Articles — Fr. Raymond J. de Souza

Barbara Bush epitomized the 'greatest generation'

Duty, honour, country. Faith and family, too. They not only belong to another era, but were more fruitfully lived in that earlier generation for which Barbara Bush was a model.

Newman House ManagerApril 18, 2018National Post, Culture

The day that summed up a pontificate

Holy Thursday 2018 summarised the entire pontificate of Pope Francis in one day.

Newman House ManagerApril 14, 2018Catholic Herald, Church Affairs

After the Pope’s Extraordinary Apology for Chilean Abuse Case, What Comes Next?

What can be expected after the extraordinary letter, initially well-received in Chile?

Newman House ManagerApril 13, 2018National Catholic Register, Church Affairs

Jesus And Humboldt

This week we mourn with Humboldt. At the vigil, Pastor Brandow reminded us that what is needed more than anything is to hear from God, to encounter Jesus.

Newman House ManagerApril 12, 2018Convivium, Culture, Canada

They know grace in Humboldt, and there is beauty in their strength

The wounds are still fresh in Humboldt. The scars will come in time, Pastor Brandow told us. And the Christian puts his faith in the God who has scars.

Newman House ManagerApril 11, 2018National Post, Canada, Culture

Preach It, Reverend King!

Martin Luther King has been reduced from preacher to teacher in our culture's memory, but his Biblical preaching testifies to the transformative power of the Gospel.

Newman House ManagerApril 5, 2018Church Affairs, Convivium

TRC's demand for a second papal apology a regrettable mistake

If the papal apology accepted in 2009 was no longer acceptable in 2015, what is the point of doing it again?

Newman House ManagerApril 4, 2018National Post, Church Affairs

Rosica pulls back curtain on ‘a new dictatorship’

Fr. Rosica did a service by calling Trudeau's "dictatorship of imposed ideologies" out by name.

Newman House ManagerApril 3, 2018Catholic Register, Politics, Canada

Once again, a man dies so that others may be saved

On Good Friday, as on that Friday morning in Trèbes, the hostages are freed, not by overwhelming power, but because there is One to take their place.

Newman House ManagerMarch 30, 2018National Post, Faith

Canada's churches aren't interested in Trudeau's 30 pieces of silver

Trudeau's summer jobs 'attestation' is certainly illegal, but even worse, it reflects the view that the churches are like Judas, content to be bought off

Newman House ManagerMarch 30, 2018National Post, Politics, Popular

Arnaud Beltrame, Cardinal Sarah and Learning to Die in Lagrasse

Arnaud Beltrame's heroic sacrifice has spiritual roots in the Abbey of Lagrasse, whose canons learned to love and prepared for death at the bedside of their silent brother.

Newman House ManagerMarch 29, 2018Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

Cardinal Sarah, Friendship and Law

In Kingston, Cardinal Sarah invited us to think about the connection between friendship with Christ and obeying His commands.

Newman House ManagerMarch 29, 2018Convivium, Church Affairs

Why it is appropriate that Stephen Hawking’s funeral is on Holy Saturday

Holy Saturday is the Church's own 'black hole' before the glory of Easter.

Newman House ManagerMarch 29, 2018Catholic Herald, Culture

Pope Francis’ Pontificate Takes Another Hit With ‘Lettergate’ Mess

Msgr. Viganò’s crude manipulation of a letter by Benedict XVI captured four troubling aspects of the current pontificate.

Newman House ManagerMarch 22, 2018National Catholic Register, Church Affairs

Cardinal Sarah, Man of Prayer

Cardinal Sarah has led one of the great Christian lives of our time. Yet the lasting impression on those who encounter him is not so much his biography or his message, but his capacity to lead people in prayer.

Newman House ManagerMarch 22, 2018Convivium, Church Affairs