With the "blackface" make-up photo of Justin Trudeau comes the hope for an end to the mud-slinging politics that have covered the election campaign to date, writes Fr. Raymond.
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The world needs saving, but apparently Jesus won’t do it. According to the Liberals and now the Greens, progressive politics will.
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Should Canadian politicians be apologetic for wearing their religion on their sleeves? While religiosity does influence voting behaviour in Canada, it is overcome by other identity factors.
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An American-led schism seems so remote as to be impossible, whereas Germany’s bishops are openly defying Pope Francis.
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Father Raymond de Souza recommends the Green Party leader stop apologizing for her Christian faith and recognize that politics won’t save the world. Christ already has.
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Like most Western countries at the time, Canada was not bothered by bloodshed in Africa. Trudeau even invited Mugabe to visit.
The wisdom of Dante interpreted and made accessible by Pearson makes an important and needed contribution to our approach to moral theology.
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Pope Francis believes the cycle of poverty can be broken and an extraordinary missionary from Argentina does just that.
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As local Catholics endure a seemingly endless number of revelations, the question repeatedly being asked is: How can the seminary be producing such men?
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Measuring disadvantage directly rather than using race makes sense. And it is a sign of progress.
Father Raymond de Souza finds the NDP leader a fascinatingly odd fit for the identity politics of a left-wing party because of the very diversity that makes up Mr. Singh.
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Jesuit priest Michael Czerny has been elevated, the first non-bishop made a cardinal-elector since Vatican II.
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This case is a stark warning of a new circumstance in which faithful Christians have to reckon with suffering for their beliefs.
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The longest continuously serving Conservative MP used to chastise me for not writing nice things about him. I am doing that now.
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Even more odd is that, knowing how strongly Pope Francis speaks on this topic, the Jesuit superior feels at ease openly contradicting the Holy Father.
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Editor-In-Chief Fr. Raymond de Souza looks to Prince Harry and Meaghan Markle’s decision to have a maximum of two children for the sake of the planet.
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Wrestling has changed significantly to become mainstream. But our culture has moved, too, and met it more than half way.
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The teaching of Veritatis Splendor simply will not go away, but maddeningly, stubbornly, enduringly remains. The same cannot be said about the teachers.
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