Lewis is a Toronto writer.
December 21, 2022
What happens to a society in which killing replaces care? What happens when ending a life is considered compassionate and the preserving of life cruel?
December 7, 2022
In the early 1970s there was a movie called Soylent Green. It starred Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson. It was the first film I saw that was a dystopian vision of the future. It took place in a New York City in which the population has exploded to the point of anarchy. In response, the state came up with a voluntary suicide program to lessen the crowding.
November 24, 2022
Throughout history anti-Semitism has consistently raised its ugly head. From murderous pogroms in Russia to the ultimate in hatred that played out in the Holocaust. Even in Canada when Jews were trying to find refuge in Canada in the 1930s the popular slogan was: None Is Too Many.
November 13, 2022
The Catholic Church is in decline. That’s the takeaway from a Statistics Canada report released in October. It found that in the past 10 years the number of Catholics in Canada declined by two million souls. It seems straightforward enough, but I’m not sure what it means.
October 26, 2022
My inclination is to defend whoever is our pope. I say this for several reasons. For one a pope is Christ’s shadow on Earth. I also believe popes are chosen by men influenced by the Holy Spirit. Lastly, I’m a convert. The idea of criticizing a pope seems presumptuous for someone relatively new to the faith.
October 6, 2022
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has launched a campaign to stop a federal government plan that would allow Canadians with mental illness as their sole issue to seek death through Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD).
September 28, 2022
Once in a blue moon someone asks me what we can do to shake our fellow citizens, including fellow Catholics, out of their apathy.
September 21, 2022
We are about to turn a corner into madness. In March of next year, the mentally ill will be eligible for euthanasia.
September 8, 2022
Anti-religious violence doesn’t come out of the blue. Before it explodes, the seeds of mistrust are planted and well-tended.
August 17, 2022
On my way to becoming a Catholic I kept hitting speed bumps. There were certain things the Church taught that I could not get my head around.