The leaked letters of Cardinal Ouellet to Cardinal DiNardo suggest that a new era in Vatican media may be dawning, and it’s significant.
Read MoreThis is not about Cardinal Ouellet, let alone Pope Francis or Benedict XVI. It is about a culture that sees no evil, hears no evil and speaks no evil.
Read MoreThe U.S. collegiate system encourages athletes to stay in school. In Canada, that remains true for football, but not for hockey
Read MoreThe Catholic Church ends 2018 with a heavy spirit. It is not the series of scandals alone, but the loss of confidence in the traditional solution in times of crisis, namely recourse to Rome, as adequate to the task.
Read MorePipelines? Subways? 24 Sussex? Construction projects across the country have been fiascos
Read MorePeace, whether the absence of conflict or true 'heavenly peace,' is the desire of every human heart
Read MoreThe CDF is an essential organisation in the fight against sexual abuse, but it has had its wings clipped in recent years
Read MoreWe sometimes think of prophecy as predicting the future, a look ahead in chronos but it is more accurate to think of prophecy as kairos, revealing the deeper meaning of events.
Read MoreThe work of protecting and promoting human rights is ongoing. And it proves that history does not move in a progressive, linear fashion. The 1948 achievement of the UDHR would not be possible today.
Read MoreReconciliation, mercy, healing – all is possible on the other side of the experience of evil and horrific violence. The monks of Tibherine especially demonstrated that the seeds of reconciliation are planted by those who refuse to be conquered by fear and hate.
Read MoreLike the dog in the Book of Proverbs that returns to its own vomit, the federal Liberals simply can’t get over their obsession with abortion politics. They are back at it again.
Read MoreBenedict is more than a man of thought. He is a pastor searching for new methods.
Read MoreIt’s been three years since I last recommended books for Christmas gifts, so it’s time again. Permit me to recommend four books this year, all involving friends of mine.
Read MoreBush 41, unlike his son, remained uncomfortable with religion in political discourse. His largely unspoken faith remained a central part of his life.
Read MoreBush 41 was praised as a man of virtues that seem to have gone out of style – civility, courtesy, humility, service. He was also something that has nearly disappeared from our common life – a patriarch.
Read MoreGeorge H.W. Bush became a “first father” and grandfather to the nation. But he was not the master political strategist in the background. Rather, he taught the nation something about fathers and sons, a cultural need more important that politics.
Read MoreGeorge Herbert Walker Bush was best at home. Not domestic policy, but at home — as a man of faith, family and fatherhood.
Read MoreWe are not strangers in our own country. We should not act like it. We are not ashamed of the Gospel. We should not act like it.
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