Catholic Register Editorial

In the deep mists of mid-20th century Quebec political mythology there glowered a tribe of hybrid juggernaut-Amazonian English-speaking women popularly known as “Speak White” Eaton’s counter clerks.

The contemporary political and cultural mood demands recall of what would normally be a blinding statement of the obvious in a liberal democracy: expression is not automatically endorsement.

A pithy truth attributed to G.K. Chesterton is that the proof of Original Sin is evident on every city street and the front page of the daily newspaper.

In Pope Francis’ June 29 homily at the Mass bestowing the liturgical vestment called a pallium on Toronto’s Archbishop Leo and his fellow new metropolitans, he emphasized the primacy of immediacy, evangelization and followship in Catholic life.

Canada’s Catholic hierarchy is being reminded why even the “Lord” backed down in a contretemps with Calgary’s Bishop Emeritus Fred Henry. At the very least, they will learn again that His Grace is not for turning.

The culture wars have kicked up yet another reductio ad absurdum ruckus with the revelation that a pro-diversity website at Johns Hopkins University defined lesbians as non-men attracted to other non-men.

Prime Minister Trudeau merits mixed reviews for his multi-role performance last week as road warrior, marital warrior and culture warrior.  The last of these might leave at least some Catholics wondering if it’s past time for him to exit stage left.

Last March was officially Irish Heritage Month in Canada, and you didn’t need the federal Heritage Department to tell you so.

A recent policy call to expand Canada’s population to 100 million by 2100 would normally be considered only ludicrous. Alas, it also contains a distressing degree of duplicitousness.

The fanaticism to which self-styled pro-choice politics have descended bears out the definition attributed to Churchill that fanatics cannot change their minds and will not change the subject.