Douglas Farrow’s Thoughts on Smudging and the Sacraments
An intriguing and insightful take here from Dr. Douglas Farrow, a fifth-generation Canadian and professor of theology and ethics at McGill university. My talk...
The Empathy of Edith Stein
An intriguing take on Saint Edith Stein from the perspective of empathy, on which the saint wrote her dissertation, an important topic in our...
Nagasaki’s Own Nightmare
The Americans dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, and another one on this day, August 9th - just to make sure...
The Pope, Capital Punishment and Contraception
Robert Greving’s recent article in Crisis (July 28th, 2022) requires some clarification. Distinctions are essential, and in these confusing times, where even the elect...
The Moment of Resurrection, Expressed in Bronze
Artist Miles Tucker’s latest bronze sculpture is designed to inspire and fortify faith by depicting the precise moment of Jesus’ resurrection within the tomb...
Pope Benedict on the Cure D’Ars on the Priesthood
In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI inaugurated a Year for Priests, under the heavenly intercession of the Cure of Ars, Saint Jean Vianney, the patron...
Disappearing Data
When the data does not go the way you'd like it, delete it, right down the hole of your donut graph.
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Three Eusebii
Names can be confusing in history, for significant figures often share the same name - There have been eighteen kings Louis in France; eight...
Podcast: What’s In An Apology?
I offer the following thoughts on the Holy Father's apologia in his penitential pilgrimage to Canada as a help in discernment and prayer. They...
The Shadow of Peter
A friend mentioned to me the significance of the papal pilgrimage to Canada – that, regardless of what we think of the current occupant...
