Charles Lewis

Register columnist Charles Lewis sat down with Valeriy Kostyuk is the executive director of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation (CUF) to discuss the three+ years of war that have engulfed Ukraine.

Years ago, while studying to be a Catholic, I came across something that surprised me. This was the idea that we are all responsible for that terrible Friday afternoon. In a real sense, all of humanity was at the foot of the Cross … then, now, and tomorrow.

The sorrowful mysteries of the Holy Rosary is the perfect place to understand Good Friday. They reflect on Christ’s spiritual crisis in the garden as He awaits His arrest and crucifixion.

For now, at least, Donald Trump’s threat of heavy tariffs on Mexico and Canada are on hold. Who knows what he’ll do now? He is nothing if not unpredictable.

More than a decade ago, the late Pope Benedict XVI, sounded an alarm about the menace of accelerating secularism. His concerns were more than justified.

On December 31, 2022, Pope Benedict XVI went to his reward. Despite his age and poor health, the reality of his death left many of us heartbroken.

In 2013, I wrote a column for the National Post about Dr. Donald Low, a microbiologist at Mt. Sinai Hospital. He spoke about his cancer diagnosis, his fear of tremendous pain that might be looming and the loss of his dignity. He spoke without self-pity and urged Canada to make physician-assisted death legal. He died eight days later.

We live in an altered universe in which some have the power to destroy a group or individual without proof but with vile labels. Worse, they are funded by our federal government with your tax dollars.