hand and heart

The recent post office troubles have impacted our regular fundraising efforts. Please consider supporting the Register and Catholic journalism by using one of the methods below:

  • Donate online
  • Donate by e-transfer to accounting@catholicregister.org
  • Donate by telephone: 416-934-3410 ext. 406 or toll-free 1-855-441-4077 ext. 406

News/Canada

Deacon Arismendy Lozada, who came to Canada in 2003 as a refugee from Colombia, is pictured Jan. 7 at the Saint-Mathieu rectory in Quebec City.

Profile of a refugee: Former Colombian journalist, now deacon in Canada

By

QUEBEC CITY - A well-known personality in Colombia, he fled to Canada to stay alive. Uprooted, new to the French language, he lived in precariousness in Quebec City, drawing strength to live from his family and his faith. Now he is in charge of the Latino community of the Archdiocese of Quebec.

Cardinal Thomas Collins

Cardinal urges Catholic teachers to practice what they teach

By

TORONTO - Catholic teachers should be genuine in their faith and countercultural agents of holy wisdom, particularly at a time when assisted suicide and euthanasia are coming to Canada, said Cardinal Thomas Collins.

Supreme Court hears arguments, defers ruling on assisted-suicide extension

Supreme Court hears arguments, defers ruling on assisted-suicide extension

By

The Supreme Court of Canada has reserved judgment Jan. 11 after hearing arguments for and against granting Parliament an extension on the Feb. 6 deadline to pass legislation on assisted suicide in Canada.

Syrian girls walk near garbage inside an informal refugee camp in Zahle, Lebanon.

Syria Relief Fund deadline extended amid faltering donations

By

OTTAWA - Catholic oversees aid agencies welcomed news that the federal government has extended the deadline for the Syria Emergency Relief Fund to Feb. 29.

Steubenville Atlantic marks its 10th anniversary as a symbol of hope for youth ministry on the east coast.

Steubenville Atlantic marks 10 years of ministry

By

For a decade, Steubenville Atlantic has been a symbol of hope for youth ministry on the east coast. Hundreds of youth flock to the Halifax conference every year to encounter Christ together as one Church.

Joe Zambon gave the crowd some tips on how to praise and worship at last year’s Steubenville Toronto conference in Roy Thomson Hall.

Toronto musician will be featured at SteubieTO 2016

By

TORONTO - After importing talent in previous years, Canada’s largest Catholic youth conference will have a made-in-Canada label this summer.

Carolyn Davis

Settlement agencies seek more government support

By

As thousands of Syrian refugees land in Toronto and Montreal, Catholic settlement agencies are asking governments for money and programs to help our newest neighbours build successful lives in Canada.

Even during what should have been the rainy season this summer, rural families struggled to find pasture for their herds outside Jijiga in eastern Ethiopia. Ethiopia is enduring its worst drought in 60 years.

Catholic agencies plead for help as Ethiopian drought crisis worsens

By

As the worst Ethiopian drought in 60 years threatens as many as 20 million people living in more than half of Africa’s second largest country, Catholic aid agencies in the desperate nation are asking for help as the crisis continues into 2016.

Fr. Joe Mroz celebrates Mass with a small group of parishioners at former St. Raphael Church’s boardroom

St. Raphael’s community lives on after church closure

By

MONTREAL - St. Raphael’s church may be closed, but a small group of parishioners refuse to let their parish die.

Archbishop Gerard Pettipas — the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops point man on the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement

Catholic groups miss TRC target by $21 million

By

A $21-million shortfall in Catholic fundraising has added another challenge to the task of reconciliation between Canadian churches and Native communities.

Andrew Bennett was interviewed by CCO president Jeff Lockert as part of its annual RiseUp young adult conference.

Diplomat tells students to live religious freedom boldly

By

MONTREAL - The greatest threat to religious freedom in Canada is silence, Canada’s ambassador for Religious Freedom told more than 700 university students attending the Rise Up conference in Montreal.

Page 330 of 533