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There's a 27-year-old promise the U.S. and the U.K. need to keep on Ukraine
There's a 27-year-old promise the U.S. and the U.K. need to keep on Ukraine

The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances for Ukraine was a critical step in creating a post-Cold War security structure for Europe

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 28, 2022National Post, Politics
Word of God Sunday: Causes for Celebration
Word of God Sunday: Causes for Celebration

One unambiguous success from the Second Vatican Council has been the deepening of devotion to sacred Scripture by Catholics in the pew.

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 22, 2022National Catholic Register, Faith
Biden has bluffed before, and is doing so again on Ukraine
Biden has bluffed before, and is doing so again on Ukraine

The Afghanistan debacle has convinced Putin that the Biden administration is not only weak, but lacks even basic competence

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 22, 2022Politics, National Post
How Stalin’s Russia-Ukraine ‘Sobor’ Applies to China’s ‘Sinicization’
How Stalin’s Russia-Ukraine ‘Sobor’ Applies to China’s ‘Sinicization’

Being co-opted by a corrupt regime is worse than being controlled by it — that’s the lesson relevant to China today.

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 19, 2022National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
What Prince Andrew should have learned
What Prince Andrew should have learned

It could be argued that the Queen's singular failure as a sovereign has been her children

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 16, 2022National Post, Culture
When it comes to justice, they play dirty Down Under
When it comes to justice, they play dirty Down Under

It's no surprise Australian border officials trod on Novak Djokovic's rights, considering the past miscarriages of justice that have occurred there

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 14, 2022National Post, Culture, Popular
The tragedy of eugenics and the babies not born
The tragedy of eugenics and the babies not born

A New York Times investigation found some non-invasive prenatal tests to be wrong up to 85 per cent of the time

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 10, 2022National Post, Culture
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.

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 7, 2022Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
The Arch
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.

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 6, 2022Faith, First Things
2022’s Continuing COVID Conversation
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.

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 5, 2022Faith, National Catholic Register
The Jesuit Reform That Never Happened
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.

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 1, 2022Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
Canada's worst year ever? For health care and human rights, quite possibly
Canada's worst year ever? For health care and human rights, quite possibly

The Canadian identity suffered lethal assaults on three fronts in 2021

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Newman House ManagerDecember 31, 2021National Post, Politics
Stephen Curry is a superlative player who has changed basketball – for the worse
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

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Newman House ManagerDecember 30, 2021Culture, National Post
How the Catholic Church’s Holy Jubilees Have Taken Shape Over the Centuries
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

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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
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.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 25, 2021Faith, National Post
The Capitalist Manifesto: Faith and freedom — the powerful combination that won the Cold War
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.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 24, 2021Politics, National Post
A great blessing in a historic church
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.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 24, 2021Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Christmas Eve: A Day for the Saints
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.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 24, 2021Faith, National Catholic Register
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