Our hope is Christ’s presence, not reviving the past

In an interview which the historian Frank Linderman recounted, Plenty Coups, traditional chief of the Crow Nation, refused to speak of his life after the destruction of the buffalo. The chief’s story did not include the years between the passing of the buffalo until his death in 1932. 

MAiD exception to the rules

Hope already seemed on life support in what have become the killing fields of Canada’s public health-care system.

Remarks by Pope Francis at Indonesia’s Istiqlal Mosque

Remarks by Pope Francis at Indonesia’s Istiqlal Mosque during the Holy Father’s visit to that country as well as New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore Sept. 2-13, 2024.

  • September 12, 2024

Marriage priorities

Glen Argan’s Aug. 20 Catholic Register column made excellent  use of Pope St John Paul II’s teaching about “the marriage of Mary and Joseph as more than a covenant, ‘an authentic communion according to the model of the Blessed Trinity.’” 

Stand for good over evil

Murderous Hamas terrorists have yet again supplied concrete proof of Catholic teaching that good can never come from evil.

An open letter to from Richard Dur to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith about Jordan Peterson

An open letter from Richard Dur, executive director of Prolife Alberta, to Alberta Premier Danielle Smithabout Jordan Peterson, free speech and abortion clinic bubble zones. 

  • September 6, 2024

God is there for our photo finish

The age has lost its youth, and the times begin to grow old.

2 Esdras 14: 10

Recently my executive assistant pointed out that the photo I was using for my column was … out of date. Her diplomatic wording sounded more like: “You are waaaay older than you were when the photo was taken. You should change it. Truth in advertising.” It did force me to confront the reality of aging.

People profit from Soaring Prophets’ podcast

In a small town in Ontario, the Holy Spirit is working in a big way through two Catholic men with phones, a couple of cameras, and some microphones.

Smearing of Campaign Life demands action

We live in an altered universe in which some have the power to destroy a group or individual without proof but with vile labels. Worse, they are funded by our federal government with your tax dollars.

They are the arbiters what may be expressed and what should be suppressed, and even what may be believed. Some call it cancel culture. It should be called what it is: bigotry.

Editorial: Raising faith from the dead?

The 2024 Jerry Seinfeld Award for Drip Dry Irony can already be safely presented to Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgin’s for arch-lipped appraisal of Elon Musk’s evocation of Christianity.

Excerpt from Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Creation

Excerpt from Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Creation to be celebrated Sept. 1, 2024.

  • August 22, 2024