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The Quality of Mercy
(On this feast of the Holy Innocents, here is a reflection on true, and false, mercy by contributor Stephen Roney. We will have more on this topic, an a propos one for our age,...
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Are Fairies Catholic?
Are fairies good Christians?
Many say they are not; that they are actually shrunken idols, worshipped into later ages by the people of the fens, the “heathen” or “pagan.” This, after all, is where fairies...
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Do Cats Go to Heaven?
(The Church in her official capacity does not speak much of animals, except in their relation to us humans. They don’t have intrinsic ‘rights’, but only in relation to us – that we should...
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Ontario’s Holy Lands
I come from the Holy Lands of Ontario.
These are the small towns in which the Irish settled over the 19th century, and built imposing Catholic churches that became a centrepiece for the community.
The phrase...
