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
Bishop Georg Bätzing, head of the German Catholic bishops’ conference, has declared that the Church should change her moral teaching, to allow for same-sex unions and sex outside of marriage. As he puts it, we have to somewhat change the Catechism on this matter. Sexuality is a gift from God. And not a sin. Of[…]
The unknown life of Magdalene of Austria (+1590), in this recounting by Eduoard Hapsburg, one of her distant relatives, shows what one soul can do, when given completely to God, to change the course of history. Our world could use a few more good women like her, and her near-contemporary, Frances of Rome.
March 5th is the traditional feast of Saint Kieran, an early Irish monk and bishop, one of the ‘Twelve Apostles’ of Ireland, disciples of Saint Finian, who, with the great Saint Patrick, established the Faith in the Emerald Isle of Erin. Sadly, that Faith is retreating like a low tide, and I will not belabor[…]
It seems there has been something of a tempest in reaction to my two posts about Russia and Ukraine, which were admittedly hastily written, unclear and, as one person described it, ‘sloppy’. Mea culpa, and, again, my apologies, especially after all my own exhortations to clarity and precision. And, in particular, I apologize for posting[…]
Nathan Pinkoski paints an intriguing analysis today in First Things of why the reaction to Covid is so extreme in Canada, and why our benighted Dominion in its Trudeaupian trance is doubling down. Not least on vaccine mandates, which are being dropped provincially, but maintained federally, where they know it matters most. Who cares about[…]
The Canadian Parliament is closing up debate on this issue, and will vote tonight (Monday) at 8 p.m. on the Emergencies Act, for which there seems no need, and never was a need. Thousands of police officers to ‘break up’ and ‘illegal’ protest – perhaps the most peaceful in modern history, besides the March for[…]
On this day, February 21, 1595, the Jesuit priest, poet, hymnodist and martyr, Robert Southwell (1561 – 1595) one of the great jewels of England, was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. (The reader may find a fine biography, along with a number of his poems, here). He managed to evade the pursuing authorities in[…]
Real violence goes unnoticed by PM Epoch Times on destruction of windows in trucks.. Looking for a miracle….. Former officer talks… Sikh brotherhood do not regret being in the truck convoy… Pivotal moment examined…what they are planning to do next…you won’t want to miss any of it. Tucker on how bitcoin can be protected… Does[…]
As I write, the police are cracking down on the Freedom Convoy, crowding bystanders into a smaller area of downtown, while truckers are arrested. To their credit, the protestors are all being peaceful, many praying, and we should join them in that prayer. This, while the Prime Minister and his Finance Minister freeze (and seize?)[…]
I’m not sure how much good petitions at this point will do – besides, of course, petitions to God, Our Lady and the saints – but we fulfill what we can, and let the same God do the rest. So, ponder signing the following, that the Senate not vote yes to the Emergencies Act, as[…]
