Even on his death bed, the anti-theist crusader could not see the power that being changed can give.

An eclectic and ecumenical roundup of incidents, events and oddities that catch our editor's eye.

Any Canadian hearing Rex Murphy speak would guess at once he is from Newfoundland. No one treated to his upper-register vocabulary and literary phrasings would be surprised to know that he was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. The combination is perhaps why the journalistic icon remains almost shockingly personable and engaging. He spoke to Convivium by phone on what he described as "a kind of Newfoundland day over here in Toronto, all rain and fog and dimness." Murphy was anything but.

In the 60th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, there is value in reflecting on the importance of dynamic symbols in societies where freedom of religion, cultural diversity and civility still matter. While I have written books and articles that engaged issues such as civility and its underpinnings, one of my most significant exposures to its instrumental worth occurred during Her Majesty's visit to Canada in 1959. I was eight years old.

If the Quebec government is compelling school kids to invent fantasy religions, is the endgame to have us all worshipping the state and nothing but the state?

When Quebec politicians are assaulting religious freedom in private schools, daycares and even private assemblies it's time to get off our knees.

Theologian photographer, Christophe Potworowski makes the church newly visible in the world.

Discovering deep meaning in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.

As March Break looms and Canadian families by the thousands prepare for the pilgrimage to "America's Sistine Chapel," aka Disney World, I advise looking beyond the idealized vision of American capitalism to experience the basic human need to be enchanted.

We live in a world stranger and more enveloped in mystery than what the post-modern consensus of our culture can imagine.

Looking to ethical monotheism to challenge our feelings-based culture.

Father Raymond J. de Souza's continuing survey of religion, culture and public life.