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Charles Lewis
Charles Lewis is a freelance writer and former religion editor at the National Post.
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.
Euthanasia has warped Canada’s collective morality
What happens to a society in which killing replaces care? What happens when ending a life is considered compassionate and the preserving of life cruel?
Simons says 'Soylent Green' new reality
In the early 1970s there was a movie called Soylent Green. It starred Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson. It was the first film I saw that was a dystopian vision of the future. It took place in a New York City in which the population has exploded to the point of anarchy. In response, the state came up with a voluntary suicide program to lessen the crowding.
Welcome a smaller Church of intense belief
The Catholic Church is in decline. That’s the takeaway from a Statistics Canada report released in October. It found that in the past 10 years the number of Catholics in Canada declined by two million souls. It seems straightforward enough, but I’m not sure what it means.
Who will finally take out the anti-Semitic garbage?
Throughout history anti-Semitism has consistently raised its ugly head. From murderous pogroms in Russia to the ultimate in hatred that played out in the Holocaust. Even in Canada when Jews were trying to find refuge in Canada in the 1930s the popular slogan was: None Is Too Many.
Starting to feel Francis is including me out
My inclination is to defend whoever is our pope. I say this for several reasons. For one a pope is Christ’s shadow on Earth. I also believe popes are chosen by men influenced by the Holy Spirit. Lastly, I’m a convert. The idea of criticizing a pope seems presumptuous for someone relatively new to the faith.
MAiD expansion takes us to a ‘dark place’
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has launched a campaign to stop a federal government plan that would allow Canadians with mental illness as their sole issue to seek death through Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD).
Time to listen to these wake-up calls
Once in a blue moon someone asks me what we can do to shake our fellow citizens, including fellow Catholics, out of their apathy.
Clergy must join march against MAiD madness
We are about to turn a corner into madness. In March of next year, the mentally ill will be eligible for euthanasia.
‘Awokening’ to age-old anti-Catholicism
Anti-religious violence doesn’t come out of the blue. Before it explodes, the seeds of mistrust are planted and well-tended.