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…
The Curia Is The Pope and Why It Cannot Listen: By John O’Laughlin Kennedy
Have you ever wondered why the Roman Catholic Church is so slow to change? Wondered why the Pope – the Supreme Pontiff – cannot, with…
Rumour on the Wind
All of this is far away in a book of history. We’re not really there. We’ve read this, seen the film. Our happiness is not…
James A. Teit’s Anthropology of Belonging
As a progressive Catholic newspaper, one might assume ICN is in a bit of an awkward situation regarding the residential schools revelations as liberally exposed…
Latin Mass: Is the Church Ungovernable? — An Analogy
The latest dramatic move by Pope Francis — his recent order abrogating the right of Roman Catholic priests to say their church’s traditional Latin Mass…
Muthering Heights
The radical calm of those green lawns haunts me in a way unlike any old neighborhood on the planet. The affluence of the Martian landscape…
Mavis Gillie: Indigenous Advocate and Environmentalist
Mavis Marie Gillie was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1927, one of six children of British immigrant parents. Charles Chisholm, her father, had come…
Residential Schools: Conjectures of a Guilty Former Oblate
On Monday August 2, my wife Anne Marie and I attended the “March for the Children” in Chemainus. This march was convoked by the Penelakut…
Maturity of Love
The most explicit teaching of Jesus re. maturity of love is when he says, “I know, I know what you’ve been told, ‘Love those who…
Sipe Documentary Prompts Memories of Early Sex Abuse Activist
I watched the documentary, “Sipe: Sex, Lies, and the Priesthood,” with a mix of very powerful emotions: profound admiration and gratitude for all that A.W.…