Good news this morning: Pope is breathing on his own, gets out of bed & heart doing fine. He receives a few close aides to go over documents, according to Italian news agency ANSA.👇 Vatican will provide medical update this evening ansa.it/english/news/g…

In the Gospel to have patience means to stay fully where you are, to live the moment to the full, to trust that all you need is where you are. henrinouwen.org/meditations/st…

'Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.' indcatholicnews.com/news/51770

Snyder argues that in today's coups "power is more digital than physical". It's an important insight. And with tech giants behaving like powerful feudal lords, you can see the consequences. indcatholicnews.com/news/51765

We can situate ourselves in time and space to know God’s will and do God’s work in the world. henrinouwen.org/meditations/th…

The overriding conviction, if you can call it that, is the relentless permeability of truth, its utter porousness, its essential unknowability. Not bad fun for academics but when it leeches, diluted of its nuances, into the public domain, we have problems mailchi.mp/059c58404aa7/p…

Britains’s Jonathan Pie just completely went off on Trump’s stupidity.

One of the greatest temptations is to use our faith as a way to exercise power over others and thereby supplant God’s commandments with human commandments. henrinouwen.org/meditations/fo…

The Ford government’s recent decision to mail out $200 rebate cheques to all Ontarians was another big spending initiative. Crombie has described the rebates, which will cost the province $3 billion, a “pre-election bribe.” Canadian Affairs canadianaffairs.news/2025/02/21/wha…

I have recently received many messages of affection, and I have been particularly struck by the letters and drawings from children. Thank you for your closeness, and for the consoling prayers I have received from all over the world!

Pope Francis is one of the great spiritual teachers of the age. I've read this book many times & it has never failed to shift my position, change my heart, redirect my mind (what Christians call 'conversion'). Yes, he's the Pope but also one of the most intimate voices in my life

Just in from the Vatican: The Holy Father's condition remains critical; however, since last evening he has not presented any further respiratory crises. Platelet/penia remained stable; however, some blood tests show initial, mild, renal failure in the controlled state. Oxygen

LThe world in which we live makes us believe that the real thing is happening next week, next month, or next year. As Christians, we are challenged to believe that what is happening is always happening here and now. At this moment. Now. henrinouwen.org/meditations/li…

Christ is the man who in the most revealing way made clear that prayer means sharing in the power of God. henrinouwen.org/meditations/fi…

... Operation Reassurance, Canada has 1,900 troops stationed in the small Baltic nation of Latvia, one of six NATO countries that share a border with Russia. This makes Canada the single largest contributor to a 3,000-strong brigade. Canadian Affairs canadianaffairs.news/2025/02/24/can…

Sometimes you just have to say the obvious truth, so that the insidious lie cannot be believed.

“Ukraine needs unity of people – of every nation and every citizen – to establish a just peace, a peace Ukrainians long for more than anyone and for which they are making the ultimate sacrifice.” thecatholicherald.com/we-are-profoun…

Waiting is not a popular pastime. It is not something we anticipate or experience with great joy... the paradox of waiting is it requires attention to the present, with the expectation of what is to come and the patience to learn from the act of waiting. henrinouwen.org/meditations/ac…

We don’t have to worry about what might happen next. We can start trusting that if we fully live the life in the Spirit, the future will unfold from the present as we travel through life. henrinouwen.org/meditations/no…

The Canadian cardinal with a long shot as papal conclave begins Here is a shortlist of some of the individuals who could be chosen to lead the Catholic Church as it deals with wars, refugees and cultural change Michael Swan reports: canadianaffairs.news/2025/05/06/the…