If the cultural winds blow fiercely enough, the apple of Harry can fall a great distance from the tree of Father Ignatius.
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Our reverence for our health-care system means we are reluctant to admit it, but in any system where long waits are the norm, there will be queue jumping.
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Canada's changing medical culture is increasingly offering patients a lethal injection alongside other treatment options, as if being helped to die is equivalent to being helped to live.
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While the cardinal’s retirement concludes one of the most remarkable assignments of any Curial official, his contributions as a prophetic spiritual father will continue.
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His career was of great consequence for the current political and cultural moment.
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The rot of appeasement that reached its nadir during the Chrétien years is well-advanced within the current federal government.
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The genius of Canada’s Constitution is that the viceregal reality has been made to work, exceptionally well, in practice. There is no need to change it, even if it could be done.
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The Vatican considers itself less the owner of its artistic heritage, and more a custodian for works that belong to the patrimony of the entire human race.
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Plummer’s von Trapp may be thought the more Catholic role, but it is Kappler’s that is the more Catholic story.
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We have seen the two major stories of this Super Bowl before, but that won't diminish the excitement.
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All popes have their favorites in the US. However, papal favor is not equivalent to wise pastoral leadership.
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This recent decision by the Pope illustrates how the liturgical calendar helps us to understand the sacred Scriptures.
Read More'Follow the science' is a slogan. It is not a repository of wisdom; rather it is the refuge of the philosophically confused.
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Bonds wasn’t sanctioned for his use of performance-enhancing drugs but he can’t get into baseball’s Hall of Fame despite his accomplishments, and it’s Aaron who was celebrated as the sport’s home run king when he died last week.
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Racism or ideological motives are often blamed for poor law enforcement. But sometimes it is just plain incompetence.
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As the bishops work with a new administration, Archbishop José Gomez, not Cardinal Blase Cupich, is emerging as the authentic interpreter of Pope Francis in the U.S. on life, liberty and immigration.
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Biden’s inaugural address employed St. Augustine to suggest Americans’ “common objects of love” include “opportunity, security, liberty, dignity, respect, honor, truth.” Missing from that list is “country.” What does it mean that Americans’ common love for their country is no longer obvious?
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s self-admitted and significant failures in judgment have led to a series of resignations possibly without precedent.
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