Abuse Summit Achieved Something, As a Showcase for Victims’ Leadership
The so-called “summit” on the clergy sex abuse crisis was not a total failure. The process and the outcome of the Feb.…
Promoting The Green New Deal
The Green New Deal is a recent title used by many who are embracing the hard-core realities imposed on our planet from…
On Meeting Thomas Merton
Trunpga Rinpoche had a great deal of appreciation for Christian contemplative traditions and practitioners. His interest in this realm started at Oxford…
Father Bob Ogle’s Remarkable and Bewildering Decision
INTRODUCTION This article is excerpted from seminar proceedings at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. The event was titled “A Prairie Priest…
“I Demand a World of Peace” – The Legacy of Douglas Roche
Editor’s Note: Douglas Roche, the founding editor of the Western Catholic Reporter who went on to become a parliamentarian and diplomat and a leading Canadian…
Caravans are The New and Tragic Identity of The Poor
“It’s worse to stay in Honduras,” said a family of seven travelling in the caravan. “On the road we risk getting assaulted or killed, but…
Romero Canonization – Pope Francis Ahead of Bishops
Twenty-nine years ago yesterday Paul Hansen, Redemptorist priest and I penned an article (March 23,1990) in the Globe and Mail. We pointed…
Resurrecting Notre Dame: The Guardian’s and David Suzuki’s Views
To be a Christian is to be attentive to signs of God’s action in the world, and this is especially true…