by Charles Lewis | Jul 20, 2016 | Editorials by Charles Lewis
The bond between Catholics and suffering can seem awfully strange to an outsider — even to an insider. Many saints, even those among the gentlest and holiest, sought suffering as a way to get closer to Christ on the cross. Despite all the sentimental associations as a...
by Charles Lewis | Jul 15, 2016 | Editorials by Charles Lewis
Can prayer take the place of morphine? Is prayer powerful enough to subdue chronic pain? Should one even try to go that route? Should I? This is territory I have been thinking about for the past few months. It came up after telling a friend how tired I was of being...
by Charles Lewis | Jul 7, 2016 | Editorials by Charles Lewis
Everyone should read Elie Wiesel’s obituary in the New York Times. Wiesel was at Auschwitz and Buchenwald when he was a teenager. It obviously was the seminal experience of his life. Such books as Night lay testament to the nightmare he endured. If Wiesel had spent...
by Charles Lewis | Jul 4, 2016 | Editorials by Charles Lewis
So once again a Christian group has been discriminated against all in the name of preventing discrimination. Last week the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a decision by The Law Society of Upper Canada to ban graduates from Trinity Western University’s law school...
by Charles Lewis | Jun 30, 2016 | Editorials by Charles Lewis
As Catholics we have books galore to help us answer important questions and aide us in our faith journey: The Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Bible, prayer books and lives of the saints, are just a few of what is out there. We also have great authors who can...
