Earlier this month at Boston College, an important theological conference took place on Amoris Laetitia, the apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis that has occasioned so much controversy.
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Since the world came to learn that Hollywood was cool with Weinstein’s sexual predation, there has been a mad scramble by those who took Weinstein’s money to demonstrate that they are not cool with it anymore.
Read MoreThe centenary of the final Fatima apparition in 1917 and the Miracle of the Sun will mark a second highpoint to the anniversary celebrations, after the canonisation of Jacinta and Francisco on May 13.
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Still eating leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner? Herewith some “leftover” thoughts on smaller items – less important though perhaps more amusing – from recent days.
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After the scourge of sexual predation has been exposed in various sectors of society — clergy, military, sports, politics — it has finally touched a sector deeply corrupt, that of celebrity entertainment.
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Precious few seem to pay any attention to Canada’s vice-regal office anymore. Even fewer likely attend to the governor general’s arms but, fortunately for Convivium readers, I do.
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Sovereign debt is dull television compared with a president lobbing paper towels into a crowd, but the former is rather more important to Puerto Rico.
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The “filial correction” accusing Pope Francis of “propagating heresy” published last month by a number of Catholic scholars and priests is both a great surprise and the new normal.
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The monument includes large open spaces, designed for larger gatherings. But meetings such as one I had with a survivor are also part of the purpose of the monument, to make history personal.
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The House of Commons Committee on Canadian Heritage is holding hearings on M-103, and I was invited to appear before the committee to offer some views. I appeared on Wednesday, and on the whole it was a positive experience.
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As we mark the centenary of the Fatima apparitions, there are suggestive links between Leo XIII, the St Michael prayer and Fatima for those who are anniversary-minded.
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A new word was given papal emphasis recently—“integration”—that echoes the recent moves of the Canadian government to limit those coming to Canada to seek asylum.
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It’s been a while since I could do what I always did during my student days in Rome on St. Matthew’s feast, namely visit the Contarelli chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi.
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A celebration planned by the Canadian Goan Christian Group for St. Joseph’s parish in Mississauga on Oct. 14 will highlight the role that immigrants play in keeping the Church in Canada alive and vibrant.
Read MoreWe have domesticated so much of nature that we think something has gone horribly wrong when natural forces cannot be tamed.
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Henceforth, the Congregation for Divine Worship (CDW) will not play the role it does now in preparing liturgical translations, but will largely limit itself to approving – or withholding approval – the texts prepared by bishops’ conferences.
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In Canada and the United States, we live so far from the Biblical world that on occasion we have to remind ourselves of that fact simply to understand the sacred Scriptures properly. Hurricanes can be such a reminder.
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In a significant essay for First Things, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia calls for renewed attention to Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth), the 1993 encyclical of St. John Paul II on the moral life.
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