Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
A friend of mine asked me about the Church’s teaching on cremation, and to fulfil that request, I thought a few words in this venue might not be out of place. (For another take, see EWTN’s Father Saunders). Not least, since the practice is becoming ever-more widespread, even, perhaps, the norm, when previously it was[…]
A blessed first day of spring to all our readers! As we make our way through our Lenten pilgrimage, Easter is on its way. As the Council of Nicaea decreed in 325, the great Solemnity of the Resurrection would be celebrated on the first Sunday, after the first full moon, after the vernal equinox. So[…]
The end for which we are created invites us to walk a road that is surely sown with a lot of thorns, but it is not sad; through even the sorrow, it is illuminated by joy. (Bd. Pier Giogrio Frassati, +1925)
(Originally published 6 March 2025 by Canadian Catholic News) As secular media continue to gaslight concerns about rising hostility toward Catholics, another church has burned in Western Canada. The latest burning occurred on Feb. 21 when a fire “destroyed Sts. Peter and Paul Church” in Garden River, Sask. This burning has merited the RCMP comment[…]
In this Jubilee year of hope, friends of mine, Pico and Ruth, are organizing a pilgrimage to Spain, to walk part of the final 100 km of the Camino, a route along the northern part of Spain that has been travelled by pilgrims for more than a thousand years. We will visit ancient Cathedrals along[…]
Heresy – the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same. Schism – the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him. (cf., CCC 2089; CCL, 751) I[…]
His was the title of father of the Son of God, because he was the Spouse of Mary, ever Virgin. He was our Lord’s father, because Jesus ever yielded to him the obedience of a son. He was our Lord’s father, because to him were entrusted, and by him were faithfully fulfilled, the duties of[…]
As the Church universal is jubilantly celebrating the feast of St Joseph on this day, it would be so beautiful to draw from the different Magisteria of Popes who spoke about this special saint. I am sure that the different reflections they want to offer us act as a great encouragement to love this extraordinary[…]
A pithy paragraph from Mark Steyn, summing up much in a few words: It was five years ago that the entire western world except Sweden replaced various forms of self-government with a completely new, homogeneous system. In the west’s new lockdownocracies, no contradiction was too stupid not to be swallowed: the same “public health” officials[…]
I am humbled that Bishop Strickland not only took the time to read my few thoughts on two articles recently published on LifeSiteNews, but to respond at some length. Allow me to say a few words of clarification: I never accused Bishop Strickland of schism. Rather, I did claim that McCusker’s article, which Bishop Strickland[…]
