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‘Dignitas infinita’: John Paul Returns?

One citation does not a summer make, but perhaps Dignitas marks a spring thaw, and John Paul the Great is now the saint that can come in from the cold.

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Newman House ManagerApril 29, 2024The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
Did Pope Francis Just Endorse ‘Parish Shopping’?

The canonical anomaly, suggested by the Holy Father in an interview with CBS News, was once an anomaly but has become the norm among Catholics.

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Newman House ManagerApril 29, 2024Faith, National Catholic Register
Fallen police officer's colleagues dishonoured him with apparent falsehoods

That Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup died while on duty was tragic. Allegedly false testimony about how that happened made it worse

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Newman House ManagerApril 29, 2024Politics, National Post
A new peace will dawn on the Middle East between Israelis and Arabs
A new peace will dawn on the Middle East between Israelis and Arabs

The time for fighting the last peace is over. The current fight — even amidst war — is for a new peace

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Newman House ManagerApril 23, 2024National Post, Politics
Trump's trial reveals the sorry state of America's justice system
Trump's trial reveals the sorry state of America's justice system

As the acquittals in the Rodney King and O.J. Simpson cases showed, the remedy for bad justice is not more bad justice

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Newman House ManagerApril 23, 2024Politics, National Post
A good week for Canada's Conservatives and those who value big ideas
A good week for Canada's Conservatives and those who value big ideas

A bad week for government intelligence agencies and their Liberal masters

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Newman House ManagerApril 16, 2024Politics, National Post
‘Dignitas Infinita’ and the Roots of Human Dignity
‘Dignitas Infinita’ and the Roots of Human Dignity

The exploration of what dignity means in different contexts will open new avenues for discussion, apologetics and evangelization.

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Newman House ManagerApril 12, 2024National Catholic Register, Faith
Spiritual Eclipse and the Darkness of Sin
Spiritual Eclipse and the Darkness of Sin

God’s light never ceases to shine and is far more abundant than the darkness of sin.

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Newman House ManagerApril 9, 2024Faith, National Catholic Register
Easter and the Eclipse
Easter and the Eclipse

The coincidence of the eclipse and Easter is an invitation to think about light and darkness in the way that Christians distinctively do.

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Newman House ManagerApril 8, 2024First Things, Faith
Pope Francis and Conclave Secrecy
Pope Francis and Conclave Secrecy

The revelations in the Holy Father’s biography may be of greater or lesser interest, but it is safe to consider them legal.

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Newman House ManagerApril 7, 2024Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
After 75 years, NATO is as crucial as ever for world peace
After 75 years, NATO is as crucial as ever for world peace

The mutual defence alliance is not as strong as it should be, but without it Russia would have free rein

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Newman House ManagerApril 7, 2024National Post, Politics
The Eclipse and the Annunciation
The Eclipse and the Annunciation

For that singular moment in Nazareth, the moon determined whether the sunlight – the Son’s light – would reach the world.

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Newman House ManagerApril 7, 2024The Catholic Thing, Faith, Popular
Supreme Court reaffirms religious liberty in Canada (but not Quebec)
Supreme Court reaffirms religious liberty in Canada (but not Quebec)

Court upholds the right of Muslim students to pray at Calgary private school

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Newman House ManagerApril 1, 2024Politics, National Post
‘Cabrini,’ Though Imperfectly, Tells a Proud Part of Catholic History
‘Cabrini,’ Though Imperfectly, Tells a Proud Part of Catholic History

The saint carries on a tradition of powerful women religious that stretches back centuries.

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Newman House ManagerApril 1, 2024National Catholic Register, Culture
A Year of Bumps in the Road for Pope Francis
A Year of Bumps in the Road for Pope Francis

After a year of disruptions, will the year ahead prove more tranquil?

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Newman House ManagerApril 1, 2024Church Affairs, First Things
Attacks against Jews are attacks against Christians, too
Attacks against Jews are attacks against Christians, too

On Easter, our holiest day, Christians read of the high points of Jewish history, because it is our history, too

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Newman House ManagerApril 1, 2024National Post, Faith
Good Friday and the Stigmata
Good Friday and the Stigmata

The Christian vocation to be “another Christ” was lived to such an extent by Francis that the very term alter Christus was applied to him early on.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 29, 2024The Catholic Thing, Faith
Holy Thursday, Thomas Aquinas and the Immaculate Conception
Holy Thursday, Thomas Aquinas and the Immaculate Conception

The entire Church sings his words today in praise of the Eucharist.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 28, 2024National Catholic Register, Faith
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