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Why The LA Dodgers Chose Anti-Catholicism
Why The LA Dodgers Chose Anti-Catholicism

Time for Dodger baseball? Time now for Dodger blasphemy.

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Newman House ManagerJune 12, 2023First Things, Culture, Padre's Picks
Coming soon, the Winter Olympics in the Saudi desert
Coming soon, the Winter Olympics in the Saudi desert

The first rule of competitive sports is that leagues seek to eliminate the competition

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Newman House ManagerJune 11, 2023National Post, Culture
Texas Carmelites Case Reflects the Vatican’s New Culture of Ecclesial Punishments
Texas Carmelites Case Reflects the Vatican’s New Culture of Ecclesial Punishments

Forty years ago, such punishments were rare and light; today, they are frequent and severe. Has balance been restored?

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Newman House ManagerJune 8, 2023National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Bishop rebellion over gay marriage could doom Anglican Church
Bishop rebellion over gay marriage could doom Anglican Church

In the judgement of the several archbishops from the global south, the Church of England has moved right out of biblical orthodoxy

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Newman House ManagerJune 5, 2023National Post, Faith
Canada's galling bribe to climate supervillain Volkswagen
Canada's galling bribe to climate supervillain Volkswagen

The message from the Canadian government is that crime pays, and extortion works

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Newman House ManagerJune 2, 2023National Post, Politics
The shame of Johnston lending his trust to the Trudeau Liberals
The shame of Johnston lending his trust to the Trudeau Liberals

He is no longer Governor General, but he deferred to the government nonetheless

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Newman House ManagerJune 1, 2023National Post, Politics
Rome Says Laypeople Can Govern Like Bishops, but Not Preach Like Deacons
Rome Says Laypeople Can Govern Like Bishops, but Not Preach Like Deacons

The German Synodal Way is using the Holy Father’s arguments against him, with respect to the issue of who can preach homilies at Mass.

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Newman House ManagerJune 1, 2023National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
RCMP turns 150, with its reputation in tatters
RCMP turns 150, with its reputation in tatters

Was the RCMP erased from Canada’s new passport because of, or in spite of, its 150th anniversary?

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Newman House ManagerJune 1, 2023National Post, Culture
Trudeau's anti-human symbolism
Trudeau's anti-human symbolism

The new passport design fails because the images would be equally relevant if Canada had never existed

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Newman House ManagerMay 31, 2023
Death as 'harm reduction' is despicable and must be resisted
Death as 'harm reduction' is despicable and must be resisted

Either all life bears inherent dignity, and therefore is worthy of protection in law, or it doesn’t

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Newman House ManagerMay 31, 2023National Post, Politics
Stripped of his robes, Charles III accepted no king is mighty before God
Stripped of his robes, Charles III accepted no king is mighty before God

The most dramatic sight of the coronation was the least magnificent externally

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Newman House ManagerMay 31, 2023National Post, Culture
25 Years Later, St. John Paul II’s Effort to Keep Sundays Holy Is Even More Timely
25 Years Later, St. John Paul II’s Effort to Keep Sundays Holy Is Even More Timely

The COVID-19 pandemic has weakened already-poor Sunday Mass attendance, and commercial and recreational activities have conspired for decades to wrest Sunday away from the Lord.

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Newman House ManagerMay 31, 2023National Catholic Register, Faith
7 Liturgical Lessons From King Charles’ Coronation
7 Liturgical Lessons From King Charles’ Coronation

Although an Anglican liturgy, the solemn service May 6 featured facets Catholics can pay attention to.

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Newman House ManagerMay 30, 2023National Catholic Register, Faith
Only Justin Trudeau would try to put himself above the King
Only Justin Trudeau would try to put himself above the King

Simple vainglory the obvious motivation for putting 'Trudeau Crown' atop Canada's Royal Coat of Arms

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Newman House ManagerMay 30, 2023National Post, Politics
King Charles’ Royal Priesthood
King Charles’ Royal Priesthood

The coronation of King Charles consecrated him symbolically as a priest-king like Solomon.

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Newman House ManagerMay 29, 2023National Catholic Register, Faith
A Public Papal Examination of Conscience?
A Public Papal Examination of Conscience?

Like his holy predecessors, Pope Francis is inviting the Church to join him.

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Newman House ManagerMay 29, 2023National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
The King's oath and the sweet medicine of mercy
The King's oath and the sweet medicine of mercy

Mercy is above the sceptre of power. Mercy is more glorious than the crown. May it season the reign of the King, and all who govern in his name

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Newman House ManagerMay 29, 2023National Post, Politics, Padre's Picks
Paglia Prioritizes Political Pragmatism Over Prophetic Witness
Paglia Prioritizes Political Pragmatism Over Prophetic Witness

As has been the case before, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life often begins with the political situation and then sees where the Gospel and the Catholic Tradition can fit.

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Newman House ManagerMay 28, 2023National Post, Church Affairs
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