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October 1, 2020

Throne speech offers comfort for advocates

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

OTTAWA -- Social justice and religious groups demanding a “just” recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic heard the words they wanted to hear when the federal government’s Speech from the Throne was delivered by Governor General Julie Payette on behalf of the Liberal government on Sept. 23.

Published in Canada
November 16, 2017

Forum fights back against notions of incompatibility of science and faith

Galileo facing the Roman Inquisition, painting by Cristiano Banti, 1857. Ever since St. Pope John Paul II launched a 13-year review of the Galileo trial in 1979, ending in a sweeping correction of Catholic attitudes about both Galileo and science in general in 1992, the Catholic conversation about faith and science has quietly charted a new and fruitful path.
When Governor General Julie Payette rolled her eyes and asked a room full of scientifically literate people whether they could believe there still are people “questioning whether life was a divine intervention,” she got the laugh she was looking for.
Published in Canada
November 9, 2017

Editorial: A call for respect

Astronaut Mike Massmino services the Hubble Space Telescope in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Atlantis May 15, 2009.
Astronaut John Glenn believed science and faith were interconnected parts of the same world. He had no trouble reconciling Heaven and Earth.
Published in Editorial