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Charles Lewis: It was time to break free from my Facebook habit

Charles Lewis: It was time to break free from my Facebook habit

On Ash Wednesday I gave up Facebook. I wanted to give up something that had been part of my daily life for years and that I thought I would miss once cut off.

Turmeric's main ingredient is curcumin. It has powerful anti-inflammatory effects and is a very strong antioxidant.

Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo: Healthy eating is a taste of the good life

I don’t mean to be a downer, but an unhealthy diet is the leading risk factor for chronic diseases in Canada. This has been the case for the past two decades, according to research cited in the medical journal Canadian Family Physician, the official publication of the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Il Spasimo, Jesus carrying the cross, by Raphael, 1516

God's word on Sunday: Covenant with God is always evolving

Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 18 (Year B) Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51; Hebrews 5:7-9; John 12:20-33

Derek and Frances Baars.

Peter Stockland: There is nothing silly about this bunny tale

Something’s topsy-turvy when a Canadian Christian couple must go to court to clear their names because they refused to lie on the State’s orders.

Editorial: Hare-brained rule

Editorial: Hare-brained rule

It is a frightening world when those with power assume they can dictate to those without how they must think and what they must say.
Monsignor Dario Viganò, the Prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for Communication, presented the series “Theology of Pope Francis” on February 12.

Blurred lines: Vatican manipulation of photo becomes the story

WASHINGTON – What was meant to be an intellectual tribute to Pope Francis has instead become the backdrop to the latest tempest over transparency and this pontificate.
"The modest increase is welcomed by Catholics who feel their country should be sharing more of our wealth in the name of defeating poverty, war and injustice in the world. The small move forward should embolden us to raise our voice even louder," Luke Stocking writes.

Luke Stocking: The 0.7 per cent aid solution requires massive push

The question in Section 5 of the form stares at me from my computer: “Estimated Attendance?” I am filling out the Nathan Phillips Square Special Event Application form provided by the City of Toronto. On April 25, we plan to gather as young Catholics to raise our voices for a more generous Canada.
MP Peter Fonseca, fourth from right, with a Knights of Columbus honour guard at the Mass for the relic of St. Francis Xavier at the Mississauga parish named after the saint.

Fr. Raymond J. De Souza: Catholic politicians fail to walk the walk

In January, I had the great blessing of preaching at the Holy Mass for the relic of St. Francis Xavier in the parish in Mississauga named after him. There was an immense congregation, and in the very first pews were various political figures from the federal Parliament, provincial legislature and city hall.

"There is a loud knocking at the door from the tenuous ecological situation of our planet. Self-interest has become a suicidal path," Glen Argan writes.

Glen Argan: Pursuit of the common good is the best path

Perhaps the notion of the common good will soon have its day in the sun.
Francis Campbell: There’s only one sure bet for promises

Francis Campbell: There’s only one sure bet for promises

Promises, promises.
Pope John Paul II greets throngs of Poles waiting for a glimpse of their native son at the monastery of Jasna Gora in Czestochowa during his 1979 trip to Poland. Although the part played by the Catholic Church in the overthrow of communism has been detailed by countless books and studies, some Western commentators and historians appear unwilling to acknowledge it.

Weigel adds personal touch to life of Pope John Paul II

In Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II, Baltimore-born papal biographer George Weigel reflects in a highly personal way on the 15 years he devoted to chronicling the life and times and impact of John Paul II in Witness to Hope (1999) and The End and the Beginning (2010). It is a story that emphasizes repeatedly and powerfully the idea of providence.

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