Articles — Fr. Raymond J. de Souza

New Italian Missal Introduces Liturgical Disunity

Italian is not an international language, but it has great influence in the Church — so it’s especially unfortunate that two different consecratory formulas can now be used when celebrating Mass there.

Newman House ManagerSeptember 19, 2020Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

The EU needs to admit that Trump has it right on Mideast peace

The U.S. president has brought a different set of lenses to the Arab-Israeli question.

Newman House ManagerSeptember 16, 2020Politics, National Post

The Conservatives should double down on religious freedom

A strong defence of religious liberty, here and abroad, is the right thing to do. It may even be good politics.

Newman House ManagerSeptember 14, 2020National Post, Politics

Polish Cardinal and Pope St. John Paul II: United in Faith; United in Suffering

Cardinal Marian Jaworski’s presence at the death of Pope St. John Paul II capped long years at Karol Wojytła’s side.

Newman House ManagerSeptember 10, 2020Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

In Quebec’s COVID Response, the Catholic Church Has Been Completely Marginalized

In Canada, civil authorities and the Church have collaborated, negotiated and even litigated over pandemic protocols. Yet in the province of Quebec, the Church was being ignored.

Newman House ManagerSeptember 8, 2020Church Affairs, Canada, Coronavirus, National Catholic Register

The culture of ‘a priest forever’ is changing

Advising the accused at an early stage about the option of laicisation represents another big cultural shift, one with theological implications.

Newman House ManagerSeptember 6, 2020Church Affairs, Catholic Herald

A victim of racial persecution in Uganda, Alberta's new Lieutenant-Governor found safety in Canada

Salma Lakhani and her husband were among the 60,000 'Asians' despoiled of their property and expelled by Idi Amin over 90 days in 1972.

Newman House ManagerSeptember 5, 2020Politics, National Post

Discovering the roots that nurtured faith

One hundred years ago my grandparents’ wedding began an intercontinental and multigenerational adventure in family and faith.

Newman House ManagerSeptember 3, 2020Faith, Catholic Register

A Tale of 2 Archbishops: Capuchins O’Malley and Chaput Mark Golden Jubilees

Much of the recent history of the Catholic Church in the United States can be told in the lives of these two men, who were both ordained Aug. 29, 1970.

Newman House ManagerSeptember 2, 2020Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

Lessons to be learned from the victory of Erin O'Toole

Canadians get two choices for prime minister. With the election of Erin O’Toole, one of them now is a clear-eyed realist on China.

Newman House ManagerAugust 29, 2020Politics, National Post

Is Archbishop Viganò’s Rejection of the Second Vatican Council Promoting Schism?

In his latest ‘testimony,’ the former nuncio holds a position contrary to the Catholic faith on the authority of ecumenical councils.

Newman House ManagerAugust 29, 2020Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

As CFL cancels season, COVID's cultural costs continue to climb

The mandate to keep apart is the most unique, and devastating, part of this pandemic. In most crises, it is the coming together which is essential.

Newman House ManagerAugust 23, 2020Culture, Coronavirus, National Post

The Papal Consequences of the ‘Miracle of the Vistula’

Poland credits the intercession of the Virgin Mary for its 1920 victory over Russia’s communist forces.

Newman House ManagerAugust 18, 2020Culture

Papal Baptism of the Conjoined Twins Was a Blessing — and a Puzzle

The fact that the 2-year-old girls were not baptized earlier, by someone else, suggests an inexplicable pastoral failure to heed Pope Francis’ stress on the supreme importance of the sacrament.

Newman House ManagerAugust 12, 2020Church Affairs, National Catholic Register