An Apologia, and Some Light in the Darkness
Someone pointed out a new-ish on-line magazine, for Catholic Insight is not the only voice out there, and gratias Deo for it: Intellectual Take-Out...
Caveat Discipulus: The University of Western Ontario Triples Down
Yes, let students beware before laying down their - or their parents' - money. The University of Western Ontario - now just Western University...
Dom Alcuin Reid, and Sacrosanctum at Sixty
December 4th, 2023 marks the 60th birthday of Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Constitution on the Liturgy from the Second Vatican Council, and Dom Alcuin Reid...
Lateran Basilica and ‘Catholic’ Schools
The feast of the dedication of 'Saint John Lateran' commemorates the primary church in Christendom, the 'mother and head' of all other churches, the...
Denialism vs. Doubtalism
There are very few things in life about which we can be absolutely certain. Much of what we think we 'know', we actually have...
Authority, Truth and Acronyms
Theresa May has resigned, after her tragic failure in managing Brexit - or her success in mismanaging the whole debacle. The problems go far...
Is Free and Open Debate Still Possible?
I was pleasantly surprised that this essay came out of Harvard - a professor encouraging open dialogue on a number of 'sensitive' issues. That...
Trump’s Thumb
Why would Donald Trump say the following after meeting with our current-and-hopefully-temporary Prime Minister, Mark Carney:
It was an extremely productive call, we agree on...
Benedict’s Intervention
In a remarkable turn of events, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI – former cardinal Josef Ratzinger – has just released a reflection on the current...
Pope Zephyrinus and the Barque of Peter
Pope Zephyrinus, whose feast is traditionally celebrated on August 26th, governed the Church for 18 years at the end of the third century (199...
