Romuald’s Erimetical Reform
Saint Romuald (+June 19, 1025/27) was a tenth-century monk, founder of the strict Camaldolese Order, named after their primary benefactor, Maldoli, who, impressed by...
A Short Primer on Just War Theory
The Church has a long history of ‘just war theory’. Over the centuries, deriving from the initial formulation of Saint Augustine, then, building upon...
A Short Primer on the Trinity
In light of yesterdays’ Solemnity celebrating the Most Holy Trinity, a few words on this central teaching of our Faith may be in order....
Saint Anthony of Padua…or Lisbon
Saint Anthony of Padua is usually named historically after the city-state in northeastern Italy where he died after his brief but full life at...
Saint Barnabas and Keeping up the Good Fight of the Faith
It is fitting that we celebrate the Apostle Barnabas, the ‘son of consolation’, or the ‘son of encouragement’, in this season of the Holy...
Saint Columbkille, the Irish Apostle of Scotland
If you will forgive a little parochialism, today is the feast of Saint Columbkille (521-597), also called Columba, who is not celebrated in the...
The Immortal Mind: A Review
The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon's Case for the Existence of the Soul
by Michael Egnor and Denyse O'Leary
Worthy Publishers, New York, Nashville, June 2025
237 p.
The...
Holy Norbert and Heroic Normandy
Saint Norbert (+1134) of Xanten was a zealous bishop and founder, who was at the forefront of the ecclesial reform named after Pope Gregory...
Subito Santo Syndrome and the Narrow Path to Heaven
A number of years ago, I went to seek advice from a venerable professor of philosophy about completing a Ph.D. My visit was providential,...
Saint Boniface: Laying the Axe to the Root of Evil
Saint Boniface, bishop, missionary and martyr was hacked to death by a band of Frisian idol-worshippers on this day, June 5, 754, along with...