AFN Hopes Vatican Meeting with Pope Will Lead to Apology Visit
OTTAWA — There is no guarantee that a delegation to the Vatican will lead to a papal apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s…
The Climate Apocalypse is Real and It’s Coming
Scientists are warning us that because of global warming, civilization is headed toward the worst catastrophe in human history. Unlike a war, a pandemic or…
Religion Finding a Sense of Direction in This Transformative Moment in History
Religious Soft Diplomacy and the United Nations: Religious Engagement as Loyal Opposition, Eds: Sherrie M. Steiner and James T. Christie, Lexington Books, London, 2021. Given…
Church Teaching Supports Global Treaties
Facing many tragedies and disasters today, how might we pray and act with others for urgently needed transformation? Hope can be found in two vital…
Open Letter to President, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Dear Archbishop Richard Gagnon: We are writing to you from the unceded Indigenous lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation that is recognized as the custodian of…
Catholic Hierarchy Reneged on Indigenous Financial Commitment
The Residential Schools affair is a clear signal that the Roman Catholic hierarchy can no longer go it alone. Church officials need to learn how…
Waterfall Explosion
16″ x 12″ x 1.5″ framed acrylic on canvas by Susannah Paranish
The Deep Strangeness of the Catholic Church’s Latest Scandal
Once, it was said that the eyes were the windows to the soul. Now the cellphone is. Consider Jeffrey Burrill, a man who regularly logged…
Unmarked Graves, Church Structure, and the Pope
Like thousands of Canadians and virtually all the First Nations and Metis people in Canada, I was dumbstruck and heartbroken by the revelation of the…