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 an article published this morning in Crisis magazine on the evils of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, responding to an author (Deacon Jim Russell) who wrote on August 7th (between the anniversary of the two bombings, on the 6th and 9th) justifying Truman’s decision to ‘test’ the nuclear bomb on cities containing[…]
Canada will no longer require gender, well, at least on passports. It seems now individuals confused on what sex God made them can place an ‘X’ where ‘M’ or ‘F’, at least previously to today, the only options (curious, that the X chromosome is what makes us, or the fairer half of this race, female,[…]
The iconoclasm and historical revisionism continues apace in the United States, with statues toppling on the left, right and centre, mainly on the right, and has now spread its new-speak tentacles all the way to Canada. The ‘Elementary Teachers’ Federation’, such as it is, has voted to rename all of the schools currently named after[…]
So President Donald Trump has decided to up the ante in Afghanistan, sending in an as-yet undefined number of troops, with no timeline, no apparent budget, but with some ‘targets’ that they must reach, again, as yet undefined. This is a country of just over 30 million souls, about half the size of Ontario, almost[…]
A brief note this morning, on this August 21st memorial of Pope Saint Pius X, that, besides honoring one of the great Pontiffs of history (more on which in a bit) today is also brings the rather rare cosmological event of a total solar eclipse,with the Moon blocking out the light of the Sun. By[…]
In the eyes of God, the smaller and more hidden things in this life are often those of the greatest moment in the sight of eternity. Such we witnessed yesterday, when a young woman offered her life to God in religious life, publicly professing the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, her whole life and[…]
James Damore, an engineer at Google (or should I say former engineer at Google) was fired recently for sending around a memo criticizing his company’s diversity campaign, aimed particularly at getting more women in engineering and programming positions at the mighty complex. It seems Google is having a tough time filling its quota goals since, unlike[…]
Today is the feast of Saint Dominic, who died on the sixth of August, 1221, having founded one of the great and glorious religious Orders in the Church, the ‘Dominicans’, the ‘domini canes‘, the ‘hounds of God’, as the joke goes. Officially, they are the ‘Order of Preachers’, dedicated to study (they promise, as far[…]
A blessed memorial of Pope Saint Sixtus II and Companion Martyrs, who were beheaded along with six of his deacons in witness to the Faith, on the sixth of August, in the year of our Lord 258, under the persecution of Emperor Valerian. Many priests, bishops and laity were put to death, and Sixtus was[…]
On this day, August 4th, in 1859, the world witnessed the passing into eternity of a most remarkable man, a simple country priest, who lived and worked at the same parish for 41 years, never taking a holiday, nor much of a break at all. He slept little, and ate even less, totally devoted to[…]
