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Venezuelan cardinal fights the good fight
Venezuelan cardinal fights the good fight

We have spoken out loud when we see that the rights of the people are violated, or an injustice is done to any person or any sector. We speak the truth to power!

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Newman House ManagerApril 10, 2019Catholic Register, Politics
The rich abandon their duty to us all
The rich abandon their duty to us all

Great wealth imposes obligations to provide for the common good, including works of art, parks and gardens, libraries and music

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Newman House ManagerApril 10, 2019National Post, Culture
Pope Francis’ Letter to Youth: It’s All About the Encounter With Christ
Pope Francis’ Letter to Youth: It’s All About the Encounter With Christ

The dominant pastoral advice of Christus Vivit concerns mistakes to avoid rather than indications of paths to pursue.

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Newman House ManagerApril 5, 2019National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Viganò vindicated?
Viganò vindicated?

New abuse norms suggest the archbishop had a point about Vatican secrecy

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Newman House ManagerApril 4, 2019Catholic Herald, Church Affairs
The good (and bad) of carbon tax economics
The good (and bad) of carbon tax economics

The economic problem with a 'tax on everything' is that it leaves few options outside of the 'everything' for consumers to make changes in their behaviour

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Newman House ManagerApril 4, 2019Politics, National Post
No Sniffing at Liberal Diversity
No Sniffing at Liberal Diversity

If “choosing not to hear” is as fabulous a manifestation of diversity as “choosing to hear,” then it explains why the Liberal Party is diverse even when it chooses not to be.

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Newman House ManagerApril 4, 2019Culture, Convivium
‘Sign of Our Repentance’: Weakland’s Name Expunged From Milwaukee Church Building
‘Sign of Our Repentance’: Weakland’s Name Expunged From Milwaukee Church Building

Given his well-known homosexual affairs, and the archdiocesan money he used to cover it up, it is astonishing that Archbishop Weakland’s name was still on a church building in 2019

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Newman House ManagerApril 2, 2019Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
Defining Diversity Downward
Defining Diversity Downward

Trudeau told the woman, in effect, that she was so insignificant that the only way to get his attention was to pay for it, hence “thank you for your donation.” 

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Newman House ManagerMarch 29, 2019Convivium, Politics
It's Ralph vs. Rachel in Alberta this election
It's Ralph vs. Rachel in Alberta this election

Alberta can't tax its way back to fiscal health. Spending restraint a la Ralph Klein is the answer, argues author Mike Milke

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Newman House ManagerMarch 28, 2019National Post, Politics
Pope Francis got it right on Cardinal Barbarin
Pope Francis got it right on Cardinal Barbarin

The person most disappointed by the Holy Father’s decision was probably Cardinal Barbarin himself. He clearly wanted out.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 28, 2019Catholic Herald, Church Affairs
The Danger of Conflating Sexual Abuse With Abuse of Power
The Danger of Conflating Sexual Abuse With Abuse of Power

Abuse of power requires a proper response, as does sexual abuse. They are related, but distinct.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 23, 2019National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
There’s a special place in hell for those who shoot people at prayer. And it’s getting crowded
There’s a special place in hell for those who shoot people at prayer. And it’s getting crowded

There is, even in wartime, a convention that houses of worship are to be exempt from bombardment. The arms of man ought not touch the house of God.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 22, 2019Culture, National Post
Mulroney’s Awful After Party
Mulroney’s Awful After Party

Mulroney at 80 does not then need the vindication of history for his premiership. He needs long years to put distance between himself and his post-premiership

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Newman House ManagerMarch 21, 2019Convivium, Politics
Cardinal Danneels: the man who tried to surf a tsunami
Cardinal Danneels: the man who tried to surf a tsunami

A titan of the European Church since the late 1970s, Godfried Danneels died as a symbol of an exhausted liberal Catholicism resuscitated by Pope Francis.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 21, 2019Catholic Herald, Church Affairs
Pope Francis’ Appointments: A Key Measure of His Pontificate
Pope Francis’ Appointments: A Key Measure of His Pontificate

The Holy Father’s choices have been much less impactful than the diverse range of Church luminaries St. John Paul II appointed early in his own papacy.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 20, 2019National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Basilians must search for a ‘priestly’ response
Basilians must search for a ‘priestly’ response

If the Basilians decide, understandably, that Fr. Rosica must be removed from educational and media work, that does not mean that he is cast aside, and hardly means that he has nothing further to offer. 

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Newman House ManagerMarch 15, 2019Catholic Register, Church Affairs
The Meaning of My Land
The Meaning of My Land

To a certain Canadian mindset, the religious disputes over the identity of the land here in Israel and Palestine seem a touch primitive. But the same arguments are becoming more fashionable in Canada.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 14, 2019Culture, Convivium
Pell, Barbarin and the need for canon law
Pell, Barbarin and the need for canon law

Does the Church have enough confidence in her own canon law to defend judgments which might be at variance with secular proceedings? Especially when it appears that justice has not been done.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 14, 2019Catholic Herald, Church Affairs
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