Discovering the unexpected Benedict XVI
On December 31, 2022, Pope Benedict XVI went to his reward. Despite his age and poor health, the reality of his death left many of us heartbroken.
On that December morning, I looked at the website of the National Post, a paper where I worked for 15 years. Part my time there was covering religion and ethics and it was through my reporting that I was finally convinced to become a Catholic.
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From the beginning of these columns, I have steered clear of publicly battling in the ecclesial or political realms, and I have been careful in my ministry to focus on being a friend to those who through misfortune or bad judgment have found themselves on the streets of the city. But I cannot stay silent any longer.
To the Catholics of the Middle East
The following is the text of Pope Francis鈥� 鈥渆-letter鈥� released on Oct. 7 to mark the anniversary of Hamas鈥� murderous attack on Israel and the ensuing spiral of violence.
Key creative works Catholics should read
One question I regularly ask the young adults I minister to as a deacon at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine is Ottawa is: 鈥淲hat are you reading?鈥� Many do not read a great deal beyond obligatory work for their courses in university, and almost all of it is non-fiction. Thankfully, many read devotional works and the Holy Scriptures, which is certainly laudable, but I press them: 鈥淲hen was the last time you read a novel or a collection of poetry?鈥� Most reply 鈥淚 cannot remember,鈥� or, 鈥淚 don鈥檛 like fiction or poetry.鈥�
Challenging the globalization of indifference
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- By Glen Argan
Editorial: We stand with Jewish brethren
The obnoxious-gusting-to-toxic pro-Hamas mob, and even moderate people who support their cause but cringe at their conduct, might want to consider a salient fact about the movement鱿鱼视频app dead leader, Yahya Sinwar.
Structural sin is both apples and oranges
鈥淭he game is over. Everyone repeat after me now, the game is over.鈥� I speak with authority in a commanding voice. 40 high school students at the Catholic Leadership Camp in Huntsville repeat after me, 鈥渢he game is over.鈥� They calm down and we begin to debrief together the chaos of the last hour.
Gird your loins for gruelling politics
The duty to engage in politics is not negotiable in John McKay鱿鱼视频app view. 鈥淵ou have the absolute right not to vote鈥�, the Scarborough-Guildwood MP asserts with this warning to those politically asleep at the wheel, 鈥渁nd I have the absolute right to impose a $100 fine on your tax return.鈥�
Discussion of family back on the table
Discussions of family size have increased in political and religious discourse as North American birth rates hit historic lows. Catherine Pakaluk, an economist and associate professor at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., recently authored Hannah鱿鱼视频app Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth.
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Editorial: God鱿鱼视频app love never fails
As the long days of summer fade and autumn鱿鱼视频app cool, crisp air starts to settle in, it鱿鱼视频app hard not to feel a shift in our spirits, too. But there鱿鱼视频app so much to praise about fall.
Two letters from Pope Francis to cardinals
Two letters from Pope Francis: one welcoming 21 new cardinals, including Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo; one to the College of Cardinals concerning financial reform.