May 4 "Do you pass the Israel test?" We failed This telling 12 year-old short PragerU video asks the question: "Do you pass the Israel test?" The "yes" answer it pushes is presumptuous and condescending to anyone who is not Jewish. All nations must emulate Israel's "success" or sink. Here's the posted description on You Tube of the video: Would you believe us if we said that the best litmus test of any society's success is its attitude towards Israel? Well, it's true. As George Gilder explains, whether a society envies and resents Israel's success or celebrates and tries to replicate it is indicative of that society's progress. Countries that "pass" the "Israel Test" tend to rise. Those who don't tend to sink. So, does your society pass the "Israel Test"? In five minutes, find out.The "Israel Test" is one test not worth passing. May 3 Pope Leo XIII's 130 year-old message for Catholic Education Week 2026 The Archbishop of Toronto Cardinal Frank Leo has issued a message for Catholic …
The Archbishop of Toronto Cardinal Frank Leo has issued a message for Catholic Education Week, running May 3-8. In part he writes, Our publicly funded Catholic education remains a cherished gift in this province, and one we nurture with great care. It is our responsibility to offer an authentic Christian witness and teaching, guiding our youth to discover the personal love of Christ. As pilgrims, we accompany them, fostering their growth in faith and indeed hope, that they may become instruments of God’s transforming grace in the world. This lofty calling requires that we remain steadfast to the Gospel of Life, the truths of our Traditions, and to reject the different cultural and nefarious ideologies that undermines our authentic Catholic identity and life in Christ. Catholic education in Ontario is a gift. However, it comes with the responsibility to promote and protect the truth, faith and hope found in the Gospel. Since 2009, both the public and separate school boards have …
As far as I am aware, Catholic education is a right (Constitutional Act 1867 - Section 93) not a gift. This was something agreed upon by hard won 'deal-breaker' negotiations, not bestowed from above. One cannot quibble, however, with the Catholic faith being a 'treasure' which the Church in Canada, and Canadian Catholic parents must safeguard from those who seek to replace that treasure with the 'fool's gold' of this world. I would respectfully encourage Cardinal Leo, his peers, and Canadian Catholic parents to reject timidity in securing that treasure.
Pope Leo XIII’s message was sent to Canada but it applies to all Catholic parents in the world: protect and promote Catholic education for your children today and tomorrow.
The Archdiocesan of Toronto newspaper The Catholic Register on April 30, 2026, posted an open letter written by Morgan Ste. Marie, chair of the Durham Catholic District School Board. A number of schools boards in Ontario have come under government supervision. Some form of governance reform is soon coming. The letter tries to defend the importance of Catholic trustees and what it would mean if the government decoded to get rid of them. Here's Ste. Marie's message followed by our response: After a few months of speculation about school board governance, a decision on the future of school boards is expected soon. Yet one critical question remains: What would happen if we diminished the role of elected school board trustees? Loss of local involvement Elected school trustees serve as vital links between the community and the education system. We communicate, respond and are accountable to parents, students, and local communities, ensuring that the values and needs of those we represent …
In an effort to push diversity, inclusion and equity education, most Ontario school boards, including Catholic boards, have also implemented Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy (CRRP). Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy was aggressively started in Ontario public schools back in 2009. Nearly 16 years later and millions of tax dollars and what have we got to show for it? We hope this post answers the question. The boards and the Doug Ford government continue to argue today CRRP fosters a safe and positive learning environments by focusing on student identities, removing systemic barriers and developing appropriate curricula. CRRP and equity education are said to improve student academic achievement. Boards implementing CRRP must identify harmful harmful behaviours. These are anti-Indigenous racism, anti-Black racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia and transphobia. Administrators and teachers must address individual power imbalances both at the individual level and …
Yesterday, the liturgy celebrated the memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, a Doctor of the Church. She was a Dominican and papal counsellor. We post here her insightful reflection of the day from the Magnificat. It's titled, "His Love Enlightens." True and perfect love is so agreeable, so pleasant and sweet, that no bitterness can detract from its sweetness. Nor can bitterness disturb it. Even more, it is spiritually strengthening, because it brings us closer to our Creator. And in him we taste the sweetness of his love and are convinced in lively faith that whatever God gives and permits us is for our good and to make us holy. On what evidence? On the evidence of Christ’s blood, which lets us see by the light of faith—for if he had wanted anything less than our good, God would never have given us such a Redeemer as was the Word, his Son, and the Son would never have given his life as he did, with such blazing love, hammering out oursins on his own body! He fills us with strength and …
According to a report from the National Post, Dr. Karine Katchadourian – one of the first doctors in Canada to provide hormones to trans-identifying youth – stated at a virtual lecture for the University of Alberta in February that she now believes the “majority of youth” should not be medicalized. Khatchadourian is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Ottawa as well as a pediatric endocrinologist who works at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. She began providing hormones to minors with gender dysphoria in 2014 and, according to the National Post, “some 250 to 300 gender-distressed children and teens have been under her care over the years.” According to the National Post’ssummary of the lecture: The field is in a highly consequential grey zone with contradictory findings at best, the Ottawa doctor told a virtual audience. The evidence doesn’t allow doctors to say with confidence whether puberty suppression has psychological benefits or not and …
This child abuse should have never been started in the first place. You can't change your biological sex. Sure, you can change the map but not the territory it represents.
Wed Apr 29, 2026 - 2:56 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — There is a particular kind of sentence that does not require embellishment. It does not need adjectives. It does not benefit from rhetorical inflation. It simply needs to be stated plainly – and then be allowed to do its work: Seventeen babies were born alive in Alberta following labor-induced late-term abortions in 2025 and left to die. That’s it. That’s the sentence. Seventeen. Seventeen babies. Seventeen times. In Alberta. In 2025. Born alive and then? No life-sustaining intervention. No automatic presumption in favor of care. No clear, system-wide requirement that birth triggers a clinical reset. Instead, within the system administered by Alberta Health Services, the response is shaped in advance: a non-interventional pathway, established before the child is even born, and carried through after the child is. This is not a failure of the system; it is how the system is designed to function. If that sounds implausible, it is only …
Tue Apr 28, 2026 - 9:10 am EDTTue Apr 28, 2026 - 8:14 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — Nova Scotia Education Minister Brendan Maguire launched into an angry tirade condemning parental rights in the provincial legislature this week, responding to an MLA who brought up concerns published by Juno News and the Citizens’ Alliance of Nova Scotia about provincial funding for sex change surgeries for minors and school policies on “social transitioning” without parental notification. Last July, Juno News published exclusive documents revealing that Nova Scotia doctors had “greenlit five surgeries to create artificial vaginas for patients listed as under 19 years old.” “I’ll be damned if I’m going to stand here and listen to someone say that the parents deserve rights over a child,” Maguire said angrily. “No, they don’t. They absolutely don’t.” READ: New York Catholic bishops equip faithful with end-of-life guide as assisted suicide law takes effect Maguire described his own troubled youth as the …
Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas is now my hero for this dramatic and honest portrayal of the inhumanity of abortion. Thank you to Everyday for Life Canada for showing this. I have heard the descriptions of abortion hundreds of times, and it always turns my stomach.
If this maybe humanoid were faced with the entire procedure of murdering a baby and then reassembling the body parts to make sure that they wouldn’t poison the woman from whom they were torn, the attitude would be totally different assuming of course that she is somewhat human...just an idea!
We post the art essay from the Magnificat for the April issue. It's about the work titled, "Blessed the Man." The artist is Anonymous and goes back to the 9th century. It's in Stuttgart, Germany. The reflection is written by Father Gabriel Porretta. He's a scholar of medieval Christianity and theology teacher at Providence College in Rhode Island. How very appropriate is this old religious work of art with another war taking place in the Middle East. Pilate's words, "Behold, the man!" (John 19:5) are cruel mockery as he displays the whipped and bloodied prisoner to the screaming crowd. The words mean: look at what you call a man. Look at how weak he is. How defenceless. How beaten down. And the words have menace: this is who you are in the hands of Roman justice, and any one of you could be next. But the unknown artist of the early-9th-century Stuttgart Psalter noticed that, through the mockery and the menace of Pilate’s words, an echo of another voice can be heard: "Blessed the man"…
Thu Apr 23, 2026 - 6:58 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — Memorial University — the only university in Newfoundland and Labrador — is advertising a number of academic job postings for tenured professor positions. There is a stipulation, however: No straight white men need apply. Independent journalist Chris Brunet noted the advertised postings on X on April 20: This week the only university in Newfoundland, @MemorialU, posted 5 tenured professor openings: – AI-driven Navigation – Computational Biochemistry – Genomic Mapping – Indigenous Knowledge – Community Health and Substance Use Each job stipulates that no white men may apply. pic.twitter.com/RgywrF95qp — Chris Brunet (@chrisbrunet) April 20, 2026 The five postings include “AI-Driven Navigation,” “Computational Biochemistry,” Genomic Mapping,” “Indigenous Knowledge,” and “Community Health and Substance Use” — and all five postings are limited to applications from “women; 2SLGBTQIA+ people; Indigenous peoples; racialized persons …
100 Years of the Cristero War in Mexico: Bishop Invites Catholics to Learn About the Faith in Order to Defend It. (Note: we translated this article from Spanish. Any mistakes are ours.) During the commemoration of the centennial of the Cristero War in Mexico, the Bishop of Zacatecas, Monsignor Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, urged the faithful to deepen their understanding of the Catholic faith in order to know how to defend it today. The Cristero War, also known as the Cristiada, was an armed conflict that erupted in 1926 after President Plutarco Elías Calles intensified the enforcement of anti-clerical articles contained in the 1917 Constitution. This occurred through the so-called Calles Law, which imposed severe restrictions on religious life. In response, on July 31, 1926, the Mexican bishops suspended public worship throughout the country. Subsequently, the federal government responded with intensified persecution of Catholics. According to the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM), 'more …
By far the worst PM in Canada's history is now lecturing the world on good governance. If it weren't real, this would be humorous. Yes, former PM Justin Trudeau recently spoke in Singapore claiming the old international ties are no longer useful for world trade. There is a need to change economic relationships because of the President of the United States Donald Trump. So, Canada is now forced to economically get closer to Europe and China for trade. Trudeau never tells the audience that he was responsible for the cold shoulder Trump has given Canada. Trudeau and now PM Marc Carney have failed miserably to work effectively with Trump. They both have put their personal hurt feelings and serving the WEF ahead of Canada's security and economic prosperity. This is a mark of failed and incompetent political leadership. Whatever feminist, blackface Trudeau charged to give the speech is too much. His inept ideas are not worth a penny. Yes, he talks lot, but in the end he says little of use.…
Yes, live the Catholic life, and live your best life. What does it mean to be Catholic. It means being a Christian who belongs to the Catholic Church. It means accepting the teaching of Jesus and believing in his presence among us. It means loving those who belong to the Catholic community and using one's talents to contribute to making it better. A Catholic believes what the Apostles' Creed teaches. That God the Father through His Son Jesus Christ born of the Virgin Mary has loved us so much to make us all brothers and sisters. It's Christ through His suffering and death on the cross who has won for us our salvation to eternal life. A Catholic is a person of faith, hope and charity. A Catholic prays and tries to live a moral and virtuous life. A Catholic believes in the Holy Spirit. A Catholic welcomes all the gifts of the Holy Spirit: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of God. It's through the Holy Spirit that a Catholic accepts Jesus into into …
Thu Apr 23, 2026 - 7:08 am EDT (LifeSiteNews) — A mother in Austria has been fined for temporarily keeping her 10-year-old son out of school during a sexual education class. Michaela Vamos-Karandish was fined 110 euros ($128) for keeping her young son out of school for four days in March 2025 after an external sex education workshop was to take place. The workshop’s content had not been disclosed to parents beforehand. In addition, numerous sex education books – the content of which some parents found questionable – were made available in the classroom for unsupervised use by students. According to a report by ADF International, the materials included books such as Lina, the Explorer and My First Sex Education Book, which contain explicit depictions of sexual practices. Some of the books also depicted modern views on gender and family, incompatible with nature and traditional teaching. The mother argued that these violated the principle of neutrality in public schools. In a book …
These filthy pigs are filled with the spirit of their Father, Satan and desire nothing more than to destroy innocent children. May God strike them all.
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