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Last year I attended an incredible spiritual retreat in Trosly-Breuil, France, the birthplace of the first L’Arche community.
Ontario invests in anti-trafficking battle
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterOntario’s new five-year, $307-million strategy to combat human trafficking “looks really great on paper,” said Catholic Women’s League Ontario president Colleen Perry.
Parish Action at starting line
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterThe Archdiocese of Toronto has launched a non-partisan initiative to empower parishioners in their engagements with civic leaders and to help them become active in the public square.
Victims irritated by bishops’ secrecy
By Catholic News ServiceMONTREAL -- The Canadian bishops’ standing committee for the Responsible Ministry and Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Persons met for the first time in January, but the fact that the identities of the majority of its members is kept secret irritates victims, who see a lack of transparency.
Archdiocese of Toronto cancels weekend Masses in wake of COVID-19
By Catholic Register StaffTORONTO -- The Archdiocese of Toronto, Canada’s largest diocese, has cancelled all weekend Masses after Ontario’s chief medical officer urged all public gatherings be limited to a maximum of 250 people.
Proposed legislation bans conversion therapy for minors
ByOTTAWA -- The federal government has proposed legislation that would make it a crime to force anyone into conversion therapy or provide the controversial therapy to minors.
Ontario English Catholic teachers reach contract settlement
By Catholic Register StaffOntario’s English Catholic teachers have reached a tentative contract agreement with the province that could put an end to work stoppages in the Catholic education system.
‘For richer and not poorer…’
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf you don’t get married you won’t get divorced. But as marriage and divorce both decline, that is no guarantee of a happier or healthier society, said a researcher who has documented a drop in divorce among Canadians.
Churches putting precautions in place
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterAs quickly as the coronavirus is spreading, dioceses in Canada have been working to implement measures to protect their parishioners.
Virus causing pilgrims to stay home
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterUncertainty surrounding the coronavirus is starting to take a toll on Canadian tour operators who have booked pilgrimages, particularly to Italy where the whole nation went into a lockdown to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Priest cites religious freedom violations in northern Nigeria
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON -- A priest who serves as director of the Justice, Development and Peace Commission in his diocese in northern Nigeria cited an ongoing series of religious freedom violations in his region of the country, which is majority Muslim.