Herman Goodden: Outspoken prof is ChurchƵapp ally
Canadian Catholics and Christians generally are not paranoid if they harbour suspicions that their governmental overlords are unsubtly trying to control their rights of free speech, religion and assembly.
Francis Campbell: Jesus has some advice about social justice
Words are seldom minced from the pulpit of the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church in Halifax. A couple Sundays past was no different as pastor Rhonda Britton and the congregation tackled the recurring issue of racial discrimination.
Med student 'distressed' by assisted suicide decisions
I am a second-year medical student at the University of Toronto. Next year, my peers and I will embark on a series of rigorous and demanding clinical rotations, shortly after which we will decide which area of medicine we will pursue in our professional lives. Conversations about the future abound.
Fr. Thomas Reese: Msgr. Vigano had to go
Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo: Healthy eating is a taste of the good life
Blurred lines: Vatican manipulation of photo becomes the story
Luke Stocking: The 0.7 per cent aid solution requires massive push
Weigel adds personal touch to life of Pope John Paul II
In Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II, Baltimore-born papal biographer George Weigel reflects in a highly personal way on the 15 years he devoted to chronicling the life and times and impact of John Paul II in Witness to Hope (1999) and The End and the Beginning (2010). It is a story that emphasizes repeatedly and powerfully the idea of providence.
Glen Argan: Legislation alone will not cure racism
Last May, my wife, daughters and I stayed at a resort on a First Nations reserve on Vancouver Island to celebrate my mother-in-lawƵapp 80th birthday. The last night we were there, my mother-in-law moved into town, and my wife and I slept in the yurt where she had stayed.
- By Glen Argan
Mickey Conlon: Tragedy should not derail reconciliation
REGINA – The trial of a Saskatchewan farmer charged in the death of a 22-year-old Indigenous man has ended with an acquittal. But other than that, what have we learned from this?