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
Part 1 of this reflection on the recently released Vatican document, Antiqua et Nova (AN), focused on the first half of the document, which provides a clear understanding on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence. Part 2 will now focus on the second half of Antiqua et Nova, which itself focuses on the[…]
Today in the New Rite is the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter at Rome, celebrated in the Old Rite as the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch (the Old Rite celebrates the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter at Rome on January 18), and in the spirit of this[…]
Pope Francis is in hospital, with what seems like bronchitis, even if his medical condition, and the severity thereof, is not made public, as is the custom with those who hold the highest office in the Church, at least until the end is imminent. We pray for him, in charity, each in our own way.[…]
Everyone wants to know what happiness is and how to get it.(*) The philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was no exception. He first published his little book The Conquest of Happiness in 1930 and it has sold fairly well ever since. I read it myself when I was in my early thirties, and was much impressed[…]
Blessed is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked…but whose delight is the law of the Lord (Ps. 1).⧾ These are the very first words of the Book of Psalms, and the man spoken of is to be understood as Our Lord Jesus Christ, both God and Man (St. Augustine, Enarrationes[…]
Tertullian’s oft-quoted phrase, “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church,” immediately evokes scenes of the early Christians in the Roman Colosseum, but this adage remains ageless across the centuries. St. Henry Walpole (1558-1595) was born in Docking, Norfolk, into the turbulence of the English Reformation. As a young man, he studied[…]
I once read an article entitled, “The Devil Wants You to Settle in Your Relationship”; quite frankly, I do not think it could be said any better. The writer was directing her claim to those in romantic relationships, but nonetheless, I believe it to have deep significance in the smallest facets of everyday life. If[…]
Recently, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and its Dicastery for Culture collaborated in constructing a document on the Church’s most recent stance on the nature and use of Artificial Intelligence. In my first reading through this document, I was encouraged by the philosophical principles it put forward for the distinction between[…]
This tenth of February is for us Maltese is the feast of the baptism of our nation, for today all Maltese around the world celebrate the feast when St Paul was shipwrecked on our shores. With how much interest I look forward to the second reading for the solemn Mass of today! In that reading,[…]
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying. ‘Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!’(Lk. 5:8) ⧾ As we continue to commemorate the mysteries of Our Lord’s earthly life, our Gospel reading records the call of the first apostles who left everything and followed Jesus (Lk.[…]
