Canada’s ban on travel from southern Africa and the failure of rich countries to effectively share COVID-19 vaccines with the rest of the world has Jesuit Fr. Charles Chilufya steaming mad.
$75 million promised to take bite out of hunger
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIt’s a hungry world and COVID has only sharpened those hunger pangs.
Canadian delegation cancels Rome papal summit over Omicron concerns
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterPostponed, not cancelled, but still heartbreaking. The long planned encounter between Indigenous Canadians and Pope Francis in Rome is being put off while everybody learns more about the Omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a joint release from three Indigenous organizations involved in the trip and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Artist shares process behind lifetime dream of Saint John's Bible
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterAchieving absolute flawlessness is not on calligrapher Donald Jackson’s mind when he sits down to work in his Welsh studio.
Pieta returned to Red Deer church home after 30 years
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterA life-sized pieta of Mary holding Jesus’ body that has spent more than 30 years at the city’s museum has been returned to Sacred Heart Church in Red Deer, Alta
Indigenous, disabled at highest risk of poverty
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCampaign 2000’s annual in-depth look at poverty reveals that being poor in Canada is perfectly predictable. Canada’s poor are overwhelmingly Indigenous or they are disabled.
Bishops condemn human trafficking
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterIn a new pastoral letter on human trafficking and sexual exploitation, Canada’s bishops are calling for the continued criminalization of prostitution while also decrying treating sex as work.
Rally mobilizes support for pregnancy care centres
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterCarol Butler does not get into a regular habit of engaging in political demonstrations.
Students hopeful semblance of ‘normal’ will return
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterAnnaMaria Amato is hopeful that a normal graduation ceremony might be possible at the end of the 2021-22 school year.
AFN seeking ‘justice’ in papal meeting
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIn one hour gathered in a room with Pope Francis, 13 Assembly of First Nations delegates plan to lay down heavy burdens and raise up the hope of nations.
Database tracks attacks on churches in Canada
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThere have been 57 reported attacks on Catholic churches across Canada so far in 2021, the highest number for any single year stretching back to 2010, according to a new database tracking such attacks.