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WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS AN ADJECTIVE

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS AN ADJECTIVE

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It seems to me that what used to be termed “civ­il soci­ety” has slid into the abyss that is its antithe­sis. The blame could be attrib­uted to the myr­i­ad stress­es and strains the mod­ern world impos­es on a dai­ly basis, includ­ing too many choic­es. How­ev­er, the crux of the mat­ter, I think, is the lack of a sin­gle adjec­tive: mutu­al.… Read the rest

THE LESSONS OF PENITENCE

THE LESSONS OF PENITENCE

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“I humbly beg for­give­ness for the evil com­mit­ted by so many Chris­tians against the Indige­nous peoples.”
That sin­cere, if long-over­due apol­o­gy by Pope Fran­cis for the Catholic church’s role in the iniq­ui­ties of Canada’s res­i­den­tial schools, was wel­comed by many and con­sid­ered not suf­fi­cient by oth­ers. Be that as it may, his pen­i­tence car­ries a les­son for sec­u­lar zealots.… Read the rest