Revolution and Year Zero – Vendémiaire?
The Peel District School Board - just outside of Toronto, Ontario, here in Canada - has just banned any books in its libraries published...
Jim Croce’s Last Love Ballad
Jim Croce died tragically in a plane crash on this day back in 1973, ironically, just as his music career was taking off. He...
Million Person March
We send our prayers and good wishes to the Million Person March this morning, in Ottawa, and elsewhere across Canada. May their witness, on...
Liquefaction
So, to end my wondering as per the post today, the blood of Saint Januarius did liquefy, as it does a few times per...
The Holy Name of Mary
Besides commemorating the Battle of Vienna, today, September 12th, is also the memorial of the Holy Name of Mary, whose very name has been...
The Deleterious Ecclesial Effects of Markan Priorism
Here is some food for thought, from Catholic author Jerome D. Gilmartin, on the deleterious effect of the 'Markan priorist' hypothesis - that Mark...
Eunuchs for the Kingdom and the Three ‘C’s’ of Sexuality
I have an article out in Catholic World Report on what Christ might mean by becoming 'eunuchs for the kingdom', which at first hearing...
Lessons I Have Learned from Saint Augustine
In his first catechesis out of a series of three on the saint, given at Paul VI Audience Hall on Wednesday 9 January 2008,...
Pope Benedict and Augustine – Part III
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Saint Augustine of Hippo (3)
Dear Friends,
After the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity we return today to the...
Pope Benedict and Augustine – Part II
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
Saint Augustine of Hippo (2)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, like last Wednesday, I would like to talk about...
