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
Chris Cornell, the frontman of the Seattle grunge rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave was declared dead on May 18. According to later developments throughout May 18th, further information revealed that the cause of death was suicide by hanging. His suicide was not only shocking to his fans but even his wife, Vicky, who allegedly stated[…]
As a mathematician, my field of research rarely brings me into contact with controversial ethical topics. However, recent developments in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) threaten to alter the neutrality of my profession. AI refers to complex computer algorithms designed to act or mimic human behaviors such as learning or pattern recognition. Like[…]
The days of free speech, as it was so quaintly called, fought for through the ages, seem to be drawing ever-closer to a sad and final close: You may have read recently of Dr. Jordan Peterson, professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, who has adamantly refused to use ‘gender neutral’ pronouns, a direct[…]
The 100th anniversary of Fatima is a significant one in the minds of many, not least due to the effect of the apparitions on the momentous events of the 20th century, but also in connection with the purported prophecy of Pope Leo XIII, who as the century began, said the Devil would have a ‘100[…]
You will likely hear that numbers were down at the March for Life, although enthusiasm and devotion were, as always, high. This was the twentieth anniversary of the annual event, held on the Thursday before May 14th, when abortion was legalized under Pierre Trudeau. I (along with many others) have been to nearly every one,[…]
Irony may be described in one way as something happening, not that you don’t want to happen, but that you don’t expect to happen, that goes against what should be the case. That is why it is ironic that right in the middle of the just completed Year of Mercy, decreed by Pope Francis in[…]
“It is quite impossible for a thinking being to imagine nonbeing, a cessation of thought and life. In this sense everyone carries the proof of his own immortality within himself.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A few years ago I visited the Czech Republic and I was thrilled to[…]
There are times when one word, even one letter, can make all the difference. The scene is June of 325, in the basilica of the imperial city of Nicaea (now in northwestern Turkey) where an ecumenical council has been called by the Emperor Constantine to deal with a number of issues in the Church, not[…]
Saint Joseph has two ‘feast’ days in the universal Church, neither of which is technically a ‘feast’. The first, on March 19th, is his principal day, celebrated as a full solemnity, usually in Lent (unless bumped into Easter by its falling during Holy Week). Then there is today’s ‘optional memorial’ of Saint Joseph the Worker. […]
Arguably the two most influential Christian apologists of the twentieth century were G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis. Both were accomplished essayists, novelists, poets, and converts from atheism. Chesterton’s conversion came first, and by the admission of Lewis it was Chesterton’s great tome The Everlasting Man that influenced his own conversion. Chesterton became a Catholic, Lewis[…]
