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What We Know about Thomas Merton’s Death

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INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Island Catholic News continues its coverage of the fresh revelations contained in The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation by Hugh Turley and...

Can’t Stop Reading This Book

Literary / Arts

     I have never read a book more than once; certainly never five times. But that is what has happened as far as Palmer’s...

A Day in The Life of Palestine

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      I had just returned to Ramallah after a day of olive picking – cut short by threats from settlers – when I...

Cultivating Justice Love

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INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION       At the Vatican on February 21-24, 2019, the Catholic Church hosted an urgent meeting of bishops from throughout the world,...

The Baby’s Breath Garden Circle & Philosophy Club

Literary / Arts

       It started small. John just stopped wandering the streets at night with his camera and grew roots in Eugene’s restaurant, addicted to...

Paul Dewar Says Goodbye

Letters to the editor

     Paul Dewar, the former Ottawa Centre MP who spent his last days working to empower young people to change their communities for the...

How Thomas Merton Brought Us Together

Letters to the editor

     The Editor:      Thomas Merton brought my dear, dear Louise and me together. And she brings all the parts of my life,...

Crown is Controlled by Big Business

Letters to the editor

     The Editor:      Re:  “Victoria protesters join nationwide outcry over pipeline arrests,” Jan. 9        As a 78-year-old Indian-residential-school survivor,...

Jon Brooks at The Cameron House; at Metchosin March 30

Letters to the editor

     The Editor:      I went on this wintry night of Monday February 11 to see Jon Brooks at the Cameron House  Spadina...

Pope Francis Mustn’t Be Held Hostage to The Rot in His Own Church

Editorials

      Pope Francis provides a universal moral voice we desperately need when there is so much insular nationalism, political posturing and empty promises...