At the annual spiritual exercises of the Catholic fraternity to which I belong, we spent the weekend oscillating between questions and Christ. Not, I must quickly add, the sophomoric, pseudo-theological questions of our era’s anti-theists who witlessly insist that corrosive … Continue reading →

Here are three separate stories that have been making Canadian news of late. Note that none of them have a particular sporting theme. After three months of student protests, many of which have become violent, Quebec’s Minister of Education resigned … Continue reading →

In 1984, British rock star Madonna took to the stage to perform “Like a Virgin” sporting a very large cross on a chain around her neck. The song was a major hit. So was the cross. Suddenly everyone was wearing … Continue reading →

In Time‘s latest issue, Graham Allison chronicles the timing and decisions leading up to the raid and killing of Osama bin Laden. “How it Went Down” is a pop analysis by a rock star foreign policy analyst, one who cut … Continue reading →

It always amazes me how Christians clamouring to be heard in the public square are so often convinced they are best understood with both feet in their mouth. Within a month, we’ve had two cringe-inducing high-profile examples of the syndrome. … Continue reading →

The second issue of Cardus’s newest publication enterprise, Convivium, is off the press and Father de Souza’s “Sea to Sea” column includes an account of a conversation he had with the late Father Richard John Neuhaus in 2008 regarding this … Continue reading →

There is an illness plaguing our public school systems. And like a runny nose in a kindergarten class, it spreads quickly. When public schools become sick, it’s usually not too long before the whole nation becomes sick. The whole sad … Continue reading →

A reoccurring concern throughout much of the developed world is the growing gap between the rich and poor, the so-called 1% versus the 99%. While many “solutions” are proffered, almost all ignore the two most important economic contributors to this … Continue reading →

The United Church of Canada’s recent report on Israeli and Palestinian policy made front-page news this week. But Shimon Fogel’s reaction in Tuesday’s National Post gets it wrong, when he suggests the report hurts the United Church’s reputation. I’ve read … Continue reading →

At the end of After Virtue, after a long argument about the cultural state of modern society, Alisdair MacIntyre says we are waiting for a new—albeit very different—kind of St. Benedict. Modernity and its institutions have ushered in a new … Continue reading →