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
I have this theory, and history attestst to its veracity, that people are by nature monarchists. Oh, we may give lip service to republicanism or good old constitutional democracy, but we ultimately want someone to take care of us and our problems. Like the Israelites of old, we clamour for a king. Also like them,[…]
It was a dramatic scene: venerable Cardinal Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, a lifelong foe and survivor of Communism in China, a spiritual hero and living saint, showing up outside Saint Peter’s demanding that the Pope receive a letter he had written, criticizing the Vatican’s recent overtures and agreements with the Communist regime. It[…]
A graduate school federated with the University of Toronto, hosted an event revolving around three distinct perspectives centered on the following question: “Is there meaning to life?” The three perspectives that were offered included; philosopher and theologian, William Lane Craig’s tripartite Christian position, which focused on purpose, value and significance as conditions for a meaningful[…]
There are not a great number of occasions to which I get to wear a tuxedo, but when I was asked by a friend to accompany her to the opera I thought it would be a necessity. My tuxedo cost a grand total of twenty-five dollars at a second hand store, was in pristine condition[…]
When confronted by some new bit of feminist nonsense, mother used to say: “Kick the Natural Law and the Natural Law will kick back. Hard!“ She was referring to the immutability of the divinely-created laws governing procreation and healthy human behaviour as followed for millennia by the Catholic Church, which in turn taught that men[…]
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) was arguably the most famous Catholic writer during the first half of the 20th century. In youth he flirted with apostasy, but later recovered and waxed more Catholic than ever. Tagged with the nickname Old Thunder, Belloc perhaps made more enemies than friends among the cultural elites of his day. His prophetic[…]
In 1999 it was estimated that 24 million Americans—almost one in 10—do not admit allegiance to any particular faith denomination according to a four-year study of the religious orientation of adult residents of the United States conducted by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University. According to the Pew Research Center, between 2007 and[…]
Oprah Winfrey’s epic speech at the Golden Globe Awards is already old news but her star power is not. The question remains: will she run against Donald Trump in 2020? The possibility was raised during the gala evening that saw female stars turn out in cleavaged black and amidst messages of solidarity with women who’ve[…]
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In his Confessions, the brilliant St. Augustine tells his reader that he knows quite well what time is, until someone asks him to define it. When pressed to give a definition, St. Augustine finds himself unable to think of the words which will adequately express the nature of time. The business of forming good definitions,[…]
