Consumers are constantly demanding ethically sourced products, except when those ethical concerns are raised by Catholics.
Read MoreThe wedding(s) of Meghan and Harry cause confusion on at least three important points.
Read MoreThe eighth anniversary of Pope Francis’ election brought a completely unexpected and wholly unnecessary controversy.
Read MoreThe papal response to this question, as first answered by Benedict and then by Francis as shown during his visit to Iraq, indicates both continuity in substance and a difference in style.
Read MoreWhen media subject certain personalities to rigorous fact-checking, but extend a credulous courtesy to the Sussexes, it is a clear double standard.
Read MoreMeghan had no idea what she was getting into and Harry was too clueless or too careless to do anything about it
Read MoreDuffin was fascinated, as a scientist and atheist, that the Vatican gave such enormous weight to her medical opinion.
Read MorePapal travel is no longer remarkable. But Iraq is a first.
Read MoreA specific dimension of the Holy Father’s visit will lift up the figure of Abraham, which Pope St. John Paul II planned to do 21 years earlier.
Read MoreLincoln and Douglas established that the Union would be preserved not only by force of arms, but by, as much as was possible, a unifying spirit.
Read MoreGenesis gives us clues that strife does not have the final word among siblings.
Read MoreIf the cultural winds blow fiercely enough, the apple of Harry can fall a great distance from the tree of Father Ignatius.
Read MoreOur 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.
Read MoreCanada'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.
Read MoreWhile the cardinal’s retirement concludes one of the most remarkable assignments of any Curial official, his contributions as a prophetic spiritual father will continue.
Read MoreHis career was of great consequence for the current political and cultural moment.
Read MoreThe rot of appeasement that reached its nadir during the Chrétien years is well-advanced within the current federal government.
Read MoreThe 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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