Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
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Thanks to his faith, Navalny was more free than his jailers
Thanks to his faith, Navalny was more free than his jailers

In the end, it was Navalny whose soul was filled even as his body was cold and fatigued and broken and hungry

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Newman House ManagerFebruary 26, 2024National Post, Politics
A Bleak Year for Christian Unity Concludes
A Bleak Year for Christian Unity Concludes

The Anglican Communion has effectively entered palliative care and divisions in the Catholic world are the deepest in generations — and blessings of same-sex couples is the proximate cause of both crises.

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Newman House ManagerFebruary 23, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs, Popular
Guilbeault looks to maintain Canada's Third World road network
Guilbeault looks to maintain Canada's Third World road network

How can a Montreal MP suggest that our roads are in any way 'adequate'?

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Newman House ManagerFebruary 18, 2024National Post, Politics
Reset Saturday at the Vatican
Reset Saturday at the Vatican

Cardinal Fernández’s clarification of ‘Fiducia Supplicans,’ the Pope’s solidarity with the Jewish people, and the lack of priests at the Synod on Synodality were addressed by the Holy See last week.

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Newman House ManagerFebruary 14, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Vegas a fitting locale for a sports culture that has embraced sin
Vegas a fitting locale for a sports culture that has embraced sin

Las Vegas is the perfect setting for the Super Bowl, where the vainglorious NFL establishment gathers to bask in its own monied self-congratulation

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Newman House ManagerFebruary 11, 2024Culture, National Post
Fiducia Supplicans’ Geography of Sin
Fiducia Supplicans’ Geography of Sin

An ideological group that includes the Orthodox Churches and the Dutch, Hungarian, and Polish bishops, among others, is perhaps not as small as the Vatican would like to think.

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Newman House ManagerFebruary 5, 2024The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
UNRWA has subjugated the Palestinian people
UNRWA has subjugated the Palestinian people

The UN agency's existence after all these years means Palestinians are not considered capable of managing their own affairs

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Newman House ManagerFebruary 5, 2024Politics, National Post
Trump, the political wrestler, knows the value of entertainment
Trump, the political wrestler, knows the value of entertainment

He doesn’t actually body slam anyone, but the outlandish theatre of pro wrestling is key to his style

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 29, 2024National Post, Politics
Pope Francis Hasn’t Repudiated the Catholic Doctrine of Just War
Pope Francis Hasn’t Repudiated the Catholic Doctrine of Just War

Recent papal statements are best understood as a passionate appeal for an end to violence, not a rejection of the long Catholic tradition on war and peace.

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 27, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
The meaning of Justin Trudeau's petty falsehoods
The meaning of Justin Trudeau's petty falsehoods

Lies when unnecessary are lethal to public confidence, as if lies are told simply out of habit

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 16, 2024National Post, Politics
Synodality Itself Reaches a New Level of Scrutiny
Synodality Itself Reaches a New Level of Scrutiny

Has the process been undermined with the publication of ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ and its subsequent clarification? Consider these 12 questions.

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 16, 2024Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
NFL's GOAT (grouchiest of all time) coach is surely Bill Belichick
NFL's GOAT (grouchiest of all time) coach is surely Bill Belichick

The tragedy is not that he can't win without Brady, but that while he was winning he seemed determined not to enjoy it

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 8, 2024National Post, Culture
‘Fiducia Supplicans’ 2.0
‘Fiducia Supplicans’ 2.0

The Jan. 4 press release on the Dec. 18 declaration from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith shows its prefect distancing himself from his own document.

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 5, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
A budding peace grows in the Islamic world, despite terrorist efforts
A budding peace grows in the Islamic world, despite terrorist efforts

Optimism brews as Indonesian Muslims build a movement for 'humanitarian Islam' and those in the Middle East work to normalize relations

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 3, 2024National Post, Politics
Twenty Questions for Cardinal Fernández (and Pope Francis?)
Twenty Questions for Cardinal Fernández (and Pope Francis?)

At the Vatican, in the week before Christmas – same-sex blessings were hung by the chimney with care, in the hopes that Fr. James Martin soon would be there.

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 3, 2024The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
Letting Christmas Be Christmas — and the Lord’s Day Be the Lord’s Day
Letting Christmas Be Christmas — and the Lord’s Day Be the Lord’s Day

The Mass confusion of Christmas 2023 tells us something about how evening Masses have contributed to the secularization of Catholic culture.

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Newman House ManagerJanuary 3, 2024National Catholic Register, Faith
The significance of the manger scene — an 800-year-old Christmas tradition
The significance of the manger scene — an 800-year-old Christmas tradition

Families all over the world set them up at home, some as a pious devotion, others as a seasonal decoration

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Newman House ManagerDecember 24, 2023Faith, National Post
National Post Editorial: The blessing of Christian fraternity and the importance of gathering

Jesus offers something more than the bond of blood; a universal fraternity is now possible, for God is the Father of all.

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Newman House ManagerDecember 24, 2023National Post, Faith
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