A Catholic’s Night Out in Secular Toronto
Last week I went to see the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at St. Paul’s Basilica in Toronto. The program was essentially taken from Orthodox and Catholic and worship. One new piece, commissioned for the evening, consisted of the first three parts of the Rosary:...Conscience Rights and Resisting Governments Telling Us What to Think
There is now a battle in Ontario to win back conscience rights for physicians. Various groups, from the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto are engaged in this battle. This is a fight we must not lose. It goes much further...The Lion of Münster: The Bishop Who Roared Against the Nazis
This talk was delivered on November 23, 2016 at the Church of the Holy Family in Toronto, which is the seat of the Oratorian Fathers of Saint Philip Neri. The occasion was the launch of a new book, “The Lion of Münster: The Bishop Who Roared Against the Nazis,” by Fr....Nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers…
The day after Donald Trump was elected president a number of well meaning friends tried to commiserate with me over the election results. For many months I had already become completely disgusted by the two main choices and ended up writing in a third-party candidate...
Prolife Hollywood Blockbuster Film Unplanned in Canada for 1 Week Only beginning on July 12: https://t.co/9JbtDL17J3
Statement on the Denial of Conscientious Objection from the “Effective Referral” Mandate: https://t.co/W81evznsU1
The CCRL is preparing its release regarding this morning's decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal to uphold the effective referral mandate, which forces physicians to refer patients to others to perform procedures that they find morally objectionable.