Stories Collection

  1. By electing Steve Nash the NBA's Most Valuable Player, the pro basketball media made ...
  2. The B.C. election was the Liberals to lose, and they almost did. The NDP took 31 seat...
  3. NEW YORK -- The Jewish community is threatening to abandon interfaith dialogue with m...
  4. There is a campaign to blame Newsweek for the recent anti-American riots in Afghanist...
  5. It is a deep pleasure to see the contributions to our annual donation drive arrive, m...
  6. Scratch the surface of life in the church today, and you find varying degrees of pola...
  7. Residents of Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico were "jubilant" after hearing a dra...
  8. The drafting of the Earth Charter has been part of the unfinished business of the 199...
  9. One of the great unknown Catholic stories in the history of Hollywood is that of the ...
  10. The wonderful variety of themes discussed in the May 8 issue following the election o...
  11. The Rivers North of the Future: The Testament of Ivan Illich, as told to David Cayley...
  12. OTTAWA -- The truth about Canadian Maher Arar's yearlong detention in Syria may be bl...
  13. I want to commend you on the wonderful May 8 issue of CNT. Many articles are "cl...
  14. In a recent Globe and Mail article, author Hal Niedzviecki spoke of his book, Hello I...
  15. In a U.S. Senate appearance that will be long remembered in Washington for its absolu...
  16. I do not think there is such a thing as a "transitional pope." Leo XIII was...
  17. I have written this article a million times in my head, but putting it down on paper ...
  18. Campaigners in the Brazilian Amazon say indigenous peoples in a remote corner of the ...
  19. Editor's note: On July 25, on board ship sailing from Gananoque Ont., four women will...
  20. There are errors in John Borst's letter to the editor in the May 8 issue of CNT. Bi...
  21. In Canada's Catholic theological colleges, the majority of students are now female. R...
  22. There are good reasons to fear that Pope Benedict XVI will even more actively pursue ...
  23. The forced resignation of Jesuit Fr. Thomas J. Reese, as editor of America magazine b...
  24. As I turned on the television and learned that Cardinal Ratzinger will become Pope Be...
  25. The long pontificate of John Paul II and the 23 years of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzing...
  26. Recently, theologian Matthew Fox while in Luther's home town, proposed "95 faith...
  27. Ron Trojcak's article on the understanding of suffering and the cross is difficult fo...
  28. OTTAWA (CCN) -- Even though 40 years have passed since Vatican II called on all bapti...
  29. Tim Russert, host of MSNBC's Meet the Press, recently aired comments from theologians...
  30. The war in Vietnam that ended 30 years ago with a complete triumph for the Communists...
  31. In 1998, Jim Callan of Rochester diocese, was suspended from priestly duties and fire...
  32. WASHINGTON -- In a change in American foreign policy, U.S. Secretary of State Condole...
  33. I just wanted to send a quick note of appreciation for the article on the election of...
  34. Wall (Mur), Director Simone Bitton, 2004, France/Israel. Language: Hebrew/Arabic (Eng...
  35. The human race is damaging the global environment so speedily, that it is endangering...
  36. Since Benedict XVI appeared on the papal balcony, many of us have been comparing the ...
  37. Talk about Bush stealing the election in 2000. I had over 300 votes that I know of an...
  38. Twist of Faith directed by Kirby Dick. 87 minutes, 2005 Nominated for an Academy Aw...
  39. Nearly one year after Canada won worldwide praise for its legislation that permits ch...
  40. NEW YORK -- The U.S. administration's commitment to a disarmament pact was panned by ...
  41. My Sunday afternoon nap exploded in a crash of glass-smashing sound. I bolted for the...
  42. I always find many articles in CNT thought-provoking and challenging. In the April 10...
  43. Conditioned from birth to accept ill treatment-refraining from talking about it out o...
  44. My son, Casey, was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004--the same day on which Martin Luth...
  45. I imagine that across this great country, even in the far north, many of us are looki...
  46. Can you explain why you continue to have the word "Catholic" in your name? ...
  47. Good Catholic Girls: How Women are Leading the Fight to Change the Church by Angela B...
  48. When my only daughter, Julie, was killed, I joined a "club" that I wish had...
  49. One of the troubling things about the situation at St. Martin of Tours Parish in Miss...
  50. Non-standard employment is rising in Canada, but earnings remain below the poverty li...
  51. "Exile," as the great biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann reminds us, "...
  52. Among the many statements reported in the media at the time of Terri Schiavo's death ...
  53. The voice of CNT is encouraging these days, when so much in the news about the church...
  54. Immigration Minister Joe Volpe's recent announcement concerning changes to Canada's i...
  55. So there is an agreement in principle between the Liberals and the NDP. In return for...
  56. May, 2005 Dear Pope Benedict, When you went into the conclave, in which you were ...
  57. I was inspired by the quote from the 80-year-old widow of a United Church minister in...
  58. Songwriter Carolyn McDade--a favorite composer and workshop leader amoung Canadian wo...
  59. It was a shocking spectacle, but unless you were channel-surfing, you missed it: A go...
  60. HEADING: Retreats PLACE: Manna House of Prayer P.O. Box 675 Concordia, KS 669...
  61. I consider CNT a grace in both my personal and professional journeys. There is frustr...
  62. Brazil recently became the first country to publicly challenge Bush administration's ...
  63. I grew up as a typical pre-Vatican II Catholic. I entered the seminary at 13 and beca...
  64. Reporters writing about the newly elected pope are perpetuating a myth held by many R...
  65. BY CNT STAFF The message was simple: pass the budget. On April 28, in a small day...
  66. Had one more liberal than John Paul II been elected the new pope of Roman Catholicism...
  67. The papal election has occupied much of our time here lately. It has involved evaluat...
  68. Replying to a correspondent who wrote that wrote that the blood of Jesus is infinitel...
  69. There are many things for which we can condemn the Liberal party of Jean Chretien and...
  70. U.S. defence contractors reported strong quarterly earnings in May, as the Pentagon p...
  71. We were delighted to discover a newspaper unafraid of the consequences of telling the...
  72. The death of Pope John Paul II brings to a close an era in the Catholic Church, invit...
  73. Condolences to our many Catholic readers and members of the Tikkun Community on the p...
  74. WASHINGTON -- To the daily drumbeat of casualty reports from Iraq, young blacks and w...
  75. I have always been attracted by the radical side of Pope John Paul II. While his obje...
  76. I really should not have been that surprised at the comment from one of the student-t...
  77. Western companies are knowingly profiting from child labour in the central Asian cott...
  78. Your articulate letters demonstrate the complexity of the marriage debate. The Law ...
  79. The following is a speech delivered by Nurit Peled-Elhanan on International Women's D...
  80. I would love to see a person of prayer and spirituality, who has the courage to retur...
  81. The New York Times reports that the Bush administration produced look-alike news prop...
  82. Today more than ever, the church is aware that her social message will gain credibili...
  83. Are the commissions set up by Vatican II--not believed to be guided by the Spirit? Jo...
  84. He brought people the great gift of a new age of ecumenism, which can only enhance th...
  85. On the morning of March 12, four of us members of the Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT)...
  86. As the world's cardinals prepare for the Vatican conclave to elect a new pope, they o...
  87. This is my statement of goodbye. I am leaving the Catholic church. The Catholic exp...
  88. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Marine...
  89. I have recently read an article in your newspaper entitled, "The pastoral signif...
  90. We want the people of Afghanistan to vote. We want the people of Iraq to vote. Everyw...
  91. The fatal flaw in most analyses of the Israel-Palestine conflict is the assumption th...
  92. Tom Ryan has done a brave and good thing. Now living in New York and working for th...
  93. I take the position that whether or not the church changes is in the hands of the Hol...
  94. With millions of others around the world, FutureChurch offers prayers of gratitude fo...
  95. Given the emotional outpouring elicited by his death, few can be objective about Pope...
  96. Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spirituality edited by Thomas Ryan, New Jersey, Paul...
  97. From the time he assumed the papacy in 1978, the late pope John Paul II and I were bo...
  98. The Catholic Network for Women's Equality joins the world in prayers of thanksgiving ...
  99. "It is as much as certain that after this pope, Oscar Romero will be canonized a...
  100. "Admittedly, the church as a human institution is continually in need of purific...
  101. John Paul II was truly universal. A lot of people found him an authentic spiritual le...
  102. Kevin Brannigan of Welland, Ont. attended De La Salle college as a student in the mid...
  103. In discussing the Schiavo case (CNT, Apr. 10, 2005), you write of "extreme, high...
  104. The North American Summit (Fox, Bush and Martin) has come and one, but deep questions...
  105. The international reform movement, We Are Church, recognizes the remarkable global in...
  106. Thank you for the excellent article "Mississauga parish still suffering". (...
  107. Many people loved the pope for his larger-than-life presence on the world's stage. Hi...
  108. Executions around the world are nearing record levels, and the Unites States is among...
  109. The Muslim community joins the world in expressing our grief as we mourn the death of...
  110. "We try so hard to hang on to the teachings, and "get it", but actuall...
  111. AMSTERDAM -- The Dutch government, first to legalize euthanasia for terminally ill pe...
  112. JERUSALEM -- The Israeli nuclear whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu, is facing another t...
  113. President Bush's State of the Union speech was long on "the force of human freed...
  114. Canadian Anglican Bishop Sue Moxley was recently in Mexico with a delegation from KAI...
  115. It should be clear that sexual abuse scandals, in the United States and elsewhere, ar...
  116. A striking portrait hangs in the dining room of a community house of the Sisters of S...
  117. In the spring of 1992 a business trip took me to Italy and the Mediterranean island o...
  118. NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania -- Houleye Tall is an articulate, educated woman who studied E...
  119. Thanks for the issue on Oscar Romero (CNT, March 20, 2005) As we enter Holy Week, I...
  120. As I write just before Holy Thursday, the sad Terri Schiavo case plays itself out in ...
  121. I would like to add my voice in support of Charles Menkes' article in the March 6 edi...
  122. It is our turn. Voices are being raised across the United States in faithful love a...
  123. As a long-time admirer of Gregory Baum, I was pleased to see his article "Should...
  124. In 1975, I was newly arrived in Kingston Jamaica for a two-year stay. I was also an...
  125. On Feb. 8, 2005, the Holy See published a notification about the book Jesus: Symbol o...
  126. As Canadians watch their daily news, the future of the country is being decided elsew...
  127. The article by Charles McCarthy in your Feb. 13 edition, says what many of us have be...
  128. A popular Hollywood movie and a recent U.S. public Television documentary have focuse...
  129. The Man Who Killed Houdini, an Investigation by Don Bell Montreal, Vehicule Press, 20...
  130. The spectacle of the U.S. Congress in emergency session at midnight debating the re-i...
  131. As both a contemplative, an activist and a poet, Thomas Merton was well-known for his...
  132. It saddens me to see our church using such a confrontational approach to the new marr...
  133. The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004, starring Sean Penn, 95 mins.) Let's say y...
  134. Occasionally, just after the plane lands, a member of the cabin crew, in making the s...
  135. Part 9 The piece by Helen Wallace which opened this series of occasional reflection...
  136. The Bush administration is crowing about what it claims is "a wave of democracy ...
  137. I will never apologize for the United States of America. I don't care what the facts ...
  138. Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of the American Empire (Documentary...
  139. TIME magazine has named the 25 most influential conservative Christian leaders in the...
  140. "On him lies a punishment that brings peace, and through his wounds we are heale...
  141. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In an effort to refute what they call a "false gospel" ...
  142. OK, 'pro-lifers,' here goes. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, (would that we had even one b...
  143. It really had become something of an annual ritual for me. On the first day of the we...
  144. I found myself agreeing with CNT's report on the Working Group of Civil Unions (Jan. ...
  145. Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality by Philip Jenki...
  146. HAVANA -- Rush hour in Cuba's capital has no beginning or end. There's a dizzying mel...
  147. Results of a recent survey aired by the CBC in mid-February show that among Middle an...
  148. Is anyone getting the distinct impression that Canada's Catholic bishops have their e...
  149. In a budget seemingly designed by public relations professionals and electoral strate...
  150. It's a simple belief: every human being needs two basics, food and shelter. Out of th...
  151. JERUSALEM AND TORONTO -- Thousands of anti-disengagement activists who attended a Jer...
  152. Agreement on the homosexual issue will be reached when the fundamentals are widely un...
  153. Former CNT columnist and NDP member for Timmins-James-Bay has been told not to approa...
  154. Our readers continue to write on the "same-sex" issue. I enjoyed the wise s...
  155. Where the person of spirit is, the world becomes a spiritual place. To be in the hear...
  156. "This conference will be hope-filled and energizing. We are building, on the gro...
  157. Many recent public and derogatory statements by some of our Catholic bishops and by t...
  158. Because Jacques Dupuis spent much of his life in India, he managed to escape for a lo...
  159. "A common soldier dies without fear, but Jesus died afraid." Novelist Iri...
  160. Last September, I spoke to some 2,000 students at their annual lecture at a Baptist c...
  161. CNT's editorial (Feb. 13) about church teaching being out-of-touch with scientific kn...
  162. "It is as much as certain that after this pope, Oscar Romero will be canonized a...
  163. Six months ago, CNT ran a story (Sept. 26, 2004) about the implosion of St. Martin of...
  164. A rare occurrence, a papal election. Benedict XVI is here and we await his presence...
  165. "Since the days as the leader of the forces that suppressed the liberatory aspec...
  166. The election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as pope comes as an enormous disappointment...
  167. Just a note to tell you how sad, upset and angry I am at the news that the cardinals ...
  168. Governments are building a "global registration and surveillance infrastructure&...
  169. WASHINGTON, DC -- Catholics for a Free Choice is deeply concerned that the election o...
  170. In February, Bishop Richard Smith of Pembroke Diocese "banned" Catholic New...
  171. After a decade of denying any wrongdoing, global brands such as Nike and Gap now admi...
  172. Christian leaders protest a "theology of war," while Jerry Falwell says, &q...
  173. Thank you for the excellent article by Bruce Russet. (CNT April 10 2005). I agree wit...
  174. OTTAWA -- The Canadian Press reports that Canada is cancelling debts totalling $52 mi...
  175. The U.S. State Department recently called on Israel to dismantle its nuclear weapons ...
  176. Here's my policy regarding TV. With the exception of certain rare cultural programs, ...
  177. It was great to hear you CNTers on CBC radio and CBC Sunday Report with Carol MacNeil...
  178. TORONTO -- The right-wing vision of privatized healthcare would erode Canada's univer...
  179. The international trade in rice and other foods is rigged--and millions of poor farme...
  180. Of all the many metaphors Jesus used of himself, the most daring are those he chose f...
  181. WASHINGTON, DC The leadership of DignityUSA, the organization for gay, lesbian, bis...
  182. I just saw your assistant editor's interview on Global News and felt compelled to wri...
  183. Governments deporting suspected terrorists to countries that reputedly torture detain...
  184. It has been more than a month now since Easter Monday morning, when 19 of us pilgrims...
  185. "War is never inevitable," Pope John Paul II said two years ago before the ...
  186. Well-known theologian Matthew Fox had the "plug pulled" on him just before ...
  187. Vatican II enlarged the definition of church, gave us new roots. The church, the Coun...
  188. "The servility of the sycophants--false prophets--as they were branded by the tr...
  189. Catholic history is measured in centuries, not decades, and Catholic women have been ...
  190. The Natashas: The New Global Sex Trade, by Victor Malarek, Viking, Toronto, 2004, 304...
  191. Let me evoke two images. In the first, Prime Minister Paul Martin jets sets around th...
  192. The papacy symbolizes the whole church, with all of its diversity, tensions and confl...
  193. Deep inside the timber-rich forest of the Amazon, David Stang recently walked in the ...
  194. MONTREAL -- An employee at a unionized Wal-Mart store in Saguenay, Que., recently fil...
  195. So Beautiful by Ramona, Dearing, The Porcupine's Quill, 2004, 163 pp. Ramona Dearin...
  196. "It's a perfect marriage," bleated Washington D.C. City Council member Vinc...
  197. The deaths of Terri Schiavo and John Paul II attracted extraordinary attention from t...
  198. Can you imagine the BBC and other major broadcasters apologizing to a rogue regime th...
  199. The American TV networks spent huge sums of money and sent scores of people to Rome t...