Jordan Peterson, a Canadian clinical psychologist and famous YouTuber, is ill. His daughter, Mikhalia, herself an internet sensation, has announced that her father, a professor at the University of Toronto, has been away recuperating.
Editorials
Filtering the Truth
How do we respond to news stories that we read or hear about? Our world — even within the vastness of the internet — can be pretty small. In the world today, where a growing number of people receive their news from social media, from sites on Facebook and Twitter that they choose, we can control the voices we hear, the information that is passed onto us. That is true for both the religious and the secular news we receive.
Taking Precautions During Flu Season
With the flu season now in full effect around the world, we should consider the seriousness of the situation and act accordingly. People, especially the most vulnerable, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems, are in grave danger.
Archbishop Nelson Perez Comes to Philadelphia
On Jan. 23, it was announced that Pope Francis had appointed the Bishop Nelson Perez of Cleveland as the new archbishop of Philadelphia. By all accounts, that is a very wise move and will be both a blessing to the church in Philadelphia and to the church in the United States.
The Two Popes
We are in a unique period of history. For the first time in the church’s history, at least in a time period when we are not in schism, we have two popes, one active and one retired.
A New Year Resolution: Read the Bible Every Day
Do you want a New Year’s resolution that will really benefit your life?
You can read the bestselling book of all time, one that changes the life of everyone who reads it: the Holy Bible.
The Church Denounces Anti-Semitism
Pope St. John Paul II made history in 1986 when he visited Rome’s synagogue. Elio Toaff, the chief rabbi of Rome during the time, called the Holy Father’s visit a “gesture destined to go down in history” and a “true turning point in the policy of the church.”
Mother Cabrini, the Person of the Year
This year will remembered as one of division. The nation was divided as a seemingly futile impeachment exercise paralyzed the country.
Look to Mary During Advent
With each passing year, Advent seems to be getting shorter. And yet that is not the case — we have all four Sundays of the Advent season. Perhaps it is the busyness of our lives that seems to make these sacred days of joyful preparation go by faster.
The Many Blessings of Matthew’s Gospel
This Advent, we are presented with the Gospel according to Matthew.