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When Fr. Jim Tobin was a young priest he found himself in a leper colony in Nigeria. He was almost 400 km east of the capital, Lagos, in Ossiomo. He was a hospital chaplain to about 200 people with active cases of leprosy. Another 600 people who had contracted the disease before treatment was available lived in a village down the hill from the hospital.
John Paul II coin minted
By Catholic Register StaffThere’s a uniquely Canadian way of celebrating Pope John Paul II’s canonization, courtesy of the Royal Canadian Mint.
Bishop Lacey's spiritual life strong ’til the end
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Bishop Pearse Lacey understood liturgy, he got social justice, he connected with the value of life but he never really understood indifference. When he was rector of St. Michael’s Cathedral, he would preside at summertime Masses on the Toronto Islands at St. Regis Chapel. On Sunday morning, no one came. So the monsignor, all outfitted for Mass, grabbed the sacristy bell and set off through the picnic grounds and along the beaches ringing the bell and announcing the next Mass.
With truth comes reconciliation
By Glen Argan, Canadian Catholic NewsEDMONTON - Ethel Lamothe of Fort Simpson, Alta., still remembers being taken away in a boat with other children to the residential school at Fort Providence, N.W.T., when she was five years old.
Collins reminds MPPs of Catholic schools' 'gift' to Ontario
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - On the first-ever Pope John Paul II Day in Ontario, Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins celebrated the first-ever Roman Catholic Mass at Queen’s Park in the building’s 154-year history.
Angus urges Catholics to support his palliative care motion
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - NDP MP Charlie Angus hopes Catholics across Canada will put pressure on their representatives to support his motion to create a national palliative care strategy.
Quebec Trappists adapt marketing for new reality
By Ron Stang, Catholic Register SpecialThese are not your parent’s Trappist monks.
Vespers for artists
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe world often treats artists as special, exceptional people. For nine years at Regis College the Jesuits have been treating Toronto artists just like everyone else by inviting them to pray.
Conference puts focus on life
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTo people who say they oppose abortion except in cases of rape, Mary Ellen Douglas would like to introduce them to Rebecca Kiessling. She is the “except,” a child conceived by rape.
Conservative MP Stephen Fletcher introduces assisted-suicide bills
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canadian legalization of assisted suicide is inevitable so Parliament should settle the issue before it goes to the Supreme Court, said a former Conservative cabinet minister as he introduced two private members bills in support of assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Canada-bound refugees still waiting
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThere’s little chance Canada will fulfill a pledge to resettle 1,300 Syrian refugees before the end of 2014, said the director of the Office of Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto.