NEWS
It’s unclear exactly what Ontario classrooms are going to look like in the fall with the realities of COVID-19, but one certainty for school boards is an extra $736 million in funding from the province.
Living the dream
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterJuly 1 marks the six-year anniversary of the Canada Day that the Del Rosario family became Canadian citizens.
COVID-19 limits, rulings seen as latest challenges to religious liberty
By Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON -- The unpredictability of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on group gatherings and recent court rulings are part of a growing challenge to religious liberty, said participants in an online symposium June 22.
Religious persecution focus shifts to Africa
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAid to the Church in Need and its 330,000 donors world-wide are responding to the changing world of religious persecution.
Fix ‘serious, systemic flaws’ in long-term care now
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe churches and other faith groups which run food banks, shelters and other social programs want the government to start fixing Ontario’s long-term care homes now, even before convening a commission to look at the system.
Mixed reviews for Canada’s anti-slavery bill
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterEverybody agrees modern slavery must end, but Canadian Catholics can’t quite agree on how best to accomplish that objective.
Five Clerics of Saint-Viateur in Quebec face sex abuse charges
By Catholic Register StaffFive members of the Clerics of Saint-Viateur in Quebec have been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of boys over three decades.
Migrant’s death brings tears, prayers
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterFollowing the third death in Canada of a migrant farm worker from COVID-19, Fr. Peter Ciallella had the grim task of informing other workers that their friend had died.
Cardinal calls attention to Canada’s ‘tragic’ issue
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCanada’s migrant worker problem matters to Pope Francis and the universal Church because it’s a global problem and a moral problem, said Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny.
Christian leaders: Israeli occupation of Palestine is cause of conflict
By Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News ServiceJERUSALEM -- The Israeli "military occupation of Palestine" is the "root cause" of the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said three retired Christian leaders.
Benedict XVI returns to Vatican from visit to his brother in Germany
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican June 22, five days after flying to Germany to spend time with his ailing, 96-year-old brother.