Tag: Commentary
Mark Shea: John the Baptiser
This is Part 2 of Mark's series for Advent of St John the Baptist. Click here for Part 1.
John the Baptist baptised. That is...
Monica Doumit: Beatle’s vision a childish illusion
“Imagine there’s no heaven; it’s easy if you try. No hell below us; above us only sky.” So begins John Lennon’s famous Imagine anthem.
I...
Mark Shea: Of Forerunners and Foreshadows
This is part 1 of Mark's series for Advent on St John the Baptist
The season of Advent is bound up with the figure of...
Simcha Fisher: Is gratitude the attitude?
Every so often, a graphic about everyday gratitude circulates around the internet. It's one of those memes meant to challenge your thinking, reminding you...
Monica Doumit: What will it take to finally get action
Absent a miracle, including the miracle of our politicians acquiring either a backbone or some common sense (or both), the Senate Standing Committee on...
Xavier Rynne II: Letters from the Synod on Youth Vol. 19...
COMMENTARY
CONCLUDING UNSCIENTIFIC POSTSCRIPTS
The fifteenth ordinary general assembly of the Synod of Bishops, convened by Pope Francis to reflect on “Youth, the Faith, and...
Xavier Rynne II: Letters from the Synod on Youth Vol. 18...
COMMENTARY
THE FIRE, THE NOURISHMENT, AND THE LOVE
There has been an eerie – or, if you prefer providential – synchronicity between the liturgical texts of...
Xavier Rynne II: Letters from the Synod on Youth Vol. 17...
THE DRAFT FINAL REPORT: FURTHER OBSERVATIONS
As discussion of Synod-2018’s Draft Final Report (the DFR, or in Vatican-speak, the Progetto) continues in preparation for...
Xavier Rynne II: Letters from the Synod on Youth Vol. 15...
COMMENTARY
A SYNOD ON CHASTITY?
After more than two and a half weeks of speech-making and conversation, Synod-2018 begins to grapple today with the product that...
