On the Threshold

By Glen Argan Don’t recommend to others that they take a course of action you’re not willing to take yourself. On that basis, I cannot recommend that anyone follow the lifestyle of Blessed Charles de Foucauld, the dissolute French army officer turned desert hermit who was murdered/martyred by anti-colonial rebels in Algeria 100 years ago on Dec. 1. However, in

By Glen Argan Princes are men with little real authority, but who often yearn to get their hands on the reins of power. Catholics have their own variety of princes – the princes of the Church who make up the College of Cardinals. For some of these princes, the office of the pope is like any other office in society.

By Glen Argan After well over a year of presidential campaigning in the United States, Donald Trump has increased his support to more than a third of the electorate. It boggles my mind that such a vast swath of the population in a highly-educated country could buy into his conspiracy-laden, fear-of-the-stranger, lie-every-minute brand of campaigning. Just so you know right