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Comment: Patience is vital in journey to shared Eucharist among all Christians
By Fr. Damian MacPherson S.A.While attending an ecumenical service at a Lutheran church in Rome a year ago, Pope Francis encountered a Lutheran woman who was married to a Roman Catholic. She asked the Pope why she could not receive the Eucharist while attending Catholic services with her husband.
Palliative care missing in end-of-life debate
By Charlie Angus, Guest ColumnistIn the government’s rush to push Bill C-14, the medically assisted dying legislation, through the House of Commons, Canadians have been left very much on the sidelines.
Bordering on foolishness
By Charles LewisIt is not right to make fun of someone’s writing. I fear the critical boomerang may come back and slap me in the face.
Over the rainbow is the King's Son
By Ian HunterIs it just by coincidence that at the beginning and the end of the Bible there appears a rainbow?
Catholicism key to mystery of Shakespeare
By Herman GooddenBefore I became convinced that William Shakespeare was a Roman Catholic, I was one of those conspiratorially minded chaps who believed Shakespeare was not the person who wrote the greatest single cache of plays in the English language.
A Catholic education is a unique education
By John B. KostoffRecently I had the opportunity to meet with some parents who were looking at enrolling their children in a Catholic school. They made that decision because of their own experiences of Catholic education, but also because of their participation in a program run by a number of our school boards called “We’ve Been Waiting For You.”
Bonhoeffer’s conscience condemned him to a martyrs’ death
By Ian HunterDietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor executed by the Nazis in the dying days of the Second World War, has been recognized (perhaps by Protestant more than Catholic theologians) as one of the leading Christian thinkers of the 20th century. He was that, but he was much more: visionary, prophet, spy and martyr.
Ask God for help with worldly worries
By Francis CampbellSometimes, sleep doesn’t come easy. Dreams are pushed aside by worry and fretting. Counting sheep gives way to counting out real-life scenarios and possibilities late into the night.
Prayer integral in our schools, but there’s more that can be done
By John B. KostoffPart of the mandate of Catholic schools is to ensure that students develop an appreciation and understanding of the role of prayer.
A voice for justice impossible to silence
By Joe GunnOTTAWA - When I was a teen, Bob Carty asked me if I could drive his standard-transmission blue Corolla. “It’s a long way to Mexico,” he said, “and we’ll have to drive hard to get there as fast as the others going down by bus.”