Arts Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:04:43 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Ian Hunter: Rejoice in hope /opinion/guest-columnists/item/33999-ian-hunter-rejoice-in-hope /opinion/guest-columnists/item/33999-ian-hunter-rejoice-in-hope

The Christian faith acknowledges three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity (today usually rendered “love”). The greatest of these may well be love (as St. Paul told the Corinthians) but in real life the most difficult virtue to practise — particularly in this broodingly ominous time — is hope. 

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ianhunter@catholicregister.org (Ian Hunter) Guest Columns Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:30:00 -0500
A thorough look at BenedictƵapp life /features/arts/item/33835-a-thorough-look-at-benedict-s-life /features/arts/item/33835-a-thorough-look-at-benedict-s-life

In two decades as a Catholic convert, I am privileged to have called Holy Father two immense Popes: the unconquerable Pole, St. John Paul ll; and the scholarly German, Benedict XVI.

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ianhunter@catholicregister.org (Ian Hunter) Book News Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:24:35 -0500
Ian Hunter: Quarantine does have an agreeable side /opinion/guest-columnists/item/31522-ian-hunter-quarantine-does-have-an-agreeable-side /opinion/guest-columnists/item/31522-ian-hunter-quarantine-does-have-an-agreeable-side

Who knows how long this will last? Certainly not I. Although there are times I think I know as much about this never-before-seen virus as those white-coated “experts” who hold forth incessantly before the cameraƵapp ravening eye. 

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ianhunter@catholicregister.org (Ian Hunter) Guest Columns Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:18:14 -0400
Publisher of Catholic apologetics had zeal for open-air evangelism /opinion/guest-columnists/item/26269-publisher-of-catholic-apologetics-had-zeal-for-open-air-evangelism /opinion/guest-columnists/item/26269-publisher-of-catholic-apologetics-had-zeal-for-open-air-evangelism

Born in Australia in 1897, Frank SheedƵapp father was a Scottish Presbyterian, his mother an Irish Catholic. Fortunately for the Church, and for English literature, his mother won out and, at 16, Frank declared himself Catholic and never looked back.

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ianhunter@catholicregister.org (Ian Hunter) Guest Columns Mon, 30 Oct 2017 12:12:09 -0400
Opinion: Welcome to '1984' and the real world of alternative facts /opinion/guest-columnists/item/24591-opinion-welcome-to-1984-and-the-real-world-of-alternative-facts /opinion/guest-columnists/item/24591-opinion-welcome-to-1984-and-the-real-world-of-alternative-facts

One unanticipated consequence of the election of Donald Trump as 45th President of the United States has been the rediscovery of a seminal novel first published in 1949. According to The New York Times, George OrwellƵapp 1984 is being reprinted around the world and is at the top of bestseller lists.

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ianhunter@catholicregister.org (Ian Hunter) Guest Columns Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:20:00 -0400
Cardinal Robert Sarah made out of the right stuff /opinion/guest-columnists/item/22565-cardinal-robert-sarah-made-out-of-the-right-stuff /opinion/guest-columnists/item/22565-cardinal-robert-sarah-made-out-of-the-right-stuff

Before a colleague mentioned the name of Cardinal Robert Sarah I had not heard of him. At the age of 34, the Guinea-born Sarah was made Archbishop of Conakry by Pope John Paul II. He was still a bambino (according to Pope Benedict XVI) when he was elevated to cardinal in 2010. 

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ianhunter@catholicregister.org (Ian Hunter) Guest Columns Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:04:04 -0400
The last nail in Christian worldƵapp coffin /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20600-the-last-nail-in-christian-world-s-coffin /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20600-the-last-nail-in-christian-world-s-coffin

A future historian (on the generous assumption that there are any) might plausibly contend that the first salvo of the “culture wars” was fired in January 1973 when the U.S. Supreme Court released its Roe v. Wade abortion decision. He might also conclude that the same CourtƵapp June 2015 decision declaring gay marriage to be a constitutionally protected right represented a final victory.

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ianhunter@catholicregister.org (Ian Hunter) Guest Columns Thu, 16 Jul 2015 07:45:00 -0400
The Lord assures us, we will not be forsaken /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20241-the-lord-assures-us-we-will-not-be-forsaken /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20241-the-lord-assures-us-we-will-not-be-forsaken

When we lose the great hymns of our past we lose an irrecoverable legacy. Alas as much as we hear “Lord of the Dance” at Mass, such happy-clappy tunes will provide little solace amidst a dark night of the soul.

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ianhunter@catholicregister.org (Ian Hunter) Guest Columns Thu, 14 May 2015 06:30:00 -0400
What exactly did Loyola College win? /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20061-what-exactly-did-loyola-college-win /opinion/guest-columnists/item/20061-what-exactly-did-loyola-college-win

Now that I am under no professional obligation to read court decisions, I generally avoid them. The turgid prose, the unctuous self-regard and the complacent sense of judicial superiority I find unpleasant and soporific.

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ianhunter@catholicregister.org (Ian Hunter) Guest Columns Thu, 16 Apr 2015 06:30:00 -0400
Leading atheist followed the evidence — and discovered God /opinion/guest-columnists/item/19823-leading-atheist-followed-the-evidence-and-discovered-god /opinion/guest-columnists/item/19823-leading-atheist-followed-the-evidence-and-discovered-god

Long before todayƵapp clamorous atheists (Christopher Hitchens, God is not Good; Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion; Sam Harris, The End of Faith, etc.) began filling bookshelves and public airwaves, there was one name that was synonymous, at least in England, with public atheism. That name was Antony Flew.

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ianhunter@catholicregister.org (Ian Hunter) Guest Columns Thu, 05 Mar 2015 07:00:00 -0500