The agenda of an upcoming meeting of Catholic bishops looks heavy on romantic primitivism, but more than a little light on understanding of original sin, detects Convivium Editor-in-Chief Father Raymond de Souza.
Read MoreMy family — like many hundreds of thousands of other such families — has much reason to be grateful. Canada should be grateful, too.
Read MorePope Francis has a heart for the suffering, and if his letter shows a tenderness toward priests heretofore less evident, it is because now he considers priests among the suffering and the wounded.
Read MoreThe Holy Father’s letter to priests is explicitly about the abuse crisis, but it also serves as an epilogue to the Year for Priests convoked by Benedict XVI.
Read MoreFr. Raymond reflects on the historic lunar landing, where is man’s place in the celestial heavens?
Read MoreConvivium Editor-in-Chief Father Raymond de Souza reminds us that cathedrals are built not for mini-golf but for the greatness of God.
Read MoreIn the matter of drugs, there are no free markets and no free trade. There is only wise regulation and foolish regulation.
Read MoreLooking ahead to the future and forgetting about the past, Archbishop Paglia makes structural changes at the pontifical institute for marriage and family studies; and not for the better.
Read MoreDuring his summer travels, Father Raymond de Souza finds his way to San Jose where the airport honours a little-known politician with a story that deserves to be told.
Read MoreFive years before the Apollo landing, Nixon was a young man whose best days were behind him. By the time Nixon resigned in 1974, the Apollo program was finished, the moon program over.
Read MoreThe project also reflects a renewed sense of mission for the Diocese of Orange, California.
Read MoreThe relics of St Peter find a new home under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. A generous gift by Pope Francis that is under review.
Read MoreOur intrepid Editor-In-Chief Father Raymond de Souza surveys the animal kingdom for tales of leonine pride in Africa, shaggy dog stories in California, and sorry sagas at Calgary’s Stampede.
Read MoreIn Cardinal Sarah we see a clear model of man who has lived – not just by appointment but by zeal and devotion – the triplex munera of the Church.
Read MoreVery few things are truly unprecedented in the life of the Church, but a Catholic cathedral built inside of a former Protestant church is one of them.
Read MorePerhaps it could be stored beside other relics of Quebec’s past, like religious liberty and a parliamentary tradition of moderation
Read MoreThe liturgical calendar puts before us the principal mysteries of the faith. We don’t so much learn the faith in order to live it as much as we live the faith in order to learn it. And the liturgy is the primary place where we live the faith as we are embraced by God’s holy word and sacraments.
Read MoreWith the Château Laurier fight over, our eyes turn towards those who didn’t act when they could have – and where the blame lies in the aftermath.
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