View From Chile of the Penitential Pilgrimage
I was virtually present, through live streaming, in all encounters with Pope Francis’s during his Pilgrimage of Penance to Canada. I felt at home again…
Honduran Padre Melo Recognized
The one-year old new government of Xiomara Castro, with a reform mandate to eliminate pervasive corruption throughout all levels of government and society, has through…
The Necessary Angel – By Wallace Stevens
“A society must assume that it is stable,” James Baldwin wrote in his timeless treatise on the creative process, “but the artist must know, and…
Spirituality and Polarization in Religion and Politics Part 2
Pentecost Sunday Insights Politics is well-known for being a school of hard knocks. While we recognize this to be intuitively true, how exactly do we…
New Hope Emerges in Israel/Palestine Crisis
“The trouble is that once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And once you’ve seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an…
Spiritual Direction and the Jungian Haden Institute
Spiritual direction is a term and practice familiar enough to Roman Catholics, who have embraced it at least since St. Ignatius of Loyola and his…
Canada and Ireland: Synod Critically Needed
While I’ve believed church reform was critically needed for many years, I’ve come to the point where I wonder if it is too late for…
Six Things The Media Got Wrong About The Graves
When it comes to the coverage of graves identified near residential schools in three First Nations communities, the legacy media in Canada has done a…