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Toronto, Hamilton pledge to pay one-third of healing fund
More potential graves, more Catholic sorrow
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterWhen ground-penetrating radar revealed 54 possible gravesites near the former St. Phillip’s and Fort Pelly residential schools, the Archdiocese of Regina and the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate had already reached out to the Keeseekoose First Nation to make records available and offer assistance in the search.
Survivor has her story to tell Pope Francis
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterPhyllis Googoo is ready to share her story with Pope Francis. She’s been wrestling with her memories of Shubenacadie Indian Residential School for more than 60 years.
Bishop De Roo a ‘Council Father’ for a ‘Council Church’
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterA tender and fond farewell to Victoria Bishop Emeritus Remi De Roo included “warm greetings of Pope Francis, who joins us in mourning and thanksgiving, and who sends his blessing.”
Inequality remains historic reality in Nova Scotia schools
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterThough the last segregated schools in Nova Scotia shut their doors in 1983, educational inequalities are still a part of the Black experience in the Maritime province’s schools, says Dr. Barbara Hamilton-Hinch.
Parents need to discuss sex ‘head on’
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterKids need to be equipped with truth of its sacredness through Catholic lens
Catholic colleges and cancel culture
By Terry O’Neill, Canadian Catholic NewsIn his annual “state of the world” address to the Vatican diplomatic corps, Pope Francis expressed his deep concern over a phenomenon he believes poses an escalating threat: “cancel culture,” the increasingly prevalent practice of silencing individuals, institutions and even, in the Pope’s estimation, entire cultures that are deemed to hold incorrect or inconvenient views or values.
Bill aims to incentivize charitable giving
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterLaw would help charities hit hard by pandemic, Manitoba MP says
Share Lent campaign puts ‘People and Planet First’
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAs Canada begins to step out from under the shadow of COVID, Canada’s Catholic development agency is greeting the new day and Canadian politicians with its most ambitious, spiritual and political Share Lent campaign in years.
Worship restrictions are easing
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterPews packed with mask-free churchgoers of all ages; communal singing; parish halls buzzing with conversation as the coffee brews.
Do not doubt division done
By Anna FarrowGovernment mandates that interfere with, or eliminate the ability of, the faithful to gather for Holy Mass are certainly not new. But has it ever been required to provide proof of a medical treatment to enter a church?