Recently, I discovered a clip from the television show, E.R. It showed a man facing the end of life with the burden of a perceived sin causing him great anxiety. He shares his distress with a so called spiritual councilor who cannot respond to his need for absolution, He states at one point “I need [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the duty of Christians to promote the dignity of the human person, given that we are created in the image and likeness of God. Modern society typically codifies the practical dimension of this dignity in the forms of legal charters, such as the Canadian Charter of Rights and [...]

Canada has recently undergone a wrenching national debate on the issue of same-sex marriage (the result of which was its legalization), and this debate is being found well beyond our shores in other nations of Western civilization. When the debate was at its peak a number of people asked me where this debate came from, [...]

This text is the first draft of a set of course notes I gave to my THEO 201 students, on the relationship between social structure (particularly law and government) and Christian theology.

“Welcome to Catholic Civil Rights League, Canada’s only lay organization devoted exclusively to combating anti-Catholic defamation and to bringing Church teaching to bear on issues of public debate.”

Submission is a daring move in today’s power-hungry society.

Much of the philosophical framework found behind today’s legal system is based on a flawed view of human nature that stems from existentialism. This must be opposed, because in the end the others around us become seen as a vague sort of threat to our liberty, and we lose sight of our neighbours as people deserving of our love.