Justice after 11-year battle to protect human rights in mining industry
“Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart” (Luke 18:1). So begins the parable of the widow and the unjust judge.
Francis Campbell: Making the most from our mulligans
I only wish I had a chance to do that all over again.
A New Year’s party? Bah, humbug!
I’ve never had much enthusiasm for New Year’s celebrations. Partly this is because of the utterly perverse timing of the holiday.
Ted Schmidt: Sport's real victories happen off the court
Last month, standing on the basketball court of my first school as a teacher, Mimico High, I launched a book titled The Season.
- By Ted Schmidt
Ian Hunter: Scraps have a place in God’s economy
The only miracle that Jesus performed recounted in all four Gospels is the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, more commonly called the feeding of the 5,000 (or 4,000 in Mark’s Gospel, but who was counting precisely?).
- By Ian Hunter
Angela Saldanha: The signs of Christmas are longing to be shared
As we prepare for the coming of Our Lord in Advent, opportunities present themselves to put Jesus back (for a few weeks, at least) into the public gaze.
Francis Campbell: Tragedy brings out the best in humanity
Halifax Mayor Mike Savage was in a reflective and reminiscent mood during a recent state-of-the-municipality address.
Thomas Reese: Pope Francis shouldn’t risk going to Myanmar
Pope Francis makes a visit to Myanmar Nov. 27-30 where he risks either compromising his moral authority or putting in danger the Christians of that country. I have great admiration for the Pope and his abilities, but someone should have talked him out of making this trip.
Trudeau is wrong… abortion is not a right
In late September I wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in which I expressed dismay at what I called some “very serious” fallacies he continues to spread regarding abortion.
- By Jim Hughes
Comment: There is light behind shadows of grief
Visiting a cousin, Joe, who lives far away, my family and I received a tour of his most unusual home.