With Catholics anticipating Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical on the environment, many are looking to discuss how they can be stewards of creation within their own communities.
‘We made a difference’ students find in helping Family of Faith campaign
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Blessed Sacrament, the school and parish, pulled together May 1 for a barbecue to mark the joint success in raising funds for the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Family of Faith campaign.
Out of the Cold numbers remain high
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - More than 12,000 times, people in Toronto slept on a vinyl-covered foam mattress on the floor of a church, synagogue or mosque this past winter.
CFS-CCAS collaboration against woman abuse could face the axe
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - A simple idea that has helped hundreds of women who face domestic violence and abuse is down to its last few weeks unless Ontario’s provincial government comes up with $70,000 per year to keep it going.
Register, Coren part ways
By Catholic Register StaffThe Catholic Register and Michael Coren are parting ways after the award-winning columnist confirmed that he has joined the Anglican Church.
Archbishop Prendergast calls for support for a culture of life
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - As the federal government prepares to begin consultations in order to draft euthanasia and assisted suicide legislation, the archbishop of Ottawa issued a pastoral letter that called on people to support a culture of life.
Civil liberties’ group onside with campus pro-lifers
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Pro-life groups at Ontario universities have gained an influential ally in their fight for free speech on campus.
The Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) released a position paper on April 29 opposing “the evident statutory and institutional bias that exists in Ontario against the free-expression rights of pro-life campaigners.”
Catholics join efforts to save Yezidi
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - For Ghina Al-Sewaidi — lawyer, Muslim and Iraqi-Canadian — the correct word to describe Islamic State attacks on Yezidi and Mandaean people is genocide. The correct response is to sponsor the survivors through Canada’s refugee system.
OCY to launch urban missionary program
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - When discussing missionary work, it is easy to picture evangelization in small rural communities in remote corners of the world. However, there is missionary work to be done in big cities as well.
Dialogue is a Church reality
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - When Pope Francis talks about dialogue he’s not advancing an agenda or solving the political problems of the Church, Saskatoon’s Bishop Don Bolen told audiences in Waterloo, Ont., and Toronto at a pair of lectures on ecumenical and interfaith dialogue.
Mulroney takes world view of Catholic education
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The diplomat’s take on what it means to be educated includes getting out of your country and out of your comfort zone. For incoming University of St. Michael’s College president David Mulroney, his diplomat’s understanding of education also happens to be Catholic.