Opinion

October 12, 2023

Verbatim: A very brief recent history of Catholics and Jews

A very brief recent history of Catholics and Jews…

Speak, bishops, speak

The Sept. 20 Register article “Gender ideology rallies draw thousands” concludes with this sentence: “A number of public school boards issued statements in support of the LGBT community as the rallies took place, but Catholic boards remained silent.”

Marchers were united around a shining truth

By Sr. Helena Burns, FSP

An assortment of protest signs are arranged in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa Sept. 20 at the 1 Million March 4 Children protest.

Editorial: Pray for the victims, on all sides

By Catholic Register Editorial

A woman holds up a sign that say "Pace," peace in Italian, as Pope Francis appeals for an end to the fighting between Israel and Palestine after reciting the Angelus prayer Oct. 8, 2023, with visitors in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

We applaud and magnify the sombre yet vital words the good people of Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Toronto issued in the aftermath of last weekend’s heart-wrenching atrocities in the Holy Land.

‘They were killed because they were Jewish’

By Anna Farrow

Israeli soldiers carry a body in Kfar Aza, a kibbutz in southern Israel, Oct. 10. IDF works to remove the bodies of the victims from the homes where they were murdered by Hamas terrorist infiltrators Oct. 7.

My sister is a Shabbat-observing Orthodox Jew. When I saw the news trickling out of Israel on Saturday morning, I knew I wouldn’t be able to check in with her until that night. Her phone is off from Friday evening until Saturday sundown. Then I remembered that it was Simchat Torah, and that observant Jews in the U.S. wouldn’t be turning their phones back on until Sunday evening.

Listening to discern the Spirit calling

By Catherine Pead, Catholic Register Special

Participants in the assembly of the Synod of Bishops gather in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican before the first working session of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops October 4, 2023.

Let’s open our eyes to the reality of AI

By Cathy Majtenyi

Priestly calls often follow altar service

By Fr. Mike Bombak, Catholic Register Special

Many priests cite having been altar servers as helping bring them into the priesthood.

Include me out of Alberta pension plans

By Glen Argan

Glen Argan suspects the oil industry’s hands are all over calls for an Alberta Pension Plan.

October 5, 2023

Verbatim: Pope Francis' homily ahead of the Synod on Synodality

Pope Francis’ homily delivered in St. Peter’s Square ahead of the Oct. 4 opening of the Synod on Synodality.

Historical inaccuracy

Carol Glatz’s article “Jesuit letter revealing Nazi atrocities discovered” in the Sept. 24 Catholic Register contains inaccurate, not to mention hurtful connotations.