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About Dorothy Cummings McLean
Dorothy Cummings McLean is a Canadian writer living abroad. Her first novel with Ignatius Press is Ceremony of Innocence. She is a regular writer for LifeSiteNews.com. Her first book, Seraphic Singles: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Single Life, is a popular work of nonfiction.
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The priest who is the new face of Polish nationalism

December 10, 2015 Dorothy Cummings McLean 0

Poland has had a shift to the political right, as evidenced by the recent victories of the “Law and Justice” party in both the presidential and parliamentary elections this year. One reason for the election of […]

Books

Robert Cardinal Sarah, a new Augustine for Africa

November 6, 2015 Dorothy Cummings McLean 0

It’s been a tough decade for believing Catholics. In April 2005, we lost our finest philosopher to death. In February 2013, we lost our finest theologian to retirement. In October 2014, we suffered the scandals […]

Opinion

Two Years Among the Liberal Theologians

October 31, 2015 Dorothy Cummings McLean 0

Once, I was a theologian. But, to tell you the truth, as a believing Catholic who seeks to understand what it is she believes, I am still a theologian. I was taught this on the […]

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McLellan Report Confusing, Repetitive, and Turgid

September 11, 2015 Dorothy Cummings McLean 0

On August 18, 2015, the McLellan Commission released a report entitled “A Review of the Current Safeguarding Policies, Procedures and Practise within the Catholic Church in Scotland”. The work was commissioned by the Scottish Catholic […]

Special Report

Back in Prison, Mary Wagner Inspires Pro-Lifers World-Wide

March 26, 2015 Dorothy Cummings McLean 2

Canadian Catholic pro-life activist Mary Wagner was arrested on December 23, 2014 for entering a Toronto abortion clinic and asking the women she found in the waiting room not to go through with their scheduled […]

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The Priest vs. The Blogger: A Case in Canadian Conflict

March 17, 2015 Dorothy Cummings McLean 0

Over the past several weeks, a curious saga of Priest vs. Blogger has been playing out here in Canada, marked by strong words, assorted accusations, and threat of legal action. This has been accompanied by […]

Interview

Russia and Ukraine: A Violent Past, A Cloudy Future

November 10, 2014 Dorothy Cummings McLean 0

The Reverend Doctor Athanasius D. McVay is a Canadian-born historian and priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). He specializes in the 20th-century history of Vatican diplomacy and of the UGCC. He is an […]

General

Scotland’s Decision Will Save or Break the United Kingdom

September 18, 2014 Dorothy Cummings McLean 0

EDINBURGH — Residents of Scotland go to the polls today to decide whether or not Scotland should separate from the United Kingdom. The referendum was announced in 2011 by the leader of the Scottish National […]

Books

Chronicling the “Last Ebbing Twilight of Byzantium”

August 28, 2014 Dorothy Cummings McLean 0

The historian William Dalrymple is Britain’s most famous living travel writer. He is also a member of the Dalrymple clan, a celebrated Scottish family of three principal branches. William’s branch became Roman Catholic in the […]

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Opinion

The Isla Vista Killer and the Seven Deadly Sins

May 30, 2014 Dorothy Cummings McLean 0

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