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
This penultimate day in October – all hallowe’ed eve’s eve – is the memorial of the Irish bishop and martyr, Terence O’Brien (1601-1651), put to a brutal death on October 30th for his hand in resisting the siege of the notorious Oliver Cromwell, grand-nephew of Thomas Cromwell. Both Cromwells were bitterly anti-Catholic ideologues, who dispatched[…]
A reader sent in the following comment: Your stated goal “endeavours to foster the *culture of life* by reporting truthfully, critically, contextually, and … guided by a *cultural vision inspired by Catholic doctrine*” yet you link to a Twitter item posted by the TRUMP WAR ROOM? American politics? Trump War Room? Culture of life? I[…]
There’s more than a little schadenfreude in seeing Bill Gates put through his paces by this doughty interviewer. The commentator is right when he says, ‘she’ll never be invited back’. Gates storms off in a huff when the seat gets too hot for his tender behind, ‘this interview’s over’. But she’s done her duty. We[…]
Christopher Columbus was a Catholic explorer. Some misguided historians would have us believe the Catholic Church sent him and the missionaries who accompanied him to destroy pagan civilizations wherever he found them. The point is never stated exactly that way, but the evidence non-Catholic historians bring to bear on the discovery of America leaves no[…]
On October 22nd, the liturgy offers us the liturgical feast of Saint John Paul II. This great Polish Pope was one with whom many of us grew up. We know him. How many times we saw him on television, as well as had the privilege and grace of visiting our country. Looking back at this[…]
The feast of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko, which is celebrated October 19th, drives home an important point: God comes first in our lives, and that our earthly lives can never be an absolute value within themselves, but only in God. His martyrdom, which took place on that fateful October 19th in 1984 at the hands of[…]
An intriguing clip, with Kamala Harris facing an interviewer who at least tries to get her to answer a direct question about the number of illegal and unvetted immigrants. Even Brett Baier’s dogged perseverance does not prevail against Harris’ passive-aggressive logorrhea – apparently, a key tactic in her refusal to answer questions directly. I wouldn’t[…]
As we celebrate the feast of the Papa Buono, the Good Pope as he was affectionately referred to, Pope St John XXIII, what comes to my mind and heart are the words uttered by Pope Francis during the homily of canonization of this together with the other Pope, St John Paul II, at St Peter’s[…]
On this day in 1846, astronomer William Hessel discovered Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, just 17 days after Johann Galle discovered the gas giant itself. Rather an impressive feat, for home-built telescopes. Technology has come a long way, in more ways than one. I serendipitously came across a series of impressive videos[…]
Feckless: Lacking purpose; without skill, ineffective, incompetent; lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way. As another hurricane hurtles towards Florida – possibly a catastrophic Category-5, and this after the destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene a couple of weeks ago – we read of the bizarre, irresponsible, if not outright intentional, behaviour of FEMA,[…]
