Conspiracy Theory: Who Draws That Line?
These days, it’s not uncommon to hear someone from the mainstream news media brand another person a “conspiracy theorist”. Indeed, it has become a rather…
Sundance Film Features Immaculate Heart Community’s 50-year Journey
As the Second Vatican Council ended in 1965, the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary decided to take up the council’s call for renewal.…
Absolute Power: How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World
If you are interested in history, particularly Church history, this book is for you. It is extremely well written, the history is detailed, and the…
The Symbolic Power of the Papal Visit to Iraq
Popes have not always yearned for coexistence with the peoples living in what is now Iraq. Around 1263, Pope Urban IV issued a papal bull…
Averting Clericalism: Proper Priestly Formation: Part 2
To begin this column, I am going to state a personal opinion regarding the current state of our Church, and two policies/canon law items that…
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…
Vatican and Pax Christi International Think Big on Peace
The movement within the Catholic Church to reclaim Gospel nonviolence received a jolt of energy and momentum recently in the form of a Retreat on…
Esther Jedynak: ICN Founder, Madonna House Pioneer, Spiritual Leader Passes
Esther Jedynak, one of the four founding members of Island Catholic News in 1987, died here on February 15 at Mount St, Mary Nursing home,…
Moving Ahead: Phoenix Project Progress Report
In February I wrote a summary report on The ICN Phoenix Project to accompany the tax receipts mailed out to our donor-supporters who provide the…
COVID Poem
World peace has been achieved at a terrible price As the poor are reduced to noodles, beans and rice People in tents in Beacon Hill…