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
Perhaps you have not heard of the bad news on the religious freedom front, this time from out west, but it comes with a tinge of hope: two weeks ago, Friday, Trinity Western University, an evangelical Christian institution in Langley, British Columbia, was denied by the Supreme Court of Canada the right to offer law degrees, due to[…]
(Adapted from a talk given by Father Daniel Callam, C.S.B., to the seniors’ group at Holy Rosary Parish, Toronto, on 20 June 2018) Introduction Our Lord commanded us “to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect.”[1] That’s a tall order; and yet we find it echoed in other parts of the New Testament. Saint Peter[…]
First, the Supreme Court of the U.S.A. sides with pro-life pregnancy centres, removing the requirement that they more or less advertise for abortion right outside their doors, and now Justice Anthony Kennedy, a professed Catholic who has been the ‘liberal’ swing vote in numerous decisions, has without warning announced his resignation, with the Court now[…]
Cobra Kai is the latest addition to the epic Karate Kid saga. It takes place 34 years (!!) after the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament of the original Karate Kid movie. The series can be found on YouTube Red. The first two episodes are free and episodes 3 to 10 are $2.99 USD each –[…]
Cultural change generally moves slowly, and when we first take notice, we sometimes find that its roots are already firmly in place. I clearly recall my reflecting upon the final scene of Quentin Tarantino’s much praised and somewhat reviled Kill Bill when I first saw it in the summer of 2006. The end depicts how[…]
Citing “the public interest in the administration of justice”, the law society claims that the personal views and preferences of an “overwhelming majority” of lawyers must be imposed on a private Christian school. This is majority coercion directed against a minority. The law society violates the rule of law and the Charter and attacks the[…]
Mortimer J. Adler (1902-2001) was early in life an agnostic American philosopher of Jewish descent (he referred to himself as a pagan) who was received into the Catholic Church at the age of 96, two years before his death. Adler’s education was eclectic, having achieved a doctorate in psychology from Columbia University (where he taught[…]
(tFollowing upon her first instalment in this three part-series, here Paula Adamick charts the advance of the feminist movement through the mid-20th century by three of its most prominent avatars …) On Christmas Day, an unidentified blond in St.Peter’s Square in Rome had her own Christmas message to deliver to the world. As a member[…]
”This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. Deuteronomy[…]
In this three-part series, Paula Adamick explores the impact and legacy of the lives and lies of some of feminism’s most influential – some might say infernal – icons … In an edition of 60 Minutes a few years ago, CBS’s Norah O’Donnell interviewed Cardinal Sean O’Malley. A Capuchin and the archbishop of Boston, O’Malley[…]
