To a certain Canadian mindset, the religious disputes over the identity of the land here in Israel and Palestine seem a touch primitive. But the same arguments are becoming more fashionable in Canada.
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Does the Church have enough confidence in her own canon law to defend judgments which might be at variance with secular proceedings? Especially when it appears that justice has not been done.
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The clerk bewailed the things said about him on the web 'vomitorium.' Now a respected international organization has added to them
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The Victoria police have not earned “maximum respect” in Victoria. Why do they enjoy it at the Vatican?
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Frustration has been widely expressed at the lack of progress on sexual abuse reform. But on finances, things are getting worse
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Did the friendship between the two influence the decision of Philpott to resign from cabinet because she had lost confidence that the prime minister was respecting the independence of criminal prosecutions?
I certainly hope so.
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The truth of the matter is that very few ministers leave any significant traces in the offices they pass through. But the difference a minister makes is never greater than when she resigns on principle.
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Attention has been focused on the prospect of Donald Trump abusing the power of his office to thwart criminal investigations, a Nixon for our time. Who would have thought that it was Trudeau that we should have been worried about?
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The prosecution of Cardinal Pell has been a monstrous miscarriage of justice, a religious persecution carried out by prosecutorial means.
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There was undoubtedly a good spirit at the summit, a sense that a corner had been turned. But there are storm clouds ahead.
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The Catholic Church in Canada does not have a surfeit of priests like Fr. Tom and we need him, in his own voice. And if that voice is now repentant and seeks mercy, as he should, that, too, can be a lesson at the service of the gospel.
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The summit meeting will have little to offer countries like Canada which have already been dealing with the problem of priestly sexual sins and crimes for decades.
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Reconciliation is only possible when the aggrieved decide to cease putting grievances — even legitimate ones — in the face of the other
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So many aspects of McCarrick being dismissed from the clerical state — the “death penalty” for clerics in canon law — are noteworthy
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The Feb. 21-24 meeting takes the view that bishops who think as the Pope wishes them to think about their role as shepherds will then do the right thing in tackling sex abuse.
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Former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s miscue was to insist on the rule of law in a game where the rules are rigged
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Huot ruled that 'life 50' is unconstitutional, but 'life 40' is not. What about 'life 44' or 'life 47'? The jurisprudence on that fine calibration still awaits
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The new Muslim-Catholic joint document takes up Benedict’s earlier assertion that religious believers — despite theological conflicts — can contend together for the place of God in our common life.
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