Register columnist Joanne McGarry was a tireless worker for the Church
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - A voice committed to faith and fairness has been silenced. Catholic Register columnist and executive director of the Catholic Civil Rights League Joanne McGarry succumbed to pancreatic cancer April 28. She was 60 years old.
Solution to homelessness at hand, but it won’t be cheap
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Homelessness is solvable and even if the solution isn’t cheap every dollar spent to put homeless people in an apartment of their own saves $2.17 that would otherwise be spent on hospital emergency room visits, other medical services, shelters, prisons and policing, a new study has found.
New nuncio getting up to speed on a changed Canada
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - It’s been 15 years since Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, Canada’s new apostolic nuncio, has served in Canada, and now that he is back, he has to reacquaint himself with a country he barely got to know first time around.
Quebec euthanasia not dead yet
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Forces opposed to euthanasia in Quebec have expressed disappointment newly elected Premier Philippe Couillard intends to press ahead with euthanasia legislation.
'Father of palliative care' warns Couillard against euthanasia legislation
By Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Dr. Balfour Mount, considered the “father of palliative care in North America,” has written an open letter to Quebec’s new premier advising him against re-introducing the euthanasia bill.
Chesterton debates live on
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The spirit of Catholic apologist and author G.K. Chesterton will inspire debate once again in the Archdiocese of Toronto.
Catholic bishops raise concerns, at home and abroad, with PM
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has raised concerns about “serious challenges” at home and abroad in an open letter to Prime Minister Harper dated April 17.
Getting back in touch with the land
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIs there anything sacred about the soil? Is there holiness in meals we share? Does our Catholic religious imagination extend to how we nourish ourselves and our families?
L’Arche turning 50 this year
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterFor 50 years, L’Arche has been a community and a school of life. It has been taking in developmentally disabled adults, but not simply as an alternative to the old asylums where people with Down’s syndrome and similar problems used to disappear. The L’Arche model is an alternative to any society that has no room for people who can’t conform to expectations.
Women need to embrace their ‘Feminine Genius’
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - God has entrusted humankind to women, said Anita Healy at the fifth annual Dynamic Women of Faith conference, and so women must pray to God for the courage to embody their “Feminine Genius.”
Fascination with sex overtakes discussion on religion, public policy
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - A debate about how much, if at all, religion should be allowed into public policy debates ended up being mostly about sex.