When we planned our launch for the new digital Convivium at our Cardus office in Ottawa, we sought a conversation about how faith plays its part in various aspects of our common life: the arts, the press, politics and the relations between faiths themselves.
Read MoreOn Feb. 6, Queen Elizabeth II marked 65 years on the throne. It’s the “sapphire” jubilee, a designation which I did not know; 65th anniversaries are rare enough, but welcome as reminders that enduring fidelity is possible.
Read MoreThe drama of Super Bowl LI was the great role reversal. The Patriots – by far the best team in football for years, having finished their last five seasons in at least the semi-final game – managed to win as underdogs.
Read MoreMy first thought, upon hearing the news of the massacre at the mosque in Ste. Foy, was that there must be a special place in hell for those who kill men at prayer, all the moreso in a house of worship.
Read MoreThe burials began yesterday, and it was likely the first time most Canadians had ever seen Islamic funeral rites. It was an impressive witness of prayer from the Muslim congregation gathered at Montreal’s Maurice Richard hockey arena.
Read MoreIn many places in Canada the rhythm of prayer has been largely forgotten. Our Muslim citizens tend to forget less, and therefore remind us of that common colloquy with God. The deaths of the six men at prayer in the Quebec mosque are a more powerful reminder still.
Read MoreThe massive Women’s March against Donald Trump was billed as being open to all, but they would not have made room on the podium for the Little Sisters of the Poor as they did for Planned Parenthood.
Read MoreDickinson’s criticism is not just that O’Leary is a flawed man, lacking the necessary empathy we desire in our leaders. She accuses him of not understanding business, and the personal nature of the market system.
Read MoreThe Church opened 2017 with another ride on the Amoris Laetitia roller coaster, with bishops issuing contradictory guidelines on the interpretation of its ambiguous eighth chapter.
Read MoreNeither Saudi Arabia nor Egypt want a Middle East dominated by Iran. They might welcome Trump’s skepticism over the nuclear deal.
Read MoreIt is remarkable that the celebrity-and-entertainment culture that birthed and nursed Trump is so opposed to him, and to his pomps and works. They react in horror and speak of him as the Devil incarnate. They refuse to acknowledge him as one of their own.
Read MoreA presidential inauguration is a simulacrum of a coronation, the introduction of the new president to a life marked by imperial excess the likes of which would have embarrassed Napoleon.
Read MoreAt this moment, Canadians can be proud of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promotion of Chrystia Freeland to foreign minister, a heavyweight portfolio that has been held by some remarkable lightweights over the decades.
Read MoreI have crossed paths with Bishop Frederick Henry for nearly 20 years on visits to my family in Calgary. He has always been kind to me, made me welcome in his diocese and I have enjoyed the occasions we have had time to talk.
Read MoreIt was a rough year for The Economist, which spent the first half of 2016 heaping scorn upon the ignorant and the backward who supported Brexit, and the latter half alternatively lusting after a Hillary Clinton presidency and hyperventilating about a Donald Trump one.
Read MoreThere is some confusion over the future of Stéphane Dion, dropped from the foreign ministry, or “global affairs” as it is currently styled in the consultant jargon of Her Majesty’s government for Canada.
Read MoreI began the New Year on the West Coast thinking about the East Coast. On Vancouver Island, which is about the size of the state of Israel, my thoughts were with the people on the island of Ramea, a tiny speck off the southern coast of Newfoundland.
Read MoreOn New Year’s Eve 75 years ago, Ottawa was actually abuzz. Prime Minister Winston Churchill was in town, and had addressed Parliament the day previous.
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