I am a Protestant of course, so I take a different view on many matters than do my Catholic associates, certainly on many theological issues.…
An editorial in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (September 19, 2006) nicely makes the case for why the remarks recently uttered by the pope were needed.…
A brief introduction to Aquinas: The Italian Dominican Thomas Aquinas is without question one of the West’s most important philosophers and theologians. Along with the…
Attacks on Christians are becoming commonplace in the West: These are dark days if you are a Christian. Or a conservative. Or pro-life. Or pro-family.…
On the what? OK, I understand that many of you – probably most – may not know what is being referred to here. Students of…
Ideas have consequences. And bad ideas have bad consequences. One bad idea is that of moral relativism: the idea that there are no objective moral…
If some folks – including many Catholics – have felt uneasy about some of the things the current Pope has said about Islam, they would…
Although I am not a Catholic, I admire many of them. And one of my favourite contemporary Catholic thinkers is William Kilpatrick. He has penned…
In the past few days we have had three leading church figures come out speaking quite forthrightly on the topic of homosexuality. Their remarks range…
In 2009 Jamie Glazov wrote an important volume entitled United in Hate. In it he spoke about how the political left in the West has…
Historically it has always been the church and other mediating agencies which have mainly helped the poor. Only recently have expanding states significantly usurped that…
We have in our society today entire groups of people who have decided that they exist to take offence at things. Not only that, but…
The militant secularists and atheists have declared war against the rest of the world. But given that the overwhelming majority of mankind both now and…
Back in 1948 TS Eliot wrote about “the common tradition of Christianity which has made Europe what it is”. In the essay, Notes Towards the…
We expect non-believers not to be too worried about the ongoing persecution of Christians around the world. Indeed, some of them may in fact take…
I could be wrong, but I have a feeling that if any of the Old Testament prophets – or any of the New Testament disciples…
If I were paid for every case of lunacy I document on this site, I would have enough moolah by now to purchase a small…
In just over a week the Pope will arrive in Sydney for the World Youth Day. Being neither a youth nor a Catholic, I will…
While certain religions are growing in some parts of the world, they are in decline in other parts. But the decline of one religion is…
“All religions are basically the same.” That mantra is often heard from the secular media and our ruling elites. For those who know little about…