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
Tomorrow, our noble Parliament will vote on Motion M103, which is a motion to get into a motion laws forbidding ‘Islamaphobia’. Said Motion is put forward by Iqra Khalid, a native of Pakistan. I know not her motives, but other commentators are wondering, why Islam? There are far more reported ‘hate crimes’ against Jews. But,[…]
The letter of St. Paul to the Romans uses the same basic structure found in his other letters. It features one important aspect of the mystery of Christ (chapters 5-11) and brings out its implications for Christian life, morality, and spirituality. In this case, the focus is on Christ as enacting the new and[…]
Anybody heard of Pinterest? If you haven’t, count your lucky stars because you’ve just “gained” back hours and hours of time to waste on something else. Pinterest is a virtual “ideas” cork-board—a place where anyone and everyone can put up a picture, post an idea or website, or browse and gather ideas for things like[…]
Among the many fruitful ways of understanding the writings of St. Paul is to focus on the connection that he makes again and again between some important facet of the mystery of Christ and the ways in which Christians ought to live. In this first of a series of essays, let us take up[…]
The mercantile nature of journalism has finally come full circle, as the newspapers (well, given that many publish in other media, we should call them ‘news sources’) are now begging for public subsidies.
On this feast of a ‘mirthy’ saint, it is a propos to take a brief glance at what Saint Thomas says about this most Christian of attitudes towards life: Joy in the simple things: Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologica Question 168, Article 4. Whether there is a sin in lack of mirth? I answer that, In human[…]
Each year between January and March, my family moves out into the wide world. Some of us go to college, others go to work, and the rest of us fall into the travel plans wherever we might be useful. Then, usually sometime in November, my family returns from our travels across the country and hops[…]
Father Scott Murray Scorsese’s film adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s Silence is true to the original. In fact, I don’t believe I have ever seen a movie that so closely follows its source. There are, of course, small changes and not all of Fr. Rodrigues’ interior monologues and narrations make their way into the film, but[…]
One can only hope that Justin Trudeau’s sense of entitlement and noblesse is finally catching up to him. Even the secular media, who have placed their halo around his hallowed locks, are in consternation at his bizarre New Year’s holiday on the private island of Agha Khan, whose full name and title are Prince Shah[…]
Whenever the census in Canada rolls round, I suspect that I am one of the few people who, in the box where one reports languages spoken in the home, must honestly write Latin. Since the birth of my first of four sons seven years ago, I have spoken almost entirely in Latin to them. Why?[…]
