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Henry Kissinger’s 4 Key Catholic Moments
Henry Kissinger’s 4 Key Catholic Moments

By his own estimate, Kissinger was about the protection and promotion of hope in the midst of geopolitical conflict.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 8, 2023National Catholic Register, Politics
Kissinger's intellectual capital only increased with age
Kissinger's intellectual capital only increased with age

Secretary of state to Nixon and Ford, the scholar-diplomat loomed larger than the policies he implemented and even the men he served

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Newman House ManagerDecember 4, 2023National Post, Politics
The Dangers Pope Francis Avoided by Not Going to Dubai
The Dangers Pope Francis Avoided by Not Going to Dubai

Catholics ought to pray for the Holy Father’s recovery from illness — and in thanksgiving that he is not going to Dubai.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 4, 2023National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
The climate farce in the air-conditioned desert
The climate farce in the air-conditioned desert

Holding a climate conference in a petro-state, chaired by the head of an oil company, requires a level of shamelessness previous thought the province of FIFA or the IOC

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Newman House ManagerNovember 30, 2023National Post, Politics
St. John Henry Newman and ‘The Infidelity of the Future’
St. John Henry Newman and ‘The Infidelity of the Future’

The synodal process would do better to study him, rather than reduce him to a slogan.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 30, 2023National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Three perspectives on mankind's 'brave new world'
Three perspectives on mankind's 'brave new world'

Imagining a 'dialogue beyond death' between JFK, C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley

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Newman House ManagerNovember 26, 2023National Post, Culture
JFK, Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis: Whose Vision of the Future Was the Most Accurate?
JFK, Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis: Whose Vision of the Future Was the Most Accurate?

On the 60th anniversary of their deaths, it’s clear it was Lewis who was truly prophetic — for he offered an apologetic for Christ, not for man’s own mastery of the future.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 23, 2023National Catholic Register, Faith
Why secular progressives are prone to Jew hatred
Why secular progressives are prone to Jew hatred

It is not possible to understand the origins of the Jewish people without reference to their religious identity

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Newman House ManagerNovember 19, 2023Politics, National Post
What’s Next for Bishop Strickland?
What’s Next for Bishop Strickland?

This sad tale of the Texas bishop is one of partisanship threatening communion, social-media extremism and new rules for the removal of bishops.

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Newman House ManagerNovember 16, 2023National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Northern Gaza is becoming uninhabitable. Who will take these people in?
Northern Gaza is becoming uninhabitable. Who will take these people in?

Palestinians have long felt the Arab world does not care for their welfare. Now is the time to prove them wrong

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Newman House ManagerNovember 13, 2023National Post, Politics
Will carbon tax freeze prompt a chilly walk in the snow for Trudeau?
Will carbon tax freeze prompt a chilly walk in the snow for Trudeau?

Trudeau the Elder took his famous pre-resignation walk 40 years ago on Feb. 29. Is history about to repeat itself?

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Newman House ManagerNovember 7, 2023Politics, National Post
Do Catholics Need Questions? No, Answers
Do Catholics Need Questions? No, Answers

A crisis of confidence and clarity comes into view at Pope Francis’ ‘synod on synodality.’

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Newman House ManagerNovember 7, 2023The Wall Street Journal, Church Affairs
Pope John Paul II: The Catholic Church’s Mr. October
Pope John Paul II: The Catholic Church’s Mr. October

The Polish Pontiff gave the world one ‘Fall Classic’ after another.

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Newman House ManagerOctober 31, 2023Faith, National Catholic Register
Symptoms of the Synod 2023 IV – 30 October 2023
Symptoms of the Synod 2023 IV – 30 October 2023

The synthesis report was bold, stating that synodality belonged alongside papal primacy and episcopal collegiality in the life of the Church.

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Newman House ManagerOctober 31, 2023The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
Spreading the good news to National Post readers for 25 years
Spreading the good news to National Post readers for 25 years

Whoever said the Post didn't have a prayer of making it to its 25th anniversary?

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Newman House ManagerOctober 31, 2023National Post, Culture
Aftershocks of the Latest Father Rupnik Earthquake
Aftershocks of the Latest Father Rupnik Earthquake

The whole stomach-churning affair has constituted another major stain on Pope Francis’ record on sex abuse cases.

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Newman House ManagerOctober 31, 2023Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
Symptoms of the Synod 2023 III – 25 October 2023
Symptoms of the Synod 2023 III – 25 October 2023

At what point does synodality, embracing everything, lose all meaning?

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Newman House ManagerOctober 27, 2023Church Affairs, The Catholic Thing
Prepare for a dangerous new world disorder
Prepare for a dangerous new world disorder

Beijing, Moscow and Tehran strengthen ties and their potential to wreak havoc around the world

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Newman House ManagerOctober 23, 2023National Post, Politics
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