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
Donald Trump has been elected the next President of the United States of America, an outcome that I, and many others, welcome, albeit with some degree of caution. As I wrote yesterday, he is a lot better than another four years of the Clintons in the White House, a quarter century after their first foray[…]
It will all be over later today, one way or the other, after a bizarre and unenviable election process: The United States of America, still the greatest economic and military force on the planet, at least for now, will have, to all intents and purposes, a new leader, either Mr. Trump or Ms. Clinton, neither[…]
A bag piping Scotsman was recently fined in Montreal for carrying an ‘illegal weapon’, namely, his sgian-duh, literally his ‘black’, but more properly his ‘hidden’ knife, tucked into his thick Highland socks. I wondered at the triple standard: Sikhs are permitted by law to carry their own ceremonial daggers, so why not bagpipers? And the[…]
I have an article on the ‘requirements for political office, posted this morning on Crisis magazine. Again, feel free to peruse, and I will post it here in a few days. And speaking of ambition, there are so many contenders in the upcoming race for leadership of the Federal Conservative Party that I have lost[…]
There was another earthquake in Italy the other day (October 30th), in the town of Norcia, the birthplace of Saint Benedict, where there are a group of Benedictines, men and women’s Orders, that adhere to the way things were done in the days of their founder in the 6th century. Well, not exactly, since they[…]
L’Arche, the community founded by Jean Vanier, has clarified his ambiguous comments upon euthanasia, upon which I wrote a few months ago. You can read their brief, one page comments here, and make up your own minds how clear they are. I find that there is still a trace of ambiguity in this clarificatio, but[…]
Some stories sum up the insanity of our world in a way I find almost profound. Apparently, a male homosexual sperm donor donated his ‘seed’ to a female friend, back when they were in medical school together. She raised the children, both now teenagers, while he stayed involved to some degree in their lives, as[…]
Well, some news stories have sort-of-happy endings. A distraught father, after arguing with his wife, ‘kidnaped’ his two toddler sons, drove to a bridge, and jumped in with them in his arms, in an apparent attmpted murder-suicide. Reports on the height of the bridge vary from 15 to 30 metres, which is survivable (I have[…]
I have an article posted this morning on Crisis magazine, on How Catholic is Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s Vice-Presidential running mate. Feel free to peruse. I should have added the irony that Donald Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, a former Catholic, and now apparently a Protestant, describes himself publicly as ‘100% pro-life’. The scandalous irony is[…]
A recent article, sponsored by none other than the Royal Bank of Canada, had a list of the top ten ‘most valuable’ university degrees ranked, as is the wont of a bank I suppose, by how much you could make upon graduation. Happiness, fulfilment, joy, the breadth and length of knowledge, all be damned, just[…]
