Let’s be principled to a principled Pope

One evening, roughly 30 years ago, after the sexual abuse scandals had broken out, a Catholic priest – a good man and a faithful one- was asked on television if the vocation he chose had many painful aspects. He smiled and replied in four words: “It’s a lonely life.” (click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)

Considering Death by Doctor

It’s one thing, arguably morally acceptable, to favor doctor assisted death for patients who are near death and in great pain. But it’s rather dubious policy if doctors don’t want to do it. Most don’t. (click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)

Our visit to Costa Rica

Costa Rica – in English it’s Rich Coast – is set in the waters of the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, a tranquil country nestled between Panama and Nicaragua, almost sedate in atmosphere and inhabited by a diverse population of four and a half million. (Click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)

The Ministry and Melancholy

Ministry personnel are more vulnerable to criticism, partly because they’re not trained to cope with it. (click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)

Now the Trudeau Years

Having lived through the Harper era and barely entered the Trudeau era, a saying of no less a man than Albert Einstein has, for me, a very apt ring to it: “Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow.” (Click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)

A Sad and Deeply Moral Matter

Given her circumstances, she trusted him. So get ready: she was exploited to the tune of roughly $80,000. In financial terms she’s ruined.(Click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)