The Lustful Elephant in the Room
Of course, as non-rational beings, elephants cannot lust, but I agree with Julia Meloni that unless the hierarchical powers-that-be realize that the clerical abuse crisis...
Manifesting Holiness
Cardinal Mueller’s Manifesto continues to create quite the stir, opening up what seems be a deep division within the Vatican. What that division signifies...
Suffering and Contending Cardinals
A blessed memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, the World Day of the Sick, on which I posted a few words in an editorial....
Humpty Dumpty, Revolutions and Two Saints
In one of the many ironies of this Humpty Dumpty age where words no longer mean what they are meant to mean, but only...
2019 Dystopia, Papal Pilgrimage and Super Bowls
I just read that 2019 was the futuristic year – at least in relative terms – in which the films Blade Runner (1982) and...
Terror, Thomas and Abortion
Another Islamic bombing, one that adds sacrilege to sacrifice, as the target were participants in Sunday Mass at the cathedral of Our Lady of...
The True Ecumenism of Saint Francis de Sales
In this week of prayer for Christian unity, I have an article on the Toronto archdiocesan webpage – or more like a few brief...
Prevailing Against the Gates of Hell
In reference to my ‘snakes in paradise’, it turns out that the presence of said snake was prophesied, of sorts, by our own Paula...
Snakes in Paradise
Did a snake really wash - or swim - ashore in Ireland – a land that, according to pious tradition, has been without the slithering...
Singing in Kingston
NEW SINGING OPPORTUNITY!
Children ages 8 and up are invited to sing in a new youth choir at St. Mary's Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario, beginning...
