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Paul Schratz - Life In The Schratz Lane

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No place for divide and conquer in Canada

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

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Health care is not government property

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

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Has your limit been reached yet?

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

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Humanity in the midst of disaster

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

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Dancing with Caesar

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

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Unwanted opinions wanted

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

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Religion under attack from the mob

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

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Last of the old-time journalists

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