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Father Roger Landry Celebrates 25 Years of Priesthood, Fittingly, on Eucharistic Pilgrimage

Father Landry shares the priesthood with countless others, but he lives it in a way that is rare.

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Newman House ManagerJune 26, 2024Faith, National Catholic Register
Humor, Dance and Music Can Uplift as Well as Degrade

That is a message as old as Abraham, Sarah and John the Baptist and current as contemporary comedy.

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Newman House ManagerJune 24, 2024Culture, National Catholic Register
U.K. shows national service no longer anathema to conservatives

Rishi Sunak's surprise election plank indicates a shift in conservatism

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Newman House ManagerJune 23, 2024Politics, National Post
St. Anne's showed us a different side of the Group of Seven

Murals were made great by the church, not the other way around

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Newman House ManagerJune 16, 2024Culture, National Post
Vatican’s ‘Bishop of Rome’ Document Has an ‘Ivory Tower’ Feel

The proposals from the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity feel quite distant from the actual reality of Christian unity today.

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Newman House ManagerJune 14, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
It's urgent Canada follows the money in the anti-Israel protests

This is not a ragtag bunch of misguided students. It is a well-funded operation run by people who know exactly what they are doing

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Newman House ManagerJune 13, 2024National Post, Politics
Yet another reminder that China is not our friend

Beijing's shocking interference in our elections is yet more proof that befriending China was a massive Canadian miscalculation

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Newman House ManagerJune 9, 2024National Post, Politics
What the Trump verdict says about the sorry state of American justice

U.S. prosecutors can usually convict anyone of anything if they are so determined

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Newman House ManagerJune 7, 2024Politics, National Post
US Catholic Church Heeds Pope Francis’ Eucharistic Adoration Exhortation

The American Eucharistic pilgrimages — replete with so many moving scenes in the first few weeks — are the most complete response to the Holy Father’s call.

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Newman House ManagerJune 6, 2024Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
The record corrects on 'unmarked graves' hysteria

Bad journalism is to blame, but good journalism is finally counteracting it

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Newman House ManagerJune 2, 2024National Post, Politics
Pope Francis and ‘60 Minutes’: 4 Clear Noes and 1 Clear Yes

Any interview with Pope Francis must be interpreted carefully, as he prefers a looser and more informal style.

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Newman House ManagerMay 31, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
This Is GK Chesterton’s 150th Birthday — Here’s Why He Remains So Relevant Today

The vast scope of his writings means there is always something pertinent to any circumstance.

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Newman House ManagerMay 29, 2024National Catholic Register, Faith
Francis Faces Another Mess in Argentina

The latest controversy involving bishops the Holy Father has appointed in his native country may have permanently scuttled the chances of ever making a papal trip home.

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Newman House ManagerMay 29, 2024Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
Texas puts a hold on Canada's purveyors of porn

U.S. Supreme Court upholds Texan age verification requirement for sites like Montreal's Pornhub

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Newman House ManagerMay 26, 2024Politics, National Post
Rome Today Isn’t What It Was

The academies of 1994 were occasions for Catholics to be proud of genuine intellectual engagement in the service of the faith. Thirty years on it is time to go back to that original promise.

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Newman House ManagerMay 25, 2024Church Affairs, The Catholic Thing
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony as relevant as it was 200 years ago

Nothing else can compete

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Newman House ManagerMay 20, 2024Culture, National Post
4 Features of the Vatican’s New Documents on Apparitions

The new norms make no mention of Medjugorje, but it would be fair speculation to think that they were designed to make reaching a conclusion about Medjugorje easier.

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Newman House ManagerMay 20, 2024Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
Venerable Jérôme Lejeune Remembered at Canada’s March for Life

The appointment of the celebrated geneticist to head the Pontifical Academy for Life was one of the key signature moves in the papacy of Pope St. John Paul II.

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Newman House ManagerMay 20, 2024National Catholic Register, Faith
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