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Dr. Moira McQueen, PhD, speaks with Salt and Light TV during the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family at the Vatican.

Doctors set to fight global abortion policy

An ethics policy that demands doctors refer for abortion, even against their conscience, could become a global policy at the next general assembly of the World Medical Association in October.

Maggie Helwig, left, Andrea Budgey and Leah Watkiss from Faith in the City adopt costumes from The Hunger Games to make a point about the city’s strategy on poverty.

Faith in the City adopts "Hunger Games" look to help the poor

By Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic Register

Toronto’s diverse faith community will do what ever it takes to catch Mayor John Tory’s attention and address poverty in the city — even dressing up like characters from The Hunger Games.

A man holds St. Francis Xavier prayer cards against a case holding the relic of the saint’s forearm and hand at St. Mary’s Basilica in Halifax.

St. Francis Xavier's Canadian tour inspires crowds

By Francis Campbell

HALIFAX – More than 465 years after his death, St. Francis Xavier’s missionary work has brought him to Canada.

Actors portraying Montreal co-founders Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, and Jeanne Mance were among the brave souls that braved frigid weather on Jan. 6 to commemorate the erecting of a cross 375 years ago on Mount Royal in thanksgiving for saving Ville Marie from flooding.

Story of the famous Mount Royal cross goes back 375 years

By Eric Durocher, Canadian Catholic News

MONTREAL – It’s doubtful that Montreal would be celebrating 375 years of history today had flood waters not receded in December 1642.

Bitter January temperatures in southern Ontario has increased the pressure to open more shelters for the homeless.

Out of the Cold program trying to cope in extreme conditions

By Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic Register

As much of the country contended with an environmental explosion of extreme cold temperatures in early January, Out of the Cold centres were crying out for a better solution.

Fr. Seamus Hogan has used The Register’s archive to gain a sense of attitudes and aspirations of previous generations.

The Catholic Register is 125: In the beginning

By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register

The Catholic Register is 125 yearsold on January 5. Since 1893, it has strived to reflect the opinions and the events that have been important to Canada and its Catholic citizens.

Voices from The Register vault: First World War, women's suffrage and anti-Catholic discrimination

By Catholic Register Staff

Throughout this 125th anniversary year of The Catholic Register, we will be celebrating the rich history of Canada’s oldest Catholic newspaper. This week, rather than our usual Letters to the Editor, we have dipped into the archive to see what issues the newspaper was addressing in 1918 as The Register turned 25 years old.