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Beethoven, Garth Brooks and Tom Brady Converge at the Vatican

The German composer’s effort will provide a sublime exhortation to universal brotherhood at the World Meeting on Human Fraternity.

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Newman House ManagerMay 20, 2024Culture, National Catholic Register
People, not corporations, define Poilievre's post-2008 Canada

During the global financial crisis, government acted boldly to protect the wealthiest. Why not act for the good of all, not just the titans?

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Newman House ManagerMay 13, 2024National Post, Politics
Pope Francis’ Letter to Parish Priests: Repairing Rifts, Grounding Vision, and Cultivating Fraternity

Parish priests, after years of pointed criticisms from the Holy Father, will appreciate the kind words in his letter, but they might be less enthusiastic about his call to become ‘missionaries of synodality.’

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Newman House ManagerMay 13, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
The House won't stand for reminding Canadians of Trudeau in blackface

If Trudeau accuses Poilievre of being a racist-by-association, then it seems fair game to observe that Trudeau enjoyed wearing blackface

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Newman House ManagerMay 13, 2024National Post, Politics
Rex Murphy was the true guardian of Canadian identity — not the pretenders on the left
Rex Murphy was the true guardian of Canadian identity — not the pretenders on the left

The best journalism is literature

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Newman House ManagerMay 10, 2024National Post, Culture, Popular
The Return of the Canonized Popes

The upsurge in canonizations in recent decades is a reflection of the reality that another age of persecution is now underway.

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Newman House ManagerMay 8, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
If democracy bloomed in Portugal, why not in the Mideast?

On the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, the 'third wave' provides hope for global democratization

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Newman House ManagerApril 29, 2024National Post, Politics
‘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
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