Following five COVID-19 deaths in one horrific week, the Jesuit long-term care facility in Pickering, Ont., is closing temporarily.
Readers Speak Out: May 17, 2020
Domestic church
I believe the present focus on streaming Masses is the wrong way to go.
A weekend fire suspected to have been deliberately set and an accompanying vandalism spree has caused about $8 million in damage to a Brampton Catholic school.
While restrictions are expected to remain in place for the immediate future, preparations are under way for a time when churches will re-open, Cardinal Thomas Collins wrote in a pastoral letter.
Readers Speak Out: May 10, 2020
Profound impact
I spent Grade 9 to 12 attending a small Anglican school in Toronto. Probably like many young people forced to attend church, I graduated with a disdain for organized religion.
Readers Speak Out: April 26, 2020
Devil’s virus
One of The Catholic Register’s youth writers suggested another name for the virus beast. But how about Devil’s Virus for one or, even better, Psalm19 for another.
St. Joseph’s Health Centre declares COVID-19 outbreak
A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Toronto’s St. Joseph’s Health Centre.
Readers Speak Out: April 19, 2020
Long-term pain
Re: A chance for change in post-virus world (March 29):
This article hits many truths. Too many people have wanted too much too fast — expensive cars and houses, for example.
Easter Drawing Contest 2020 winners
In times like these, few things can lift a person’s spirits like the unvarnished cheerfulness and optimism of children.
Our fears give way to the joy of Easter
The following is the Easter message from Richard Gagnon, Archbishop of Winnipeg and president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.