Automatic handguns are shown in the weapons vault at the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms National Laboratory Center in Beltsville, Md., in this 2013 file photo.

Bob Brehl: Hope arises in U.S. gun laws debate

Nothing changed after 20 very young children were slaughtered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., five years ago.
God's word on Sunday: Commandments needed now more than ever

God's word on Sunday: Commandments needed now more than ever

Third Sunday of Lent, March 4 (Year B) Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18, 22-25; John 2:13-25
Prime Minister Trudeau, Sophie, Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien visit the Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple in Ahmedabad, India. February 19, 2018.

Trudeau's Indian missteps a lesson for all of us

Beneath Canadians’ cringing at Justin Trudeau’s embarrassing Indian amble, there seemed charitable hope he could use the debacle for hard reflection on the difference between image and reality.

High school students hold candles in front of the North Carolina Capitol in Raleigh Feb. 20 in memory of the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. The students were calling for safer gun laws after 17 people were killed when 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz stormed the Parkland school Feb. 14 with an AR-15 semi-automatic style weapon.

Charles Lewis: Gun violence needs more than prayers

The massacre of 17 innocents at a Parkland, Fla., high school is not fading out of the news as quickly as other similar tragedies that have plagued the United States.

The Canada Summer Jobs attestation is part of a growing erosion in the freedom of faith-based individuals and groups to act — or refuse to act — in accordance with the values and teachings of their faith, Majtenyi writes.

Cathy Majtenyi: Faith-based values are not bargaining chips

It’s a sneaky way to make a government look progressive, a religion look regressive, and to divide a congregation.

According to an article published last summer in Condé Naste Traveler, “being quiet is the newest adventure trend” as people flock to vacation destinations that promise a digital detox from the demands of a 24/7 culture. 

Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo: Silence is indeed golden

In today’s world, people are mostly foreign to stillness.

God's word on Sunday: Abraham's offering is a lesson in trust

God's word on Sunday: Abraham's offering is a lesson in trust

Second Sunday of Lent, Feb. 25 (Year B) Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18; Psalm 116; Romans 8:31b-35, 37; Mark 9:2-10

Joe Zevuloni weeps in front of a cross to commemorate the victims of the shooting at nearby Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

Bob Brehl: Weapons of mass domestic destruction

On Valentine’s Day, there was yet another U.S. massacre when a shooter killed 17 Florida high school students and wounded a score more.

Patrick Brown addresses the The Rural Ontario Municipal Association Jan. 23, 2018.

Charles Lewis: PC leader's fall leaves bitter taste

For the most part, social conservatives had lost faith in Patrick Brown before the sudden fall of the Progressive Conservative Party leader. 

Fr. Scott Lewis: God never excludes or gives up on anyone

Fr. Scott Lewis: God never excludes or gives up on anyone

First Sunday of Lent, Feb. 18 (Year B) Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 25; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15

Several hundred people gathered in Regina Feb. 10 to protest the acquittal of Gerald Stanley in the death of Colten Boushie. It was one of many across Canada.

Mickey Conlon: Tragedy should not derail reconciliation

REGINA – The trial of a Saskatchewan farmer charged in the death of a 22-year-old Indigenous man has ended with an acquittal. But other than that, what have we learned from this?

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