Unpublished Newswire
One mark of a healthy society with a bright future is one with babies, says economist Ross McKitrick — “a lot of babies and children being born and raised here. And that’s not happening.”
McKitrick is the author of a
new analysis on Canada’s free-falling birth rate,
which has been steadily...
April 21, 2025 - 07:54 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post
It has been this way for centuries: Any time a Pope dies, a process to pick his successor is triggered. The papal contest can be the stuff of fiction, such as with the Oscar-contending film Conclave, but the non-fiction version has plenty of drama too — even if it’s behind closed doors.
Who might be in line to become the next Pope? Here are a few cardinals seen as potential candidates...
April 21, 2025 - 07:44 | Special to National Post | National Post
The world has been shaken by the unfortunate news of Pope Francis’s passing. Many Catholics and non-Catholics kept the Pontiff in their thoughts and prayers, and now begin to evaluate his life and legacy.
Francis, who was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1936, was often described as a left-wing Pope. Brent Budowsky
depicted...
April 21, 2025 - 07:31 | Michael Taube | National Post
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April 21, 2025 - 07:30 | Bruce Garrioch | Ottawa Citizen
In the first chapter of his autobiography, “Hope,” Pope Francis served readers a reminder that his passionate defence of migrants and refugees originated in deeply personal as well as theological roots.
Although he is hailed as the first Argentinian pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, his extended family emigrated to the South American country from the Calabria region of Italy in 1922, only 16 years before the future pope’s birth on Dec...
April 21, 2025 - 07:26 | National Post | National Post
On a warm July day in 2022, thousands of dignitaries, Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors travelled from across Canada to powwow grounds in central Alberta.For some, the journey took days. For others, decades.
April 21, 2025 - 07:03 | Brittany Hobson | The Globe and Mail
