Attack ads rule the airwaves. Sponsored Facebook posts are trying to flush out political supporters with a click. The twitterverse is dividing up by hashtags. The 2015 vote may be four months away, but political parties are already in election mode.
Churches are also warming up for the coming vote.
MP takes aim at Liberal policy while defending conscience motion
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Justin Trudeau is acting contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by denying Liberal party members a free vote on matters of conscience, charged a Conservative MP during a Parliament debate.
Sacred Heart wasn’t always a cottage country church
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialLEBRET, Sask. - The glory days of the big stone church at Lebret were decades ago when it was the focal point of a thriving Roman Catholic mission in the heart of the Qu’Appelle Valley northeast of Regina. But Sacred Heart Church is back in the spotlight this year as the oldest Catholic parish in southern Saskatchewan celebrates its 150th anniversary.
Iraqi Knights rally funds to aid refugees
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - When the Islamic State attacked the city of Mosul in June 2014, members of Toronto’s Jesus the King Council of the Knights of Columbus knew they had to respond.
Priests on the move in Toronto: 2015 clergy appointments
By Catholic Register Staff
Church needs more open dialogue, LCWR leader tells Toronto crowd
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Having survived five years of investigation, interrogation and suspicion as past president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the United States, Sr. Carol Zinn of the Sisters of St. Joseph is calling for more open, honest and heartfelt dialogue across the divides within the Church.
Historic Windsor’s church is added to endangered places list
By Ron Stang, Catholic Register SpecialWINDSOR, Ont. - Our Lady of Assumption Church has been placed on Canada’s 2015 Top Ten Endangered Places list.
Program aims to include girls in politics
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The walls of the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen’s Park are engraved with the names of former legislators from the province’s past. Not many of these names are female. It’s something a group of girls from Waterloo, Ont., wants to change.
TRC says Pope Francis should apologize for abuses at residential schools
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News[Click here to read the 94 recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report.]
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OTTAWA - Pope Francis should personally apologize to residential school survivors and their communities, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission says in its final report.
The healing must begin now, Sinclair says
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Now that the tragic history of Canada’s residential schools has been thoroughly documented, it’s time for healing, said Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Reconciliation must begin in the classrooms
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCatholic schools are ready for reconciliation, ready to equip the next generation with an honest history of Canada, but there’s work to be done.