Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
Welcome About Seven Last Words Articles Videos Subscribe
WelcomeAboutSeven Last WordsArticlesVideosSubscribe
Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
Fr. Raymond J. de Souza

Articles

Proposal to strip religious groups of charitable tax status would eviscerate Canada’s charities

Leftists often hate religion but love what religious people do. But what religious people do cannot be replaced

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 29, 2024National Post, Politics
The Year in a Day

May 2024 Commencement addresses by Harrison Butker and Jonathan Roumie weren’t opposites but offer contrasting, not contradictory, Catholic approaches, which have roots in the Gospels.

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 28, 2024The Catholic Thing, Faith
Catholic Prisoners Through the Ages and Their Inspired Art

The wrongly imprisoned, like Cardinal George Pell, the Carmelite martyrs and Jimmy Lai, use the arts to raise their hearts to God, offering a certain interior freedom, even contact with the transcendent.

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 26, 2024National Catholic Register, Faith
The paradox of Christmas loneliness

Love is more reasonable than loneliness, hope more reasonable than despair, because God is with us

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 25, 2024National Post, Faith
The scandal of particularity

The notion has always been offensive to non-Jews, but it shouldn't be

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 22, 2024National Post, Faith
Mark Carney for Conservative finance minister

Good players can play for different teams — especially when a coaching change is coming

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 19, 2024National Post, Politics
Ukraine does not need another international guarantee of territorial integrity

That's been tried before, and Russia broke its promise

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 15, 2024National Post, Politics
Corsica, Consalvi, China. . .and Francis

Pope Francis chose to go to Mass under the gaze of Napoleon rather than Notre Dame under its reconstructed roof. Perhaps new wisdom will come in Corsica about how to deal with tyrants.

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 14, 2024The Catholic Thing, Politics
‘Blue Bloods’: The Most Catholic Network TV Series Bids Farewell

For the past 14 years on Friday nights, the Reagan family endured the pains of policing with the help of God’s grace.

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 14, 2024National Catholic Register, Culture
'Blue Bloods' — the unapologetic pro-police drama in an anti-police age

Its characters struggle to be virtuous in a profession that works daily amid society's moral transgressions

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 13, 2024National Post, Culture
Notre Dame's restoration a testament to France's faith

The cathedral, which was nearly destroyed in a 2019 fire, reopens this weekend

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 7, 2024
Notre Dame’s Reopening Highlights the Historic Church-State Tensions Between Paris and Rome

The celebration of the restoration of France’s famed cathedral is happening on the same weekend as a consistory of new cardinals at the Vatican, providing an intriguing juxtaposition rich with symbolism.

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 7, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Pope Francis and Catholic Sensitivity to Jews

Both Jewish and Catholic commentators were taken aback by the inclusion of John 8:44, a biblical phrase used for centuries to disparage Jews as children of Satan.

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 6, 2024First Things, Church Affairs
Bishop Fred Henry understood that reconciliation requires truth

Henry, who retired as the Catholic bishop of Calgary in 2017, died on Tuesday

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 4, 2024National Post, Church Affairs
‘Theological Diplomacy’: How Cardinal Ayuso Advanced Catholic-Islamic Relations

Cardinal Ayuso was not a well-known figure, even in Rome. But he was at the center of an important story for nearly 20 years.

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 3, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Trudeau and police send wrong signals to Jews and resident Hamas supporters

There's been much signalling, but no virtue

Read More
Christopher McMullanDecember 1, 2024National Post, Politics
The Path to Weariness

Advent comes, a new year beckons. Jubilee 2025 awaits. But after the turmoil of the past year and other points in the current papacy, Rome shows much weariness and little vitality.

Read More
Christopher McMullanNovember 30, 2024The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
Donald Trump's win a victory for a more authentic politics

He wears a blue suit, tie and cufflinks every day

Read More
Christopher McMullanNovember 29, 2024National Post, Politics
Newer Older