Digital Dopplgangers
Here we go, with another ‘leap’ in the A.I. revolution, digital copies being made of products, factories, towns, villages, animals and, ambitiously,... Read more.
Princess Kate
Katherine Middleton, Princess of Wales, as readers are likely aware, has just made a moving public announcement that she is suffering from cancer. She speaks stoically,... Read more.
John Paul II and Passion Sunday
“Christ became obedient for us even to death, death on the Cross. Therefore God raised him on high and gave him a name above every other name” (Gospel... Read more.
The Creeping Totalitarianism of Bill C-63
Justin Trudeau and his ‘Justice’ Minister, Arif Virani, are doubling down on Bill C-63, purported to make the internet a ‘safe place for children’.... Read more.
400th Anniversary of Saint Joseph as Patron of Canada
In 1624, Father Joseph LeCaron, an early Recollet missionary here in Canada, consecrated this land to Saint Joseph, adopting him as the nation’s patron saint.... Read more.
Theology on Tap, with Yours Truly
For those in the area in which I happen live, I’ve been asked to offer a few thoughts on ‘How Can We Know That God Exists?’, as part of the ongoing... Read more.
Musical Offering: O Bone Iesu
As we enter into Passiontide, for our musical selection this week we present Palestrina’s O Bone Iesu, a short motet for four voices composed in 1588, just... Read more.
Two Saints, One Islam
For some reason, the saints on these two days in mid-March, buried in the midst of these Lenten days, have had some connection with Islam: March 12th was the commemoration... Read more.
Eleven Years
Today marks the eleventh anniversary of the election of Jorge Borgoglio to the Chair of Saint Peter as Pope Francis. Whatever one thinks of him, and his controversial... Read more.
Saint Sophronius the Sophist
March 11th is the traditional feast of Saint Sophronius (560 – 638), patriarch of Jerusalem from 634 to his death on this day in 638. As a young man, Sophronius... Read more.