Ida Gazzola

Aug 1, 2024 | bccatholic.ca | Ida Gazzola

I am a woke Catholic, I’m sorry to say, and likely so are you. We are woke because we take personal offence from attacks on Christianity, such as the recent opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics. We are woke when we look at this mockery from an all-too-human point of view: It offended me. It’s them against us again. What are we going to do to stop it or to get even? What is our next move? How can we make them see they have offended us?

Jul 17, 2024 | bccatholic.ca | Ida Gazzola

In 1990, Blessed Alvaro del Portillo, the successor of Josemaria Escriva as prelate of Opus Dei from 1982 to 1994, gifted to Canada a relic of the True Cross with the prayer that it be placed in the first Opus Dei conference centre in B.C. Thirty-four years later, the saint’s desire was realized.

Apr 2, 2024 | mercatornet.com | Louis March |Sonia McGarrity |Ida Gazzola

The Lancet is the world’s oldest and most referenced peer-reviewed medical journal. Rivalling the New England Journal of Medicine in global influence, it was founded in England in 1823. The Lancet has rock-solid credibility, despite the rare occasion when a paper is retracted (notably, a 2020 Big Pharma-friendly screed against hydroxychloroquine).

Apr 2, 2024 | mercatornet.com | Karl Stephan |Sonia McGarrity |Ida Gazzola

Some accidents are simple: two cars collide on a freeway, a tree falls on a jogger, lightning hits a golfer. Others require a chain of events, each of which is unlikely, and so are much rarer than the simple kind. The sequence of occurrences, each one fairly harmless by itself, which led to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Harbor on last Tuesday, March 26, included things that by themselves would cause few if any major problems.

Mar 26, 2024 | mercatornet.com | Mamela Fiallo Flor |Ida Gazzola |Valerie Hudson

The world is curious to know how Argentina’s wildcard president, Javier Milei, has fared after his first 100 days in power. The answer is a B+. If that doesn’t sound impressive, his predecessors should have been ranked D-. For the first time in over a decade Argentina achieved a budget surplus – at least in January and February. Inflation in February fell by 13 percent – although this is less impressive than it sounds, as last year it was 276 percent, the highest in the world.