‘We can do better’: a Catholic debate on the Emergencies Act
From the start, the pandemic has had a way of dividing people, and things are no different as parliamentary debate takes place in Ottawa over the prime minister’s invoking the … Continued
From the start, the pandemic has had a way of dividing people, and things are no different as parliamentary debate takes place in Ottawa over the prime minister’s invoking the … Continued
Prior to last year’s federal election I wrote about Canada’s need for leadership in the wake of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s attempt to turn abortion into a divisive election issue by … Continued
When Archbishop Miller filed a petition with the B.C. Supreme Court last February asking for an exemption from the pandemic-related provincial health order restricting church gatherings, he was very clear … Continued
The recent spate of news stories raising alarm over Canada’s health-care system comes at a strange time. For two years the narrative has been changing from “flatten the curve” to … Continued
In B.C. we’ve had our churches shuttered by government edict, but somehow it’s not the same as seeing what’s happening in Quebec, where the government has barred anyone who hasn’t … Continued
When you speak with anyone who was involved in the flooding disaster of the past week, whether they were in need or helping others in need, a common observation is … Continued
Rendering to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s seemed so much simpler when it was just a question of paying the emperor’s tax. The modern-day relationship between church and state … Continued
B.C. Catholic readers have been speaking out, and some of them aren’t happy. Letter writers are taking us to task for publishing opinions about COVID that don’t align with theirs. … Continued
My friend Charles Lewis, a newspaper journalist for 40 years and long-time writer for The Catholic Register and The National Post, recently weighed in on the increasing attitude of contempt for … Continued
Numerous reporters who cut their writing teeth in the 1970s and ‘80s say they were inspired to enter journalism by the investigative reporting of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and … Continued