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An astonishing injustice that no one will care about
An astonishing injustice that no one will care about

Dr. Diab was unjustly sent to France in part because senior officials in the Canadian justice department did not disclose evidence that strongly pointed to his innocence.

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Newman House ManagerMay 2, 2018National Post, Canada, Politics
Lawler Paints Bleak Picture in ‘Lost Shepherd’
Lawler Paints Bleak Picture in ‘Lost Shepherd’

Phil Lawler’s Lost Shepherd is a telling of a tale that the author himself hopes is wrong. It is an insightful book, but not a pleasant read.

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Newman House ManagerApril 30, 2018National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
A resistance hero returns home
A resistance hero returns home

We ought to note the translation of Cardinal Beran’s remains, a reminder of the heroic witness offered by the Church’s pastors in the age of the totalitarians.

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Newman House ManagerApril 27, 2018Catholic Herald, Church Affairs
Constable could have opened fire. But he chose to be excellent
Constable could have opened fire. But he chose to be excellent

The competence of Const. Lam reminds us that good policing does not cause unnecessary deaths, even of those who have just engaged in mass killing.

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Newman House ManagerApril 26, 2018National Post, Politics
Why we need the parable of the prodigal son
Why we need the parable of the prodigal son

The Gospels give many accounts of Jesus actually showing mercy instead of telling parables about it – and yet the Parable of the Prodigal Son remains central to our sharing of the mercy of God.

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Newman House ManagerApril 24, 2018Catholic Herald, Faith
Wrong Way Charlie
Wrong Way Charlie

It is quite simply not the business of the Parliament of Canada to tell the Catholic bishops of Canada what they should or should not do in their relations with the pope.

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Newman House ManagerApril 19, 2018Convivium, Politics
Barbara Bush epitomized the 'greatest generation'
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.

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Newman House ManagerApril 18, 2018National Post, Culture
The day that summed up a pontificate
The day that summed up a pontificate

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

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Newman House ManagerApril 14, 2018Catholic Herald, Church Affairs
After the Pope’s Extraordinary Apology for Chilean Abuse Case, What Comes Next?
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?

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Newman House ManagerApril 13, 2018National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Jesus And Humboldt
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.

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Newman House ManagerApril 12, 2018Convivium, Culture, Canada
They know grace in Humboldt, and there is beauty in their strength
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.

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Newman House ManagerApril 11, 2018National Post, Canada, Culture
Preach It, Reverend King!
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.

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Newman House ManagerApril 5, 2018Church Affairs, Convivium
TRC's demand for a second papal apology a regrettable mistake
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? 

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Newman House ManagerApril 4, 2018National Post, Church Affairs
Rosica pulls back curtain on ‘a new dictatorship’
Rosica pulls back curtain on ‘a new dictatorship’

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

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Newman House ManagerApril 3, 2018Catholic Register, Politics, Canada
Once again, a man dies so that others may be saved
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.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 30, 2018National Post, Faith
Canada's churches aren't interested in Trudeau's 30 pieces of silver
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

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Newman House ManagerMarch 30, 2018National Post, Politics, Popular
Arnaud Beltrame, Cardinal Sarah and Learning to Die in Lagrasse
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.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 29, 2018Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
Cardinal Sarah, Friendship and Law
Cardinal Sarah, Friendship and Law

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

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Newman House ManagerMarch 29, 2018Convivium, Church Affairs
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