A Short Primer on Just War Theory
The Church has a long history of ‘just war theory’. Over the centuries, deriving from the initial formulation of Saint Augustine, then, building upon that, Saint... Read more.
A Short Primer on the Trinity
In light of yesterdays’ Solemnity celebrating the Most Holy Trinity, a few words on this central teaching of our Faith may be in order. The doctrine of the Trinity... Read more.
The Index, R.I.P.?
On this day in 1966, the Index Librorum Prohibitorum – Index of Forbidden Books – was abolished by Pope Paul VI, just after the close of the Second Vatican... Read more.
NEETS and MEETS
Acronyms are the thing now, and at dinner with a few students and alumni recently, I heard of a new one: NEETs – neither education, employment nor training. This... Read more.
Saint Anthony of Padua…or Lisbon
Saint Anthony of Padua is usually named historically after the city-state in northeastern Italy where he died after his brief but full life at the age of 35 in 1231.... Read more.
Saint Barnabas and Keeping up the Good Fight of the Faith
It is fitting that we celebrate the Apostle Barnabas, the ‘son of consolation’, or the ‘son of encouragement’, in this season of the Holy Spirit. For the... Read more.
Saint Columbkille, the Irish Apostle of Scotland
If you will forgive a little parochialism, today is the feast of Saint Columbkille (521-597), also called Columba, who is not celebrated in the universal calendar,... Read more.
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Six years ago, on the 160th anniversary of the first apparition of Lourdes, on February 11th, Robert Cardinal Sarah, then-head of the Congregation for Divine Worship,... Read more.
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom and of Combermere
A blessed ‘feast’ of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, which this year falls on Pentecost Sunday. Sedes Sapientiae, an ancient and venerable title of the Virgin Mary... Read more.
The Immortal Mind: A Review
The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Existence of the Soul by Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary Worthy Publishers, New York, Nashville, June... Read more.