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
Following upon my brief remarks upon the charges laid against Cardinal Pell last week, a must-read is this insightful article by Julia Yost in First Things. One of the commentators remarks that this case is similar to that of Father Maciel, of the Legionaries, whom many defended, until the facts could only speak for themselves.[…]
Today is the feast of Saint Thomas, the Apostle, who gets a bit of a bad rap as ‘doubting’ Thomas, a term is that needs a bit of refining (and I see it often used in a rather ambiguous manner, even in erudite and orthodox circles): To ‘doubt’ in the theological sense requires that one[…]
A blessed and joyous Dominion-Canada Day to all, as we mark the 150th anniversary of the signing on of those first few provinces into what is now known as ‘Canada’. It seems I must correct myself on this momentous occasion of my adopted country’s sesquicentennial birthday: In my reflections on our vaunted Prime Minister marching[…]
I have an article published this morning on Crisis magazine, a reflection on the nature of authority. As is the custom, I will post it here after a few days, but feel free to peruse in the meantime. Speaking of authority, today is the memorial of the Protomartyrs of Rome, those untold numbers of early[…]
A blessed solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul to all our readers, a venerable feast that goes back to the very origins of the Church, commemorating the two human pillars upon which the nascent Mystical Body was built, with Christ, of course, being the cornerstone. In the midst of our rejoicing, we should pray for[…]
As many saints, scholars and sundry others have discovered, reform is a difficult business. Reforming oneself is hard enough, in others, more difficult still, and in an entity as ancient and set-in-its ways as the Vatican, nearly impossible. Hence, we may surmise, the resignation of Libero Milone, a financial peritus hired two years ago to[…]
This past Saturday was the solemnity of the birth of Saint John the Baptist, a feast that commemorates the beginning of the end of the Old Testament dispensation, with its adumbrative figures of things to come, and the dawn of the New Covenant, of hope and joy. The joy of this day was multiplied at[…]
Tomorrow, besides being the much more important solemnity of Corpus Christi (at least here in Canada, more on which in a bit) is also Father’s Day, and a recent discussion I heard on the CBC debated whether such a commemoration, along with the complementary and longer-standing Mother’s Day, is inherently discriminatory. After all, what of[…]
Alexis de Tocqueville is proved right once again, that the tyranny of the majority lies inherent in any democracy. Our erstwhile Premier, Kathleen Wynne, has just brazenly approved an across-the-board 7.5% pay raise for government provincial employees, with not even a concession on their part, a veritable largesse, courtesy of the over-burdened taxpayer, held in[…]
Viggo Mortensen, the same actor who played Strider/Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, seems to enjoy getting naked in his non-Tolkien films, evincing, perhaps, certain latent exhibitionist fantasies: In Eastern Promises, he fought off, el fresco, two Russian mobsters in a steam bath; in The Road, he chucked it all to swim out[…]
