Phoenix Project: Can a New “Catholic New Times” Rise from Ashes (15 years after)
INTRODUCTION By Patrick Jamieson Newspapers mark their eras. It has been fifteen years since Catholic New Times printed its last edition in November, 2006, after…
Residents Grateful for Ottawa Mental Housing Outreach Organization
INTRODUCTION This retrospective article is a followup to the Obituary of Dr. Richard Haughian run in ICN a few issues back. Rick founded Ancoura as…
‘Penitent’ Pope Predicted
There has never been a papal visit to anywhere that has been anything like what will unfold when Pope Francis comes to Canada — a…
Analyzing Papal Visit Apology to Indigenous People
A lot has been written and said about the recent apology by Canada’s Roman Catholic bishops to Indigenous People for that church’s role in the…
Candid Bishop Says Church is Shattered Remains
Germany’s Heiner Wilmer, who is widely considered a “Francis bishop”, says the pope wants to “turn the Church on its head.” German Bishop Heiner Wilmer,…
‘Objection’ Response to ‘A Sinful Church’ and the Indigenous Questions
The Editor: In what is an excellent piece, Jim Morin’s piece (“A Sinful Church and the Healing Grace of God” (ICN Autumn 2021) says two…
A Sinful Church and the Healing Grace of God (Part 2)
Over the centuries, the praxis of the Church began to be understood as being founded upon four dimensions of Jesus’ ministry. Service: through which he…
The Faith Role: Glasgow March for ‘Global Day of Climate Action’
Franciscans, as well as other Catholic Religious Orders, actively participated in COP26. We, as Franciscans who actively participated in CP26, dreaming, hoping, and calling that…
The First Christmas by Marcus Borg & John Dominic Crossan
A few years ago, a friend recommended The First Christmas as a book I might enjoy reading during the Advent and Christmas seasons. Sure enough!…
Pope Francis’ Synodal Church – Promise or Fantasy?
Pope Francis has initiated an intensive two-year project that could, if it succeeds, be the most significant and historical reform initiative of his papacy. This…