The Salvific Message of Christmas
As we draw close to Christmas, waiting in these days of darkness, it is profitable to reflect on the purpose of the Incarnation. An...
Farewell to Future Generations
It is oft good – if still disheartening – to read of one’s deepest fears realized, for it signifies that one’s thoughts are tending...
Lust, Esto Vir and Franco
Of all the sins, Saint Thomas says (II-II.153.5) that lust perverts the reason the most, its intensity – meant to bond together a man...
Politics, Piggery and Doing One’s Duty
As the midterms make clear, the U.S. continues its continental divide, between the (ironically) red Republicans and the blue Democrats, with the former under...
Guy, Gosnell and Social Cohesion
Remember, remember the fifth of November. Yes, it is Guy Fawkes Day, when Brits of a certain religious persuasion celebrate - or used to...
The Beginning and End
It took nearly a hundred years - in galactic terms, I admit, a twinkle of an eye – but astronomers have now officially re-named...
Synods, Speech and Synagogue
The Synod on Youth has closed, after approving the final document in accord with the new rules on Episcopal Synods promulgated by Pope Francis...
Blasphemy and Bubble Zones
I read recently that Pope John Paul II had a vision of Europe being taken over by Islam, the continent’s once-vibrant Christianity gone silent...
Our Modern Malaise
I just finished reading this comprehensive and timely essay in First Things by Michael Hanby, an associate professor of religion and philosophy of science...
Scandals There will Be, but Have Peace…
Paula Adamick has a take on a powerful new book by Jennifer Roback Morse, 'The Sexual State', outlining the government's role in aiding, abetting...
