On Aug. 25, our world became poorer with the loss of Dolly Parton, a soulful, deeply authentic woman, to cancer. May she rest in peace.

While completing my last term as a citizenship judge in 2018, I got an email from Ottawa with the directive: “Every citizenship ceremony will (now) be opened by a First Nations Elder, offering a Native Spirituality Prayer.”

Despite the calls of several Conservative Members of Parliament, including Andrew Lawton, new military personnel instructions from the current Liberal government are not novel attacks on religious freedom.

Many have been shocked and dismayed by the new Canadian Forces General Instruction from the Commander of Military Personnel decreeing a “spiritual neutrality” upon all Canadian Armed Forces Chaplains.

Pope Leo XiV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, drew headlines and news coverage from around the world for its incisive critique of artificial intelligence and the sometimes-toxic social environment that gave it birth.

I extend my sincerest gratitude and congratulations to the cast and crew who staged the 2026 incarnation of the Badlands Passion Play near Drumheller, Alta., in mid-July.

Laws may govern a people, but they cannot, by themselves, sustain a common future. One of the 20th century’s greatest political theorists believed the answer lays elsewhere.

I’ve been praying Mother Teresa’s Flying Memorares for the Society of St. Pius X. I prayed for the miracle that at least one candidate would pull back at the last minute. Now, they’ve excommunicated themselves.

What does it take to serve 73,000 passengers a day?

My feelings about coffee hour following Mass have evolved.