Cardinal Rodriguez urges pursuit of charity at local parish level
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsSAINTE-ADELE, Que. - Charity or caritas needs to begin face-to-face, at the local parish level, Caritas Internationalis president Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga told Canada’s bishops Sept. 24.
Voices of peace
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Inside the Paulist Ministry Centre on the International Day of Peace Sept. 21, three panellists discussed their respective organization and organically concluded that a relationship between the environment and peace exists.
Canadian bishops focus on those on margins of society at plenary
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsSAINTE-ADÈLE, Que. - Canada’s Catholic bishops have responded to Pope Francis’ call to minister to those on the periphery of society while making efforts to ensure the Church herself is not marginalized, said the bishops' conference's outgoing president.
Citizens for Public Justice marks 50 years of advocacy
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Citizens for Public Justice is celebrating half a century of advocating Christian values to Parliament on issues of national importance.
Lépine warns against enshrining Quebec values in charter
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine has warned against the Parti Quebecois’ plans to enshrine Quebec values in a charter.
Sainthood cause launched for PEI’s first bishop
By Doreen Beagan, Catholic Register SpecialCHARLOTTETOWN, PEI - Some Prince Edward Island Catholics are confident that their very first bishop, Angus Bernard MacEachern, will one day be recognized as a saint. A committee has started the process it hopes will lead to his canonization.
Little did I know how much Msgr. Raby would influence me
By Mary Ellen Douglas, Catholic Register SpecialThroughout our lifetime there are many wonderful people who cross our paths and influence us in many ways. Msgr. Thomas J. Raby was one of these people.
Bishops’ plenary to examine charity at home and abroad
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Caritas, or charity, both at home and abroad, will be the theme of this year’s annual plenary of Canada’s Catholic bishops Sept. 23-27 in Sainte-Adele, Que., says Msgr. Patrick Powers.
Legal action threatened against Quebec charter
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The Jesuit Centre for Justice and Faith (Centre justice et foi) in Montreal stressed the importance of tolerant social climate to prevent a descent into xenophobia and demagogic excess as the Parti Quebecois government announced details of the proposed Charter of Quebec Values.
40 Days for Life is back on
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The 40 Days for Life fall vigil in Toronto is on again, just months after the spring campaign was forced to take a hiatus.
Quebec’s ‘unjust’ secularism imitates the French model
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The proposed Charter of Quebec Values imitates France’s “unjust” imposition of anti-religious secularism, says Canadian constitutional lawyer and religious freedom expert Iain Benson.