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The Clintons' End Times
The Clintons' End Times

The Clintons’ lifetime ambition for power is now exhausted. Hillary’s defeat means that no longer is the Clinton defence necessary.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 23, 2017Convivium, Politics, United States
The Queen and her prince keep royal traditions alive
The Queen and her prince keep royal traditions alive

The long marriage of the Queen and the Duke should not go unremarked.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 23, 2017Catholic Register, Politics
Zimbabweans get long-awaited deliverance from the evil Mugabe
Zimbabweans get long-awaited deliverance from the evil Mugabe

What will follow Mugabe remains to be seen. But let Zimbabweans take a moment of satisfaction at the passing from the scene of the last of the African “liberation” leaders who was anything but.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 22, 2017National Post, Politics
Of Flu and The Cuckoo’s Nest
Of Flu and The Cuckoo’s Nest

Hefner or Her Majesty, the cad or the queen. The latter ruled the realm, but the former ruled the culture.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 17, 2017Convivium, Culture
Married Priests and Missionary Failure
Married Priests and Missionary Failure

The viri probati proposal is not advanced as a good in itself, but, rather, as a concession to a sustained missionary failure.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 17, 2017National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Energy market is shifting, but not because of UN climate conferences
Energy market is shifting, but not because of UN climate conferences

Every so often the COPs conclude a big agreement on emission targets, as they did in Kyoto 1997 or in Paris 2015. Countries like Canada and the United States then ignore the targets.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 16, 2017National Post, Politics, Economics
How Communism corrupted the Russian soul
How Communism corrupted the Russian soul

Even a quarter of a century after the dissolution of the communist party and the Soviet Union itself, the restoration of Russian Orthodoxy remains a generational challenge.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 11, 2017Catholic Herald, Church Affairs
What we learned, the hard way, from the Russian revolution
What we learned, the hard way, from the Russian revolution

Communist philosophy, being materialistic, therefore had no room for freedom, and no room for those who chose to exercise it.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 9, 2017National Post, Politics, Popular
Mockery and Majesty
Mockery and Majesty

Julie Payette’s mocking of those who believe that God has a role in the origins of human life, has been widely derided, and justly so. I add three points on history, philosophy, and character.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 9, 2017Convivium, Culture, Canada
The Difficulty of Canonizing Popes
The Difficulty of Canonizing Popes

While the early martyr-popes were quickly venerated as saints, the canonization of popes is not the norm. To the contrary, there were periods where many of them were far from exemplary Christian disciples.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 9, 2017National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Culture of Rebuke Has Taken Hold in Church Discourse
Culture of Rebuke Has Taken Hold in Church Discourse

The culture of rebuke cannot be the only mode of ecclesial discourse, even as we give it greater prominence following the Holy Father’s lead.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 6, 2017National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Closing the Reformation Divide
Closing the Reformation Divide

Full communion is not around the corner, but to agree about justification is an astonishingly large step forward.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 3, 2017Convivium, Church Affairs
The Reformation served a purpose, but unity is Christianity's future
The Reformation served a purpose, but unity is Christianity's future

The Church is meant to be a sign of the fundamental unity of all peoples, already partially realized. The Christian Church, from its earliest days, was never a national project.

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Newman House ManagerOctober 31, 2017National Post, Church Affairs
Sisters of Life and Catholic Christian Outreach celebrate decade of service
Sisters of Life and Catholic Christian Outreach celebrate decade of service

Anniversaries of importance for the universal Church have abounded this year. For the Church in Canada, two modest anniversaries — 10 years — were celebrated this past fortnight.

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Church AffairsNewman House ManagerOctober 30, 2017Catholic Register, Church Affairs, Canada
Why the Church needed the catechism after Vatican II
Why the Church needed the catechism after Vatican II

Many of the observances of the 25th anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church noted that it was the most important magisterial act of the Church since the Second Vatican Council.

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Newman House ManagerOctober 28, 2017Catholic Herald, Church Affairs, St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI
100 Years of Fortitude
100 Years of Fortitude

The Catholic chaplaincy at Queen’s University was established on this day, Oct. 26, in 1917, so we are marking our 100th birthday. 

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Newman House ManagerOctober 26, 2017Convivium, Church Affairs, Canada
Laws limiting fundamental freedoms receive all-party support
Laws limiting fundamental freedoms receive all-party support

Much attention has been given to the face-covering law passed last week in Quebec. This week, Ontario will pass a law limiting protests against abortion that merits similar attention.

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Newman House ManagerOctober 25, 2017National Post, Politics, Canada, Popular
Sears Bankruptcy
Sears Bankruptcy

We have a Sears at the major mall in Kingston. It will close soon I suppose, given the bankruptcy. The same mall saw the closure of Target a few years back, when its Canadian expansion went belly up.

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Newman House ManagerOctober 19, 2017Convivium, Culture, Economics
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