hand and heart

The recent post office troubles have impacted our regular fundraising efforts. Please consider supporting the Register and Catholic journalism by using one of the methods below:

  • Donate online
  • Donate by e-transfer to accounting@catholicregister.org
  • Donate by telephone: 416-934-3410 ext. 406 or toll-free 1-855-441-4077 ext. 406
Subscribe to this RSS feed
September 14, 2017

Refugees a priority as Parliament resumes

A woman is taken into custody by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer after arriving Feb.12 by taxi and walking across the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec last winter. More than 8,000 asylum seekers have crossed from the United States into Canada this year.

OTTAWA - After a surge of asylum seekers over the summer, Canada’s refugee policies will be the top concern for many faith-based groups when Parliament resumes Sept. 18.

Published in Canada
July 7, 2017

Avoiding deportation: Shifting U.S. policies leave many on tenterhooks

Demonstrators rally outside the federal court in Detroit June 21 before a hearing to consider a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Iraqi nationals facing deportation.

WASHINGTON – Immigrants facing deportation have won the occasional judicial victory, but getting a judge to hear their case poses the bigger problem in immigrants' desperate attempt to stay in the United States.

Published in International
June 28, 2017

Faith: Being good-hearted is not enough

Faith: Being good-hearted is not enough

Charity is about being good-hearted, but justice is about something more.

Published in Fr. Ron Rolheiser
April 5, 2017

Philippines' bishops say they oppose Duterte's policies, not the man

"What we are against are issues, not the person," Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupa said of Philippines’ president Rodrigo Duterte April. 4.

MANILA, Philippines – The head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines assured the government that the country's church leaders are not against President Rodrigo Duterte.

Published in International
February 4, 2017

Facts first: Vatican seeks scientific data before making judgments

Theoretical physicist and cosmologist is one of the members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences that the Vatican wants to draw from.

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican believes scientific facts exist and it wants to hear about them from world-renowned scientists before it offers guidance on or criticism of related political, social or economic policies.

Published in Vatican