Articles — Fr. Raymond J. de Souza

Pope Francis’ Advancement of the Catholic Climate Agenda

Both Pope St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict contended that life ethics and social ethics should go together in theory. Pope Francis argues that they really do go together in practice.

Newman House ManagerApril 28, 2021Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

Pandemic messaging shows governments don't trust the governed

Governments haven’t been frank with people because they don’t trust the people to do what is sensible.

Newman House ManagerApril 24, 2021Politics, National Post

1984 Lives On in Democratic Party Abortion Policy

Walter Mondale’s death refocuses attention on the repeated clashes, during his 1984 presidential campaign, between his Catholic running mate, Geraldine Ferraro, and Archbishop John O’Connor of New York.

Newman House ManagerApril 23, 2021Politics, National Catholic Register

A royal tribute to longevity and love at first sight

Married 73 years, Queen Elizabeth called Prince Philip her 'strength and stay'.

Newman House ManagerApril 17, 2021Culture, National Post

Pope Benedict XVI, the Anchor That Kept Germany Rooted in Christ

In the late evening of his life, Ratzinger/Benedict can be understood as the Catholic Church’s singular, multi-generational response to the reforming agenda of German theology.

Newman House ManagerApril 16, 2021Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

Cardinal Pell’s Aquittal, One Year Later

Since the unanimous judgment, four major developments occurred.

Newman House ManagerApril 14, 2021Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

The Rhine Breaches the Tiber

Küng was a creative and brilliant theologian. During and after the council, his project of ecumenical reunion became, in effect, remaking Catholicism to be more like liberal Protestantism.

Newman House ManagerApril 14, 2021Faith, First Things

Golf confronts its racist past

Lee Elder, the first Black golfer to play in the Masters, received a historic honour at this year's tournament.

Newman House ManagerApril 10, 2021Culture, National Post

Easter Holy Days perfect substitute to March Break

Only God can create time and by living time according to God’s plan we realize that we belong to Him first, not to the secular culture around us.

Newman House ManagerApril 6, 2021Catholic Register, Culture

The Holy Week Shadows of St. Joseph: Easter Sunday

I like to think that St. Joseph, from the bosom of Abraham, sent another Joseph to do what needed to be done.

Newman House ManagerApril 4, 2021Faith, National Catholic Register

National Post Editorial: In a year of suffering, hope for the future

At Easter, Christians celebrate salvation from something more deadly than a global pandemic. Or perhaps the original and most enduring pandemic, that of sin, which escaped from Eden and has been haunting the world ever since.

Newman House ManagerApril 3, 2021Faith, National Post