Father Raymond de Souza tempers this week’s dust-up over Elections Canada limiting partisan climate debate with the reminder that elsewhere only anti-warmers are welcome.
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The Aug. 21 ruling against Cardinal George Pell is catastrophic on multiple levels.
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Whatever the outcome of his appeal against his own conviction, historically he pioneered many reforms now in effect in how bishops address this issue.
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Former Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci broke no rules handling the file that has ethically compromised Justin Trudeau but his role seems unbecoming, argues Father Raymond de Souza.
Read MoreJustin Trudeau is not sorry because he did the wrong thing for the right reason
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Looking ahead at the upcoming Amazon synod, there appears to be discrepancies between the Holy Father and synod managers on where the emphasis should be placed.
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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.
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My family — like many hundreds of thousands of other such families — has much reason to be grateful. Canada should be grateful, too.
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Pope 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.
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The 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.
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Fr. Raymond reflects on the historic lunar landing, where is man’s place in the celestial heavens?
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Convivium Editor-in-Chief Father Raymond de Souza reminds us that cathedrals are built not for mini-golf but for the greatness of God.
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In the matter of drugs, there are no free markets and no free trade. There is only wise regulation and foolish regulation.
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Looking 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.
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During 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.
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Five 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.
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The project also reflects a renewed sense of mission for the Diocese of Orange, California.
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The relics of St Peter find a new home under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. A generous gift by Pope Francis that is under review.
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