Thirty years ago, Rome made the relevant claims on behalf of the Ukrainian Catholics, on the millennium of the baptism of the Kievan Rus. Today, Major-Archbishop Shevchuk does the same in Kiev. But the Holy See appears to have forgotten the position it took in 1988.
Read MoreHumanae Vitae’s publication was an event of epochal significance – an infamous act, or a prophetic one. Fifty years on, it remains such.
Read MoreThere is something about death and place. We mark graves with far greater care than the places where people lived. Death marks a place in a way that life does not.
Read MoreIn this noisiest of noisy presidencies, the silence of the Queen was refreshing.
Read MoreThe bravery of the Special Olympians earns our praise. The bravery in those competing and the bravery of the parents who allow those with intellectual disabilities to live.
Read MoreCatholic marriage is a particular way of living the life of discipleship; the marital vocation is one way of living the mission received in baptism. Priests ought to be involved in marriage preparation because it is about following Christ, serving the communion of the Church and participating in her evangelical mission.
Read MoreMemories are never only about the past. They shape the present. Which is why they need to be respected and honoured. Auschwitz still does that admirably well, despite the missteps of the past year by the Polish government.
Read MoreThe removal of the Office of Religious Freedom and replacing it with the Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion signaled the end of any significant activity.
Read MoreSt. Thomas More was a martyr for conscience and for the truths of the Catholic faith.
Read MoreSaints come in all ages and conditions of life and circumstances. Two new “venerables” are a reminder that it is never too early to follow Christ.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has taken a newly-dim view of community covenants, when society is evolving toward more, not fewer, of them.
Read MoreThe Canadian bishops were key players in the disputes following Humanae Vitae, giving a green light to those who chose not to abide by the teaching of the Church.
Read MoreIn Casey, Kennedy ruled that liberty means relativism. If there is no standard of truth to resolve disagreements, then all that is left is power.
Read MoreA Latin American Church plagued by scandal, on the back foot on life issues, and unable to evangelise its own interior – this is not the galvanising vision of the then-Cardinal at Aparecida.
Read MoreFamily separation went from a regrettable side effect to the desired means. That’s why the new policy was widely recognized as immoral.
Read MoreBoth St John Paul II and Pope Francis agree that young Catholics need more challenge and less comfort.
Read MoreIn the summer of 1968, it was an open question about whether a peaceable common life could prevail.
Read MoreThere is no hierarchy of Charter rights, Justice LeBel explained in 2015, only some rights which are more central, even if they do not appear in the Charter itself.
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