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
One might well describe the conviction of Cardinal Pell a travesty of justice, but we will likely never know, as the trial was ‘blacked out’, which does not mean everyone was singing Mammy in minstrelsy – although, given the comic level of due process, they might as well have been. There is an old adage[…]
The Vatican synod currently underway has as its theme the ‘protection of minors’, a category that in our current intellectual milieu triggers a vivid emotional response; for what comes to mind are little children and, if one is of a religious persuasion, the condemnation of Our Lord of those who scandalize such vulnerable souls. Yet[…]
It might seem odd to celebrate a ‘chair’, even one of Saint Peter, but today’s feast commemorates not a physical object, but the office of the papacy bestowed upon the Apostle Simon, whom Christ christened Peter – Kephas – as the ‘rock’ upon which the Church would be founded. Of course, Peter himself, the fallible and weak[…]
Liturgical music. The phrase may instil a faint feeling of nausea in those even remotely attuned to true beauty, as the strains of treacly hymns, and worse, of the past half-century drift into our consciousness. But, now, a glimmer of hope, for finally, an Archbishop– one Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon – has written and[…]
In this week of prayer for Christian unity, I have an article on the Toronto archdiocesan webpage – or more like a few brief answers to questions – on the life of Saint Francis de Sales, ecumenist par excellence, who brought thousands of wandering souls – heretics, to give them their canonical term, whatever their[…]
Did a snake really wash – or swim – ashore in Ireland – a land that, according to pious tradition, has been without the slithering serpents since the time of Saint Patrick in the fifth century – just days before the first abortions spilled the blood of innocents in this once Catholic nation, a sin crying[…]
As we move into this new year, we should make certain resolutions, and here’s one proposal: for all of us to strive for greater precision and clarity in what we read, understand and write. After all, words are sacred, for they are the pathway to the truth, which is why our Saviour described Himself as[…]
I am still wondering about the case of Father John McCloskey, the popular – or once popular – Opus Dei priest, responsible for numerous famous conversions, including former abortionist Bernard Nathanson – now charged with ‘groping’ a woman during spiritual guidance sessions. She was apparently suffering from ‘depression’ and ‘marital problems’. Said woman has now[…]
Is love dead, actually? A recent article bemoans the fact that we – well, Americans in particular – are falling out of love with love, and that the traditional notion of romantic ‘love’ no longer comprises a theme for most films, songs and all the other ephemera that constitute – or used to – our[…]
Before we leave 2018 behind, we should mark the 1600th anniversary of the official condemnation, of the heresy of Pelagius, in 418 A.D. by Pope Zosimus. Pelagius was the first writer we know of in what we now call Britain, and this theories might seem rather abstruse, but they were indeed fundamental in shaping the modern[…]
