Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who turned 95 on Oct. 1, is one of the most decent, self-sacrificing human beings of the 20th (and 21st) century.
Time to reboot
Church leaders cannot be blamed for optimistically adopting Vatican II changes, which most clergy and laity supported. However, 55 years on, it must be concluded that those good-faith liberalizing strategies have not worked.
Out of the mouths of babes has poured a passionate and brutally blunt condemnation of mankind’s contamination of God’s creation.
Somehow in the tsunami of humanity flooding Montreal’s downtown streets for last Friday’s “climate march,” I spotted an elegantly dressed woman wearing a small white lapel button protesting Quebec’s Bill 21.
Church attendance is waning and religious non-affiliation is waxing. That’s hardly news. Observe the empty pews.
Doing a late night check around the ward, I found one of the patients, an elderly woman, crying softly into her pillow. “What’s the matter, Mrs. Grey?” I asked. “Why are you crying?”
For many of us of a certain age, “Who Are You?” by the Who is a seminal song, made popular again as the theme music to the TV show CSI.
It’s been called a “national health crisis” and a “public emergency.” It’s a major issue in next month’s federal election.
Vote for integrity
Canadians are intelligent people. They are highly educated.
Unlike a year ago, when it signalled all aboard for marijuana, Ottawa needs to derail the toxic and addictive practice of vaping before it becomes a runaway train.
In this federal election, part of me feels like a bystander. If you are like me, an orthodox Christian, someone whose faith is not confined to Sundays, you may feel the same.