Let us hope the Vatican's recent clarification and repudiation finally puts the controversy to rest and helps foster reconciliation
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His public clash with Cardinal Seán O’Malley is an indication of how much the Holy Father’s reform agenda has faltered.
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There is a point past which spectacle becomes just vulgar, and vulgarity can become obscene. There was something of that in Ottawa last week.
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Johnston would be wise not to spend any more time than necessary in proximity to a premiership that has been problematic for so many prominent people
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Trudeau is now in the name-calling “racist” phase of his own Chinese election interference scandal, suggesting that Canadians who raise an eyebrow at foreign communist support for his party have hatred in their hearts
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In addressing worldly priorities, has Catholicism become more like liberal Protestantism?
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Contrary to the storyline pushed by papal courtier Austen Ivereigh and others, Pope Francis exercises authority in the manner of a Jesuit superior who, after hearing those he chooses to hear, makes his own decision.
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The Church’s energy for the Holy Father’s overarching mission of charity has been absorbed over the last 10 years by fights over doctrine, morals and liturgy — and he has to share some of the responsibility for that.
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Pierre Trudeau was not a Maoist, but he had a vague affection for the tyrant’s regime, which he passed on to his son
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In the 10 years of his papacy, Francis has taken about four trips per year, which is what Pope St. John Paul II averaged. In his journeys, he brings the tender compassion of God to all he meets.
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During his reign as pope, the Holy Father has attracted a cast of characters quite unlike any recent pontificate. Who has come to define the Francis era?
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A statue of a Canadian PM shaking the blood-soaked hand of a Chinese tyrant would be a fitting expression of Canadian policy
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These addresses and writings need to be brought out from the storehouse of treasures on Francis’ 10th anniversary, which the Catholic Church will mark March 13.
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In forcing the hand of local bishops, Pope Francis has even undermined his own repeated calls for collegial and synodal administration.
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New information can help us to better understand Benedict’s decision.
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Decades after it was first proposed, the government is looking to set up an independent commission to review wrongful convictions
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The first year of the war concludes with the Holy Father remaining absent from Ukraine, while President Joe Biden and a parade of other international political leaders were present.
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Australia is predicting a nationwide shortage of approximately 11,000 family doctors by 2032
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