As Catholics one of the main spiritual exercises to help us to effectively deal with the challenges we face in work, ministry and our personal lives is the rosary. The rosary is the main spiritual weapon we have to defeat the various evils and afflictions we face every day. Though…

One of the major contributions to Church teaching in recent decades are papal documents and books concerning the correlation between chastity and a mature understanding of human sexuality. In light of the sexual abuse crisis that was largely caused due to homosexuality in the priesthood and religious life, the Church…

Recently, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a 0.5 trillion-dollar program to create ‘the Line’, a vertical city, 500 meters high and 170 kilometers long, part of an ambitious program to shift the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia away from its dependence on oil to an economy rooted in the enlightenment…

Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? Matthew, Chapter 6:26. The great Saints and the Doctors of the Church talk at length about the importance of…

Today, we live in a highly secularized age, where work has become highly technical, sophisticated and mundane. Efficiency, productivity and fitting into the pyramid of a company determines your worth and value as a human being. At times this way of life can become alienating, superficial and paradoxical to the…

In our culture today we revere authors, artists, film makers and architects such as Albert Camus, Nietzsche, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Le Corbusier and others as hallmarks of ‘great’ culture who have helped shaped the modern world. These men have played a pivotal role in developing a contemporary society that rejects…

In the West, the political landscape is easily drawn between two ‘ideologies’ or ‘factions’ — the ‘left’ and the ‘right’, with one — the left, seeking to erode natural law and advance the role of the state in every aspect of human existence, and the right, focused on expanding the…

Combating spiritual blocks, oppression and burnout through prayer — As Catholics we are living in a time of great upheaval, uncertainty and a sense of hopelessness when we look at the state of our Church and our culture. We seem to be trapped in a spirit of ignorance, spiritual mediocrity, and superficiality that aspect every aspect of our culture…

Over the past 16 months, COVID-19 has taken away many securities we took for granted. This pandemic is an opportunity for the Church to grow in virtue and integrity, overcome vices that have plagued the capacity of Catholic Institutions to do good in the world, and restore hope in a…