On the Threshold

Papal Mass shows Church remains deaf to residential school survivors Glen Argan Will the Catholic Church ever get it right? After listening to Pope Francis’ homily in Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium on July 26, I now think the lack of understanding of the damage Church institutions did through the residential school system is so profound that we are almost beyond hope. The lack of empathy for how residential school survivors and their descendants will hear the pope’s words beggars belief....

Dead faith of the living on display Papal Mass shows Church remains deaf to residential school survivors Glen Argan Will the Catholic Church ever get it right? After listening to Pope Francis’ homily in Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadiu…

By Glen Argan Pope Francis spoke for the common good on Christmas Day when he called for the world’s nations to ensure that those who are poor receive their fair share of the vaccine for the coronavirus. "We cannot allow the various forms of nationalism closed in on themselves to prevent us from living as the truly human family that we are," the pope said....

Call for Vaccine Sharing Met with Silence By Glen Argan Pope Francis spoke for the common good on Christmas Day when he called for the world’s nations to ensure that those who are poor receive their fair share of the vaccine for the corona…

Sadness has no place in the Nativity of Life By Glen Argan In a famous fifth-century sermon, St. Leo the Great preached that Christmas is a time for rejoicing. “Sadness should have no place in the birthday of life.” Christmas was still a new …