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Carbon is life. Liberals will tax it anyway
Carbon is life. Liberals will tax it anyway

Given the vast amounts of polluting dry ice that the government is welcoming into Canada, might it be permissible to suggest, even as the government proposes to more than triple the carbon tax, that CO2 is not pollution?

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Newman House ManagerDecember 19, 2020Culture, National Post
Lack of clean water in First Nations communities should come as no surprise
Lack of clean water in First Nations communities should come as no surprise

Clean drinking water in Canada is not hard to get. What might be the difference for Indigenous-Canadians?

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Newman House ManagerDecember 17, 2020National Post, Culture
Clearing the Air Regarding St. John Paul II and Theodore McCarrick
Clearing the Air Regarding St. John Paul II and Theodore McCarrick

If carefully read, the McCarrick Report helps to explain what John Paul did know about the allegations against McCarrick, what he did with that knowledge, and why he may have done it.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 16, 2020Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
CBC scribes worry about their reputations, but not so much about a major news story
CBC scribes worry about their reputations, but not so much about a major news story

Why did a big news story about the federal government’s cravenness to China receive no mention from our national broadcaster this week?

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Newman House ManagerDecember 11, 2020Culture, National Post
Biden and Communion: 6 Points for the US Bishops to Consider
Biden and Communion: 6 Points for the US Bishops to Consider

What are the U.S. bishops to do about a Catholic in the White House who is aggressively pursuing policies contrary to the settled teaching of the Catholic Church?

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Newman House ManagerDecember 11, 2020Faith, National Catholic Register
Ottawa's secret plan to host Chinese military, while ignoring the Two Michaels, makes for chilling reading
Ottawa's secret plan to host Chinese military, while ignoring the Two Michaels, makes for chilling reading

Canadians owe a debt of gratitude to that Global Affairs functionary who 'forgot' to black out the memoranda before sending them to Rebel Media.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 10, 2020Politics, National Post
 Supremacy of the Court
Supremacy of the Court

Bush was not seized with the momentous opportunity to flip the leading liberal seat on the court, as Trump would be thirty years later.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 7, 2020Politics, First Things
Are we supposed to take David Lametti at his word that C-6 won't target faith leaders?

The justice minister claims the bill does not mean what it says, but refuses to entertain a simple amendment that would put everyone's mind at ease.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 5, 2020Politics, National Post
 Many dropped the ball, Montreal report finds
Many dropped the ball, Montreal report finds

The Boucher case was rife with incompetence and passing-the-buck from the beginning.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 3, 2020Church Affairs, Catholic Register
Windows of inspiration for Catholic men
Windows of inspiration for Catholic men

The lives of those four men depicted in glass — a young mountaineer, an archbishop, a Franciscan martyr and an emperor — inspire us when masculine witness is much needed.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 1, 2020Catholic Register, Faith
Cardinal Inspirations for the Word of God
Cardinal Inspirations for the Word of God

Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa stood out in a most unusual Consistory of Cardinals on Nov. 28.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 1, 2020National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Remembering Diego Maradona, a footballer as spectacular and as flawed as the country that mourns him
Remembering Diego Maradona, a footballer as spectacular and as flawed as the country that mourns him

His performance in the World Cup in 1986 brought tears and joy. It wouldn't be the last time.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 27, 2020National Post, Culture
 Canadians need more palliative care, not same-day death on demand
Canadians need more palliative care, not same-day death on demand

Bill C-7 kills off the modest safeguards that were supposedly in place. It will now be possible to be get the lethal injection the same day it is requested.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 22, 2020National Post, Culture
McCarrick’s Brazen Behavior: Vatican’s Report Underscores How He Hid His Abuses in Plain Sight
McCarrick’s Brazen Behavior: Vatican’s Report Underscores How He Hid His Abuses in Plain Sight

McCarrick never attempted to slink around in the shadows, lest he appear to have something to hide. He was more devilishly clever than that.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 20, 2020Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
Catholic Church Consecrations Amid Desecrations
Catholic Church Consecrations Amid Desecrations

The consecration of an altar and the consecration of a church are among the most beautiful ceremonies in the entirety of the liturgical rites.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 20, 2020National Catholic Register, Faith
A real unity agenda for Joe Biden
A real unity agenda for Joe Biden

Herewith are four policy areas where a Biden administration might forge some political unity with voters who opted for Trump.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 14, 2020Politics, National Post
The McCarrick Report Tests the Catholic Church’s Accountability
The McCarrick Report Tests the Catholic Church’s Accountability

The ideal remedy for trust abused is trust restored. But if trust has been abused for too long and too grievously, the more likely remedy is trust abolished.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 13, 2020Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
Why St. John Lateran, Not St. Peter’s Basilica, is ‘Mother of All Churches in the World’
Why St. John Lateran, Not St. Peter’s Basilica, is ‘Mother of All Churches in the World’

The Lateran has been associated with the papacy for centuries longer than the Vatican has — a fact often emphasized by Pope Francis.


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