Readers Speak Out: April 25, 2021
Total contradiction
Re: Faithful find worship restrictions harsh (April 11):
It’s true that government COVID restrictions put on religious groups have been harsh. In Toronto, the Catholic Church has co-operated in following COVID protocols. Despite this, our churches have been given stringent restrictions not applied to liquor, beer and big box stores. Why?
Fire claims Attawapiskat church
Another church in a First Nations community has been destroyed by fire.
Ontario worship services limited to 10 again as COVID surges
With Ontario going into hard lockdown to combat a disturbing rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, places of worship will once again be limited to a hard cap of 10 people in attendance.
Readers Speak Out: April 18, 2021
Assist D&P
Re: Religious raise concerns with D&P investigation (March 28):
Kudos to Mr. Swan’s report, in which Fr. Eric Oland, Jesuit Provincial Superior, and Br. Louis Cinq-Mars, former president of the Canadian Religious Conference, deplore the withholding of funds from the poorest of the poor for fear some of the funds could be used for family planning.
The Catholic Register earned honours in 10 categories at the annual Canadian Christian Communicators Association Awards on April 7.
Readers Speak Out: April 11, 2021
(Editor’s note: The restrictions on worship have been felt across the country, perhaps most profoundly in British Columbia, where indoor services were banned again just before Easter as COVID cases rose. Our first two letters dealing with the closures are reprinted from The B.C. Catholic)
Ontario’s stay-at-home order put into effect at 12:01 a.m. today won’t change current restrictions currently in place for worship services in Toronto.
Arson suspected in Manitoba church fire on Easter
Just hours after Easter Sunday Mass, residents of St. Theresa Point First Nation in Manitoba could only watch and cry as their Catholic church burned to the ground.
Go forth with a message of hope and joy
The following is the Easter message from Archbishop Richard Gagnon, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archbishop of Winnipeg:
With rising COVID-19 cases across Ontario, the provincial government has implemented a province-wide “emergency brake” that will lower capacity for worship services.