A book review by John Madigan In The Last Week, Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan, two leading scholars of the historical Jesus, present a daring and enlightening reinterpretation of Jesus’s final days. Rooted in a close reading of the Gospel of Mark—the earliest and most historically grounded of the …
A book review by Jack Madigan A few years ago, a friend recommended The First Christmas as a book I might enjoy reading during the Advent and Christmas seasons. Sure enough! And I keep returning to it each year to seek out some deeper meanings behind the birth and life …
Opinion What would Hockey Canada, the Ottawa Police Servoce, and the Catholic Church have in common? Lately, these three entities have been in the news due to issues related to a problematic internal culture, leadership and governance structures, and a reluctance to change. In the last week of October, we …
Like so many others in the area, I was preparing to complete my ballot for the upcoming municipal election. While the local newspapers provided good information on the profiles and platforms of the Council candidates, I could find little, if any, information on those candidates for the English Separate School …
The diocese of Pembroke, like dioceses all over the world, has just launched a process called “synod.” If successful, this initiative of Pope Francis could be one of the most important reforms in the history of the Catholic Church, equal to the renewal brought about by the Vatican II Council …
