King’s University College principal David Malloy found something more precious than gold on an April trip to India — students.
Thousands gather for annual March for Life protest in Ottawa
By Catholic Register StaffOn a 25-degree blue sky May day in Ottawa, Canada’s national pro-life movement made clear it has no intention of calling “may day” in the battle against abortion and Medical Aid in Dying.
More child porn charges laid against Milton teacher
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterHalton Regional Police Service’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit (I.C.E.) has laid 28 additional child pornography charges on a former Catholic elementary school teacher who has already been in custody since Jan. 5.
Oblates ready to divest from fossil fuels
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThis year’s Earth Day announcement of organizations shedding their investments in fossil fuels rang up another 31 religious institutions globally divesting from oil, gas and coal, and a Canadian order is expected to soon add to that number.
March for Life takes aim at government’s pro-abortion agenda
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterCampaign Life Coalition is calling on Canadians to emulate the United States in extending rights to all human beings, particularly those in the womb.
Expanding MAiD for mental illness ends all hope, bishops say
By Catholic Register StaffBy expanding euthanasia and assisted suicide to those suffering with a mental illness, the federal government is closing the door to “any hope of recovery,” Canada’s bishops have said in an open letter to the Government of Canada.
Newfoundland acquires 32 schools owned by archdiocese
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA recent tentative agreement struck in a St. John’s courtroom will transfer control over 32 schools on the Avalon and Burin peninsulas from the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John’s (RCESJ) to the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
Somalia on the verge of famine
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterMore than 8.25 million Somalians are in pressing need of humanitarian aid due to the impacts of devastating droughts, conflict and hunger, devastation viewed first hand by Stefan Epp-Koop.
Pembroke diocese celebrates its 125th anniversary
By Susan KorahThe Diocese of Pembroke, spanning two provinces, with 60,000 Catholics within its borders, marked the 125th year since its establishment.
Busy retirement beckons Cardinal Ouellet
By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News AgencyCardinal Marc Ouellet has handed over the reins of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops office to Bishop Robert Francis Prevost.
You can be Indigenous and Christian, speakers insist
By Anna FarrowAt the Ottawa offices of Cardus, coinciding with the 343rd anniversary of the death of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, four Indigenous Canadians spoke to a mixed crowd of what it means to be both Indigenous and a person of faith.