TORONTO - The only route to reuniting Eastern and Western Christianity is to strengthen the primacy of the pope, according to Orthodox theologians.
And in Pope Francis they detect signs that a window to unity may be opening.
Church, business and political leaders pack annual Cardinal's Dinner
By Catholic Register StaffToronto - The Church is both a global reality and local entity that works best when the two dimensions operate in an inseparable unison, Cardinal Thomas Collins told a packed audience Oct. 17 at the 34th annual Cardinal's Dinner.
Catholic schools failing at making disciples
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Catholic identity is at stake unless Catholic schools do a better job of making disciples, says Fr. James Mallon.
The kids’ champion
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Catholic school principal Tony Casole is a champion — at least that’s how Kids Now sees him.
Woman abuse: a conversation the Church must have
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Degrading, humiliating and violent words and acts between men and women need to be more than acknowledged. They need to be talked about in Catholic parishes and schools, two abuse survivors told The Catholic Register as preparations are underway for the fourth annual Mass to End Woman Abuse.
Quebec nun declared venerable by Pope
By Catholic Register StaffPope Francis has declared the short, productive life of Marie Elisabeth Turgeon heroic, bringing her one step closer to joining Canada’s list of saints.
Quebec crucifix not a museum piece, bishops say
By Catholic Register StaffQUEBEC CITY - Quebec’s Catholic bishops say that the province's legislator's should treat the crucifix hanging in the National Assembly with due respect and not treat it as a museum piece.
St. John's Bible illuminates the Word of God
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Often it is said that the devil is in the details, but when it comes to the illuminated St. John's Bible it is God's word in the details.
St. Joseph’s turns 150
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - One of Toronto’s oldest Catholic schools, St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School, is celebrating a century and a half of shaping the lives of the children of Leslieville in the city’s east end.
Yonge Street Mission sold
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - After more than a century of serving the poor in the heart of the city, the Yonge Street Mission will be selling its flagship Toronto location in the hope of expanding its outreach and ministry to street- involved youth.
Keep God by our side
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Lost in recent debate to make Canada’s national anthem more inclusive of women is a call from a national secular organization to remove any reference to God from “O Canada.”