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
September 12th marks the anniversary of the Battle of Vienna, in 1683, when the army of the Holy Roman Empire, particularly with the help of the intrepid Polish army under the command of their king, Jan Sobieski, overcame superior odds to crush the onslaught of the advancing Ottoman Turks at the very gates of the[…]
The inchoate and fevered brain of Jennifer Lawrence, the over-feted Hunger Games and X-Men actress, is partly right, that horrific hurricane Irma, now the size of France, moving across the Atlantic like some primitive behemoth, is a punishment of sorts. Ms. Lawrence thinks she is Mother Nature’s revenge on Trump supporters (and by ‘she’, I[…]
September 5th was the 20th anniversary of the death of Teresa of Calcutta, canonized by Pope John Paul II on September 4th, 2003, but still known colloquially as ‘Mother Teresa’, sometimes with a ‘Saint’ preceding. Her death in 1997 was overshadowed by the tragic, violent and unexpected death of another famous figure, Princess Diana of[…]
Yesterday, North Korea purportedly test-detonated a hydrogen bomb, raising the tension in the region, and raising the prospect of yet-again the use of nuclear weapons in combat. Here is an article I recently had published in Crisis magazine, on the morality of dropping the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945, to end[…]
Today is the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, but is also the 3rd of September, which would be the memorial of the one of the greatest of Popes, Saint Gregory the Great. Here, from nine years ago (!) is a reflection on this ‘Father of the Church’, from another great Pope, Benedict XVI (Editor) Dear[…]
REVIEW: Sorrows and Joys — Colin Ian Jeffery ISBN: 978197459830 Paperback £5.14 Amazon or any good bookshop Collection of 212 poems Colin Ian Jeffery is a leading Christian poet and all poems in this collection have been published in newspapers, magazines and anthologies. The collection gives an insight into the driving forces behind his poetry,[…]
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[…]
With all the immigrants, purported refugees, if you will, streaming across the border into Canada, we are perforce becoming what is euphemistically termed a more and more ‘multicultural society’. but one must stop and ponder just what on means by ‘multiculturalism’. Enjoying an Indian curry? A bit of Irish dancing? Hearing a wee bit of[…]
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[…]
It seems that our culture in its ever increasing narrative against anything biblical and supernatural must be something that should be doubted, if not scoffed at. Take the recent discovery that Lebanese ancestry share 90% or more of their genetics with the Canaanites, who biblically, were considered to be arch-enemies of the Israelites. The[…]
