Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
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The Catholicism of J.D. Vance

His is a Catholic approach – if it’s a Catholic approach – to politics that has not been seen in a very long time.

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Newman House ManagerJuly 19, 2024The Catholic Thing, Politics
Trump Assassination Attempt: 4 Notable Christian Dimensions

The implications of the assassination attempt will present a challenge for Christians to read the signs of the times.

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Newman House ManagerJuly 19, 2024Politics, National Catholic Register
The GOP's long history of Trumpian-style politics

The former president's ideological lineage can be traced all the way back to the Republican convention of 1912

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Newman House ManagerJuly 17, 2024National Post, Politics
Joe Biden's past explains a lot about his present dilemma

While Biden matured in the Senate, Trump sought the spotlight. In 2024, it's all about the show, and Biden can no longer perform

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Newman House ManagerJuly 14, 2024National Post, Politics
The American media's complicity in covering up Biden's mental feebleness

Newspaper writers have been the president's most eager propagandists

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Newman House ManagerJuly 7, 2024National Post, Politics
Cardinal Fernández’s First Year: Undermining His Own Magisterium?

Víctor Manuel Fernández has been busy during his first year in office. But has he been effective?

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Newman House ManagerJuly 6, 2024Church Affairs, The Catholic Thing
Agatha Christie Letter 2.0: The Traditional Latin Mass as a Cultural, as Well as Liturgical, Treasure

The cultural argument, which apparently won the day in 1971 with Pope St. Paul VI, may be used against the TLM today.

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Newman House ManagerJuly 5, 2024National Catholic Register, Culture
Today's Canada smells like social decay

The omnipresent perfume of cannabis and urine on our streets does not make Canada more glorious and free

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Newman House ManagerJune 30, 2024National Post, Politics
Fisher & More in China: June 2024

In Joseph Zen and Jimmy Lai, China has its John Fisher and Thomas More.

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Newman House ManagerJune 29, 2024Faith, The Catholic Thing
Cardinal O’Malley Speaks Clearly on Father Rupnik’s Art, Telling Vatican: Say ‘No More!’

When the Boston cardinal speaks on the subject of sexual abuse in the Church, everyone should listen.

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Newman House ManagerJune 28, 2024Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
Archbishop Viganò’s Schism Case: 5 Issues to Consider

The archbishop has until Friday to formally respond in person or in writing.

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Newman House ManagerJune 26, 2024Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
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
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