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Editor's Corner
Clarifying Thoughts on the Olympic Ideal
I suppose I am in the Olympic mood, but a couple of further thoughts on sports and athletics, which are on most people's minds, not least in Canada, which won a gold medal yesterday...
Editor's Corner
Bodily and Spiritual Strength
While we're on the theme of athletics, I came across an article claiming that men are 30% weaker now than they were even a scant 30 years ago. Not surprising, one may assume, as...
Nota in Brevis
Hydro Rates, Jet Set Ministers and Sid the Kid
It was reported the other day that it is now economically impossible for hydro rates to decrease in Ontario. You may wonder why, and if I can find the article again, I will link...
Articles
The Neo-Pagan Limits of the Olympics
The much-awaited Olympics is now upon us in Rio, a city in a country in a continent mired in unmanageable debt and corruption. Surrounded by poverty-stricken favelas, the city has poured billions into Olympic venues,...
Editor's Corner
Papal Reverence
We are in the midst of an enigmatic papacy, and many Catholics know not how to respond to Pope Francis. Well, some think they do, and are rather vociferous in their comments, on either...
Editor's Corner
Pope Francis, Islam and World Youth Day
I suppose Pope Francis is correct that we should not strictly identify Islam with terrorism, but a lot depends on how one defines 'terrorism'. What are we to make of Islam's decree of a...
Articles
Father Jacques Hamel and the Faith of Europe
Another Islamic massacre, this time of an octogenarian priest, Father Jacques Hamel, saying Mass in a church in Saint Etienne de Rouvray in the northwest of France. ISIS has claimed responsibility, with promises of...
Editor's Corner
Facing East, and Other Thoughts
As I have mentioned previously, Cardinal Sarah, the head of the Congregation of Divine Worship (so the highest authority in these matters besides the Pope himself) has asked for priests to return to the...
