On Friday, March 25, the Archdiocese of Toronto will answer the call of Pope Francis for dioceses around the world to pray for peace.
Readers Speak Out: March 27, 2022
Real common good
Douglas Naus writes in a March 3 letter to the editor that, “The common good should always be weighed with the individual good, with the individual good taking precedence according to the teachings of the Catholic Church. […]”
Readers Speak Out: March 20, 2022
Dyed in green wool
I am a proud, dyed-in-the-wool Patrician — school, college, church, parish and then Canada — so St. Patrick’s feast day is personal. It falls right in the middle of Lent so may reflect his charism of joy rising out of resilience.
St. Patrick returns to Montreal streets
Montreal’s Irish community will be on its feet again next week with resumption of its St. Patrick’s Day parade — two years after the Great Green blowout was unceremoniously cancelled by COVID-19.
Readers Speak Out: March 13, 2022
Huzzahs for Sr. Burns
Kudos to Sr. Helena Burns for her defence of faith and morals. The Church is constantly under attack from outside and within.
Religious sisters in Ukraine relieve the pain
A community of nuns in western Ukraine near the border to Slovakia is rallying to help people desperate to flee from the death and destruction brought on by the Russian invasion.
Cardinal Michael Czerny on his travel to Ukraine
Mine is a journey of prayer, prophecy and denunciation. I (left) Rome on March 8 to reach Budapest and I will continue by meeting refugees and displaced persons, and those who welcome and assist them.
Readers Speak Out: March 6, 2022
Unnecessary Act
I concur with your Feb. 20 editorial “Damaging Lies” in its non-partisan criticism of the Prime Minister’s “political lies” directed at the trucker “Freedom Convoy” protesters in Ottawa. He mendaciously called them a “fringe minority” of violent “racists.” Many politicians, including two Liberal MP’s, voiced their disapproval of his “divisive and stigmatizing” comments.
Easter Drawing Contest 2024
The Catholic Register is conducting its 14th annual children’s Easter drawing contest. The top entry in each of 3 categories will receive a $100 Indigo gift card. The winning drawings will appear in The Register’s Easter edition, March 31, 2024.
Readers Speak Out: February 27, 2022
Theology of me
Sr. Helena Burns’ Feb. 13 column “ Divide and Conquer? Never in Canada” raises the question of whether, in her world, the democratically elected government is the enemy of freedom. Is the sight of a military-style convoy of massive intimidating trucks, each one representing just one person, flying dual flags, blasting any opposition with their air horns, and illegally occupying and thwarting everyone else’s freedom really “glorious” to her?