Articles — Fr. Raymond J. de Souza

Priest’s Book Tells Sad Tale of Jesuits’ Abortion Complicity in the US

The late Jesuit Father Paul Mankowski knew how badly some of his brother priests and his superiors had betrayed the Society of Jesus.

Newman House ManagerJanuary 7, 2022Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

The Arch

Archbishop Tutu received praise as a social reformer and less as a Christian pastor; that was fitting, as Tutu’s record on the former was more admirable than the latter.

Newman House ManagerJanuary 6, 2022Faith, First Things

2022’s Continuing COVID Conversation

In 2021, everybody saw that the football stadiums are as full as they used to be. The Catholic churches are not.

Newman House ManagerJanuary 5, 2022Faith, National Catholic Register

The Jesuit Reform That Never Happened

Forty years later, the papal correction Pope St. John Paul II directed at the Society of Jesus still hasn’t taken hold.

Newman House ManagerJanuary 1, 2022Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

Canada's worst year ever? For health care and human rights, quite possibly

The Canadian identity suffered lethal assaults on three fronts in 2021

Newman House ManagerDecember 31, 2021National Post, Politics

Stephen Curry is a superlative player who has changed basketball – for the worse

The thrilling contests of the 1980s are no longer as teams concentrate on three-point shots

Newman House ManagerDecember 30, 2021Culture, National Post

How the Catholic Church’s Holy Jubilees Have Taken Shape Over the Centuries

The idea of special “holy years” has become a key pastoral tool for popes in the last century

Newman House ManagerDecember 30, 2021Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

Merry Christmas to our readers — take heart that life always persists even when it appears fragile

The whole world has been athirst for life against its perils this pandemic; Christmas is a birthday, and every birthday is another affirmation of life.

Newman House ManagerDecember 25, 2021Faith, National Post

The Capitalist Manifesto: Faith and freedom — the powerful combination that won the Cold War

Pope John Paul II was not one to gloat about the total annihilation of Soviet communism and the liberation of a continent, a history-shaping project of which he was a leading protagonist.

Newman House ManagerDecember 24, 2021Politics, National Post

A great blessing in a historic church

The majority of Indigenous peoples in Canada are Christians, hence Catholic-Indigenous relations are not a matter of the Church dealing with those outside the household of faith, but those within the family.

Newman House ManagerDecember 24, 2021Catholic Register, Church Affairs

Christmas Eve: A Day for the Saints

Many of the the treasures of the the Roman Martyrology remain mostly hidden. But on Christmas Eve, the martyrology emerges from the darkness for its moment in the light.

Newman House ManagerDecember 24, 2021Faith, National Catholic Register

Reagan’s Resounding Christmas Addresses

Forty years ago, Dec. 23, 1981, the U.S. president gave perhaps the most Catholic Christmas address any president ever has.

Newman House ManagerDecember 24, 2021Faith, National Catholic Register

O come all ye faithful — faithfully vaccinated, that is

Quebec has tightened its pandemic protocols and, in doing so, has crossed a critical line in relation to religious liberty.

Newman House ManagerDecember 18, 2021Politics, National Post

Pope Francis and Divine Providence

The Holy Father turns 85 today, becoming only the seventh pope to serve in office at that age.

Newman House ManagerDecember 17, 2021Faith, National Catholic Register

Dominic Barton's appointment to China was a 'dirty' ploy that failed spectacularly

Barton may have been the least successful appointment in the history of Canadian diplomacy.

Newman House ManagerDecember 13, 2021Politics, National Post

Pope Francis’ Acceptance of Archbishop Aupetit’s Resignation Carries Consequences

Who would want a position where the gossip of others leads to a downfall, even if the Holy Father protests the ‘injustice’ while accepting the resignation?

Newman House ManagerDecember 13, 2021Church Affairs, National Catholic Register