, in 1724, Bach first presented one of several cantatas he composed on the great saint and...
Liturgical and Moral Orthodoxy
The Catechism makes clear that there is a close link amongst the three-fold mission of the Church, leiturgia, diakonia and martyria: (cf., Deus Caritas...
Saint Paulinus of Nola
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Saint Paulinus of Nola
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Father of the Church to whom we turn our...
Juneteenth and Subtle Slavery
Just a few words about Juneteenth, a commemoration, instantiated into law in 2021, celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, which was promulgated in...
Wednesday for Saint Joseph
Wednesday is traditionally a day dedicated to Saint Joseph, and to those who love and pray to the great patriarch. As Catholic tradition and...
