How then shall we live?Many of the public intellectuals of the day are very good at observing and diagnosing problems in our society but not many are capable of providing a real alternative vision that is both capable of capturing the public imagination and concretely feasible. One of the tough problems we are facing is

We Belong to One Another Isolation, anxiety, loneliness, addiction, abandonment, estrangement… These are just some of the issues that have consequences everyday– both for personal and public health. In an essay, author and poet Wendell Berry offers this diagnosis:  In fact, people use drugs, legal and illegal, because their lives are intolerably painful or dull.

No Matter What! Something that caught our eye this week at CPL is that the Terry Fox Foundation released its 2024 Limited Edition t-shirts. On the front, the shirt says “No matter what” and, on the back, it says: “No matter the distance. No matter the obstacles. No matter the journey. No matter the

To Treat And Care For The Sick And Dying A recent article in The Globe & Mail stokes a full-blown demonization of Catholic healthcare institutions for not killing the elderly, sick, and disabled Canadians who ask for it. The author begins by denigrating the fact that faith-based institutions receive public funding. It's a rather

How Does the Conscientious Doctor Practice? One of the most pertinent questions in medicine right now is determining how the conscientious doctor practices. The bioethicists who argue against conscience protections raise a caricature of the physician who holds themselves to the ‘do no harm’ principle.Such persons may rely on the  claim that conscience protection

Does Suffering Shock You? Yesterday, I read this article titled, “Does Suffering Shock You?” In it, the author says, “If we are repulsed by suffering, we will try to eliminate it at all costs, including eliminating the person who suffers.” While most medical professionals are thoroughly acquainted with human suffering, it may still be