Readers Speak Out: April 28, 2019
Unacceptable changes
As a Catholic school teacher I was very happy to hear that the PC government is committed to Catholic education in Ontario. Many Catholic and non-Catholic Christian parents still want a faith-based education for their children.
Readers Speak Out: May 5, 2019
God’s creation
Re: Healthy eating (Letters to the Editor, April 14):
All of God’s creation, animal and plant, was meant for man to use judiciously. Those who misuse or abuse any form of creation are going to have to be accountable to God. Plants are as much part of creation as are animals.
Readers Speak Out: May 12, 2019
Unfortunate statement
Re: An architect’s quest for ‘transcendence’ (April 28):
Readers Speak Out: May 19, 2019
Role model
Re: Forgetting God is unthinkable (May 5):
Thank you for the article about Janet Somerville.
Readers Speak Out: May 26, 2019
Pioneers
As 50 years have passed since the legalization of abortion in Canada, we should acknowledge some of the early pioneers in the fight to stop the passage of this inhumane law.
Activities surrounding the $35-million One Heart, One Soul campaign are multiplying across the Diocese of Hamilton.
Mark Warawa, the Conservative MP from Langley-Aldergrove in B.C., is leaving politics as he battles cancer. In his farewell speech to the House of Commons on May 7 — his 69th birthday — Warawa made an impassioned plea for better palliative care in this country. Here is an abridged excerpt from his speech:
An appeals court in Ontario has upheld a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario requirement that doctors in the province must give referrals for medical services such as assisted dying and abortion that conflict with their moral or religious beliefs.
Register named best religious newspaper
WINNIPEG, Man. - For the second consecutive year, The Catholic Register has been named Canada’s best religious newspaper at an awards ceremony to recognize excellence in Christian journalism.
Cathedral hosts historic fresco
A 10-foot high fresco of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the child Jesus over the Ottawa skyline that was saved from destruction 20 years ago was back on display May 1-5.