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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
- By Robert Brehl
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
First Sunday of Lent, Feb. 18 (Year B) Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 25; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15
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?
Bob Brehl: Life and times of a Canadian knight named Day
- By Robert Brehl
