Barefoot and Preaching

Beauty can salve the most brutal pain

Leah Perrault · April 30, 2026

Every year, my grief lines up with Lent and Easter, with the turning of winter toward spring. The alignment intensifies things in a way that is both beautiful and overwhelming.

Questioning Faith

Why we keep running into love

The coming of the beloved makes all things new

Mary Marrocco · April 30, 2026

Today, many of us, even our youth, have forgotten how to fall in love. We’ve become controlled, white-knuckled, self-sufficient; wary, informed, smart like phones, scrambling to keep up with artificial smartness.

The blasphemous temptations of AI Jesus

A deeper relationship with Jesus is there for the taking — and not at $1.99 a minute

Anna Farrow · April 29, 2026

You would think, given thousands of years of evidence, that we would wise up and recognize a come-on without waiting for the inevitable devolution into tatters and chaos. But the grift is always compelling.

Editorial

God’s way or no way

April 24, 2026

Whether or not one agrees with Pope Leo’s application of just war theory to the Iran conflict, it’s unthinkable to deny his powerful renewal of the Church’s authoritative moral voice.

Accept Easter challenge of life over death

Luke Stocking · April 23, 2026

We have launched an emergency appeal at Development & Peace – Caritas Canada to support the Peacemakers in the Middle East who we are honoured to call our partners. Well over 200 people recently joined a webinar we hosted to hear from three of these Peacemakers: Karam Abi Yazbeck, Nayla Tabbara, and Raffoul Raffa.

Church on the Street

Taking Mother Teresa to the streets

Dcn. Robert Kinghorn · April 23, 2026

I think that most Christians would say they believe everything Jesus teaches. But when you ask if they have an unwavering faith, often it is met with a great deal more hesitation. Here is what Pope Francis once said, “The great leaders of God’s people always left room for doubt. We must always leave room for the Lord and not for our own certainties. We must be humble.”

Culture à la Carte

Faith blooms in the Mary month of May

What will you do for the month of your Mother?

Sr. Helena Burns · April 23, 2026

What are you doing for the month of May? Specifically, what are you doing for the month of Mary? “All hail to dear Mary / the patron of our way / to the fairest of all queens / be the fairest of seasons sweet May!”

The Mustard Seed

Papal ‘weakness’ threatens Trump’s power

Glen Argan · April 23, 2026

Much has been written about the blasphemous and ridiculous antics of Donald Trump in his critiques of Pope Leo. Trump has been condemned from pillar to post, as well he ought to be.

Editorial

Catholicity made manifest

April 18, 2026

The global media machine has, true to form, churned differences of belief between Pope Leo and U.S. President Donald Trump into a war of words regarding the conflict with Iran.

Gender ideology being pushed back at last

Kenneth Craycraft · April 18, 2026

On March 26, the International Olympic Committee made an announcement that is simultaneously surprising and banal.