Tens of thousands will march in Ottawa today in celebration of human life, proclaiming that all life has value and ought to be protected in law. But the advent of assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia means that life is less protected in law than previously.
Read MoreDo divine interventions in history belong only to the biblical period, and then only as fantastic tales intended to make a general point? Or do they accompany us through history?
Read MoreThe centenary of the apparitions at Fatima invites us to look back at 1917, a year in which an old world order gave way to a new, more lethal one.
Read MoreIn 1982, the Marian shrine that St. John Paul II wanted to visit was the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, the Queen of Poland. Instead, he went to Fatima.
Read MoreThe case of current martyrs, being delivered weekly by jihadis and others, is a different kind of thing. Most of them are entirely unknown beyond their own family and friends until after they are numbered among the dead.
Read MoreAs the Ontario bishops completed their ad limina visit to Rome last week, I couldn’t help but recall one of my favourite stories about one of Ontario’s favourite bishops.
Read MorePremier Brad Wall was aghast at the April court decision that it was unconstitutional for non-Catholics, by their own choice, to attend publicly-funded Catholic schools.
Read MoreThe joint statement doesn’t say that the Orthodox will recognize Catholic baptisms as valid as a general principle, but commits the Coptic Orthodox to “seek sincerely” not to re-baptize. It is a clear step in the recognition of common baptism and momentous for that reason.
Read MoreIn this year of significant religious anniversaries, the 800 years since St Francis sent the first friars to the Holy Land does not register alongside the Reformation or Fatima. Yet that decision continues to shape the Christian presence at our holiest sites.
Read MoreWhat will the pope and patriarch say, albeit indirectly, about his regime? It is better for Christians that he is in power, but like Mubarak and a long tradition of secular Arab leaders, el-Sisi is rough around the edges when it comes to human rights and democratic processes.
Read MoreAfter a visit to Egypt, I reflected on the contrast between the pyramids of ancient Egypt and the central fact of Christianity, the empty tomb. As the Pope and the Patriarch head to Cairo during the Easter season, it might serve our Convivium readers to offer it here.
Read MorePope Francis must choose how he addresses the Muslim community when he visits Egypt this week. He has two models: Former U.S. President Barack Obama and former Pope Benedict XVI.
Read MoreThe small Catholic liberal arts college in Barry’s Bay, Ont., which opened in 2000 with nine students, has emerged from the other side of its provincial accreditation process as an innovative and creative leader in Catholic post-secondary education in Canada.
Read MoreOn Wednesday of Holy Week, Maduro’s men burst into the Chrism Mass of Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, shouting threats and physically assaulting the cardinal. It would therefore seem time for a denunciation from Pope Francis against the Maduro regime.
Read MoreNearly every Catholic parish and diocese across the land speaks of “weekend Masses” – the anticipated Mass on Saturday evening along with the Masses offered on Sunday. The concept of “weekend” is not a Christian one, but its complete cultural adoption by Christians has weakened a key pillar of discipleship – keeping the Lord’s Day holy.
Read MoreBefore the ninetieth birthday of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Easter Sunday, Tracey Rowland published in these pages an appreciation for what she called a “Ratzinger revolution” – a theological foundation on which, she predicts, future scholars and pastors will rebuild a Church damaged by secularism
Read MoreThe federal government slipped its marijuana bill into the House the day before Good Friday, with almost no one around to ask questions. So in the same spirit, herewith various question that do not appear to have adequate answers.
Read MoreEaster Sunday is the 90th birthday of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Born on April 16, 1927, he was a Holy Saturday baby, born the day that God is dead, the day of the tomb.
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