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Holy Week, the Annunciation and St. Dismas
Holy Week, the Annunciation and St. Dismas

The Good Thief is our companion this Holy Week, giving hope to every sinner who worries that it might be too late.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 28, 2024National Catholic Register, Faith
We could learn something from the days when royal commissions actually got things done
We could learn something from the days when royal commissions actually got things done

A peculiarly Canadian approach to policy-making outside of the partisan political framework

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Newman House ManagerMarch 24, 2024Politics, National Post
What in the name of a four-leaf clover happened in Irish referenda?
What in the name of a four-leaf clover happened in Irish referenda?

Voters overwhelmingly reject government's attempt to 'modernize' constitution

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Newman House ManagerMarch 17, 2024Culture, National Post
Pope Francis at Eleven
Pope Francis at Eleven

It is impossible to imagine that eleven years into John Paul’s pontificate anyone would seriously think it time to begin again to figure out the pontificate.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 16, 2024Church Affairs, The Catholic Thing
Pope Francis Has Ukrainians — Especially Ukrainian Catholics — Worried and Angry
Pope Francis Has Ukrainians — Especially Ukrainian Catholics — Worried and Angry

Latest comments from the Holy Father about the Russia-Ukraine hostilities has left the Vatican scrambling to control the damage.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 14, 2024Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
Israel's future depends on Netanyahu's final moves
Israel's future depends on Netanyahu's final moves

The beginning of the end to the PM's time in office was the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7. Israelis are now impatient for the end of the end

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Newman House ManagerMarch 12, 2024Politics, National Post
Biden and France Now Promote Abortion as a Positive Good
Biden and France Now Promote Abortion as a Positive Good

Regrettably, abortion is now considered something to be celebrated, both by the Catholic president and in Paris.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 12, 2024Culture, National Catholic Register
Brian Mulroney — an underappreciated political giant
Brian Mulroney — an underappreciated political giant

His most difficult challenge was restoring Canada's fiscal health. His most politically costly achievement was tax reform

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Newman House ManagerMarch 3, 2024Politics, National Post
At St. Patrick's, a Battle of the Icons
At St. Patrick's, a Battle of the Icons

A battle of icons is a battle of doctrines too. That’s why they ambushed St. Patrick’s.

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Newman House ManagerFebruary 29, 2024Faith, First Things
Will Justin Trudeau follow in his father’s footsteps and resign on Feb. 29?
Will Justin Trudeau follow in his father’s footsteps and resign on Feb. 29?

Pierre Trudeau knew when it was time to 'take a walk in the snow." Will Justin take the leap?

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Newman House ManagerFebruary 29, 2024Politics, National Post
Dead Synodality
Dead Synodality

The rickety ship Synodality has been taking on water. Pope Francis will heroically try to bring it into port this year before it sinks, but it won’t be easy.

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Newman House ManagerFebruary 26, 2024Church Affairs, The Catholic Thing
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
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