We need to re-examine our default habit of inviting to Catholic events those who seek to drive Catholics to the margins of our common life.
Read MoreClerical dress – for himself and for others – is not the most important decision Francis has made. But it was the first one.
Read MoreConfusion will arise because what Cardinal Wuerl teaches — and what the Alberta bishops have taught — is not the same as what has been taught in Germany or Malta or Buenos Aires.
Read MoreThe world promises us comfort, but we were not made for comfort. Jordan Peterson echoes poets and popes when he calls his audiences to strive for heroism and nobility of heart.
Read MoreIn not accepting the Barros resignation earlier, Pope Francis may have boxed himself into further resignations now.
Read MoreIf the mayor of Jerusalem cannot distinguish the identity and mission of the Mamilla Hotel from a pilgrim guest house, he fails to understand a constitutive part of the history of his own city.
Read MoreTax exemption of the Church is not a matter of enhancing social services or achieving more efficient program delivery.
Read MoreThe heart of this pontificate is understood more in the footnotes than the main text. They require careful reading.
Read MoreRussia is now the governing military power in Syria. Can Putin stay aloof as hostilities between the Israelis and Tehran heat up?
Read MoreThe Holy Father is an undisputed friend of the downtrodden, but it sometimes seems that he is also a friend to those who tread upon them, especially if they are on the left side of the political spectrum.
Read MoreAsh Wednesday asks us to think about the grave that awaits each of us, but also of that grave that awaited Him. There are no ashes and bones in that grave. It is empty. He is not there, for He is risen.
Read MoreSentiment, greeting cards, and flowers pass away to dust, while we yearn for a love which endures, which proves itself in sacrifice, which is stronger even than death.
Read MoreThat Benedict XVI's decision to abdicate was taken by a holy man in total sincerity is beyond doubt. That it was God’s will is not clearly demonstrated.
Read MoreCardinal Zen argues that no accord is better than a bad accord. Don’t save what the communists will let you save, he argues. That is an illusion offered by fraudsters.
Read MoreCardinal Zen will not permit the luctus et angor – grief and anxiety – of the Church in China to be forgotten, or diplomatically set aside.
Read MoreThere haven’t been many mistakes in his airborne press interviews, Pope Francis says, but when he has made one, the correction is dramatic.
Read MoreThe new altar at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa speaks of the sacrifice of Christ, as all altars do, as well as Christ as the light of the nations.
Read MoreThe only logic that holds the CPSO decision together is that freedom of religion and freedom of conscience are relatively unimportant in a “free and democratic society.”
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