Catholic Register Editorial

This Lent, as we share in the grace of the Jubilee Year, I propose reflections on what it means to journey together in hope.

To adapt the words of Our Lord, we know not the day nor the hour when Pope Francis’ health will be restored, and he will return to his papal post leading Holy Mother Church.

The Trump administration has been very busy and has, not unexpectedly, generated much discussion and to be sure controversy.

No one would ever mistake Donald Trump for a theologian, but he does share a trait of the worst theology in making the clear incomprehensible at the best of times.

Rarely, if ever, do Canadians put the acronym CRA and the word “Hallelujah” together.

The Jubilee Year 2025 is upon us, and Pope Francis has asked that we all attempt to be “pilgrims of hope” to witness to the love and power of Jesus Christ in the world today. What does that mean in practical terms? How am I to be a pilgrim of hope to the world?

It is neither the place nor the desire of The Catholic Register to mouth off in the mode of political partisanship. But being Catholic, we are justified in piping up about death and resurrection.

Fundamental political leadership demanded that Prime Minister Trudeau unequivocally declare before Christmas whether he would try to continue leading Canada or resign.

In a gesture of outright cheek, Canada Post sent the Register an e-mail invoice last week even as the month-long postal strike dragged on.

In these early days of Advent, when we are immersing ourselves in biblical narratives, we can easily forget that nothing we read in Scripture is there by accident.