Friends, our Gospel for today is the evocative scene of Jesus healing a man who cannot hear and cannot speak. This man is beautifully symbolic of many in our culture today: we don’t listen to God, and therefore we can’t speak clearly about God. To us, as to him, Jesus […]
Shining a light on pastoralism in Turkana, Kenya, Grains of Hope is an exploration into the challenges this way of life presents, the resilience of the Turkana people in the face of uncertainty and the role of Mary’s Meals in offering food security and stability to both families and communities […]
In this week’s video I discuss what a miracle is, looking at different examples but especially at the miracles of Christ. A miracle is not just an extraordinary event, rather it’s an event that reveals and restores matter to its true identity and meaning. Thank you for your continued support. […]
Support the channel by visiting: https://brianholdsworth.locals.com/ or https://brianholdsworth.ca/support This is the story of how the Church built Western Civilization. I know it’s not obvious to a lot of people, but if you live in a country like Canada (where I live) or the United States, you’ve hit the historical jackpot, […]
Friends, as Americans, we have a very ambiguous relationship to law. On the one hand, we are a nation of independently minded people; we don’t like the law imposing itself on us. At the same time—let’s face it—we are a hyper-litigious society. We see the same ambiguity about law—both its […]
Friends, in the latest episode of “Bishop Barron Presents: Conversations at the Crossroads,” I talk with Orthodox icon-carver and YouTuber Jonathan Pageau. We had a wonderful conversation about his own religious background, the patterns of Scripture, the importance of the Church Fathers, the Jordan Peterson phenomenon, and more. I hope […]
***YouTube Keeps Turning Off Comments for This Episode*** In this episode, Trent reveals how assisted suicide advocates reach new lows in demanding state-sanctioned killing. To support this channel: / counseloftrent [ NEW] Counsel of Trent merch: https://shop.catholic.com/apologists-… Be sure to keep up with our socials! / counseloftrent / counseloftrent / counseloftrentpodcast Timestamps: 00:00 The Assisted Suicide […]
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Reprinted with permission. Canada had approximately 15,280 euthanasia deaths in 2023 (Article Link). I would like to thank Alexander Raikin for his research report on the Rise of Euthanasia in Canada that was produced for and published by Cardus. In one week there have been three exceptional […]
Friends, on this Sixth Sunday of Easter, the Church gives us a kind of foretaste of Pentecost. In all three readings, we hear descriptions of the work of the Holy Spirit—the animating principle of the Mystical Body. What are the signs that the Holy Spirit is at work? Let’s look […]
Source: Population Research Institute Reprinted with permission. The Lepanto Institute and the Population Research Institute recently completed a field investigation of Catholic Relief Service’s projects in Cameroon, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho. We initiated the investigation out of concern that CRS had led the implementation of a PEPFAR program called “Determined, Resilient, […]
Reprinted with permission. Watch this video about a new city designed from scratch in Guatemala called Cayala. It has been designed by two graduates of Notre Dame’s architecture school, according to the plan of Leon Krier. It explains the concepts behind it’s creation; how its beauty benefits rich and poor […]
Source: Granville Sewell via evolutionnews.org Reprinted with permission. I recently came across a nice little video (below) which seems to prove that π = 0. Each step seems reasonable, but you know there must be errors even before you find them because the conclusion is absurd, and the challenge is […]