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Pope Francis receives a Catholic Charities jersey and an autographed soccer ball Sept. 2015.

Editorial: A game changer

Sport is a pervasive phenomenon of 21st-century culture. Therefore, asked the Vatican, “how could the Church not be interested?”

Traditional dancing has experienced an enormous revival across Canada as Indigenous Canadians rediscover their roots and culture.

Glen Argan: Reconciliation by traditional dance

Words are rarely enough. Actions speak louder than words. When we want to restore a broken relationship, a simple “I’m sorry” or even a long, detailed apology may not suffice. More is required. 

In the movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth tale, Ian McKellen stars as Gandalf, who has been likened to a Christ figure in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo: At the core of Tolkien is a dedication to faith

It’s big news for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien that Amazon has made a billion-dollar commitment to bring to television a five-season series based on the epic Lord of the Rings fantasy saga.

Rally against Kinder Morgan oil pipeline on Burnaby Mountain, 2014.

Luke Stocking: Church must start piping up on pipelines

For the sake of the planet, the rights of Indigenous peoples and the future, the Catholic Church in Canada spoke out against the pipeline. 

A Catholic Sorb holds the monstrance during the annual Corpus Christi procession May 31 in Crostwitz, Germany.

Editorial: Good sense prevails

Last month Pope Francis had Catholics worldwide scratching their heads after he seemed to suggest German bishops would have his blessing if they reached a group consensus to circumvent Church teaching and make it easier for some Protestants to receive Communion.

God's word on Sunday: Healing starts with leaving fear behind

God's word on Sunday: Healing starts with leaving fear behind

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 10 (Year B) Genesis 3:8-15; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35

Demonstrators march for more liberal Irish abortion laws in 2013 in Dublin. The May 25 referendum vote favoured abortion.

Peter Stockland: Irish turn their backs on faith and history

If tradition is the democracy of the dead, as G.K. Chesterton famously said, surely abortion has become a tyranny of the living over life past and future.

“Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae and the subsequent ‘theology of the body’ developed by Pope John Paul II issue an immense challenge to a world that is too often occupied with protecting itself against the extraordinary life potential of sexuality,” the Canadian bishops wrote during Humanae Vitae's 40th anniversary in 2008.

Fr. Raymond J. De Souza: Humanae Vitae’s vision still as relevant as ever

Next month will mark the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, the 1968 encyclical of Blessed Paul VI which  reaffirmed the immorality of contraception at a time when many in the Church and the world expected a change.

A scene from the 1960 movie, "Village of the Damned"

Charles Lewis: Shadows of another time continue to haunt us

When I was a child I watched a movie called Village of the Damned. It was creepy and scary.

"How do we find re-creation?  We may not even recognize we need it, especially in a society addicted to only doing. Yet the world is teeming with opportunities for re-creation and we can find it in surprisingly many ways," Marrocco writes.

Questioning Faith: Discovering our moments of re-creation

Driving with a young friend, I was not surprised that she had the car window completely down and her face turned towards the breeze on one of these finally-gentle days of spring.  I enjoyed her enjoyment of the sweet fresh air sweeping in. 

Last Supper (h. 1562), The first Eucharist, depicted by Juan de Juanes, mid-late 16th century, Museo del Prado

God's word on Sunday: Ancient world offers lesson in covenants

Body and Blood of Christ, June 3 (Year B) Exodus 24:3-8; Psalm 116; Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16, 22-26

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