Humanity’s face remains the heart of history
Pope Leo XiV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, drew headlines and news coverage from around the world for…
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IVF subjects human beings to the logic of quality control
A crude understanding of what it means to be pro-life has created a new confusion. Many…
What are your idols?
The word idol is used loosely in everyday language to mean someone who is admired excessively.…
Forgiveness as politics
Each Canada Day, we celebrate the remarkable fact that a country stretching from the Atlantic to…
Words not weapons are key to peace
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity) has been hailed as the first major papal pronouncement on…
Pope extols magnificence of Catholic universities
I recently had the opportunity to represent the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities in Canada…
The unmooring of rights, a challenge to democracy
For much of the 20th century, Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain argued that modern democracy was not…
Breaking free from the technological worldview
As the faithful carefully mull over Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas” (“Magnificent Humanity”), the…
Grace amid seeming chaos
What does it take to serve 73,000 passengers a day? That is the scale of traffic…
A political opportunity: Section 33 of the Charter
Should a country’s constitution be treated as a sacred document — one that cannot be questioned…
Power and money versus children and safety
Globally, it is estimated that 300 million children experience on-line sexual abuse each year and the…