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February 2018

February 12

4.5 million displaced in Congo 'struggling to survive,' says aid worker

February 12, 2018

WASHINGTON – Just as people are "struggling to survive" in Congo, aid agencies are struggling to meet their needs, said one aid worker.

Ottawa abortion protester arrested under ‘bubble zone’ law

February 12, 2018

OTTAWA – One of the most well known abortion protesters in the nation’s capital is the first to be charged for violating Ontario’s new bubble zone law.

The Register Archive: A crowning achievement for Pope Leo XIII

February 12, 2018

To mark The Register’s 125th year, we are re-publishing some stories from our archive. February 1893 marked the 15th anniversary of the reign of Pope Leo XIII (below), who would go on to serve 25 years, the third longest reign in history. This excerpt from The Register of Feb. 2, 1893 looks at the Pope’s election and his accomplishments:

Questioning Faith: What would it mean to truly love others?

February 12, 2018

One Sunday morning in church, I wondered why the person beside me was breathing so loudly. Did he have some terrible lung ailment? Was he about to expire? It sounded almost like… snoring.

Cathy Majtenyi: The wage gap is everyone's business

February 12, 2018

About a week after Ontario’s new minimum wage kicked in, I grabbed a sandwich at a well-known coffee shop.

Clients of prostitution are complicit to human trafficking, Pope says

February 12, 2018

VATICAN – Prosperous nations where foreign women are forced into prostitution need to drop their hypocrisy and "face the idea that they are part of the problem, rather than turning away, proclaiming their innocence," Pope Francis said.

February 13

Sweet compromise: Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day. What’s a couple to do?

February 13, 2018

Catholic couples will face a conundrum this Valentine’s Day.

Venerable Fulton Sheen's niece continues to fight for his body, progress his sainthood cause

February 13, 2018

NEW YORK – The case involving the transfer of the remains of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen from New York to Peoria, Illinois, has been sent back to the original court by the New York Court of Appeals for an evidentiary hearing.

Pope, Melkite patriarch formalize full communion with Rome

February 13, 2018

VATICAN – Formalizing their unity in the intimate setting of the chapel of the papal residence, Pope Francis and Melkite Patriarch Joseph Absi concelebrated Mass together in the presence of members of the Melkite synod of bishops.

Guam archbishop under investigation for sex abuse greets Pope at general audience

February 13, 2018

VATICAN – Waiting for a Vatican verdict on allegations that he sexually abused several boys in the 1970s, Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron of Agana, Guam, attended one of Pope Francis' weekly general audiences in February.

Rural Ontario high school recognized for their stewardship of creation

February 13, 2018

“The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s creation.”

Bob Brehl: Life and times of a Canadian knight named Day

February 13, 2018

It’s always fun to pick up a book and have trouble putting it down because the story grips you.

Conservatives seek to brand themselves as the party of freedom

February 13, 2018

OTTAWA – As the Liberal government refuses to budge on requiring a pro-abortion attestation for Canada Summer Jobs funding, the Conservative Party is positioning itself as the party of freedom.

Canadian bishops pick Cree student for Vatican youth synod

February 13, 2018

Jacob Jason Genaille-Dustyhorn isn’t Catholic, but his spiritual roots with the Indigenous community has qualified him as one of only two young people selected by Canadian bishops to represent the country in Rome next month.

February 14

Developing a global conscience with the 'Share Lent' campaign

February 14, 2018

The disciplines of Lent — prayer, fasting and almsgiving — are an exercise in conscience formation. Lent is much more than conscience formation, but it is that.

Death of a 'gentle giant', archbishop led Edmonton for 26 years

February 14, 2018

EDMONTON – Alberta’s Catholic community is mourning a giant character in its storied history following the death of retired Archbishop Joseph MacNeil, a humble disciple with a unique ability to remember names, faces and details of the lives of thousands of people.

Lent is time to notice God's work, receive God's mercy, Pope says

February 14, 2018

ROME – Lent is a time for Christians to get their hearts in sync with the heart of Jesus, Pope Francis said.

A leap into drastic change in environmental policy

February 14, 2018

Development and Peace has signed onto a political manifesto that reflects in part the teaching of Pope Francis in a call for drastic change in environmental policy.

February 15

Catholic mom Tanya Allen Granic puts sex ed into Ontario PC campaign

February 15, 2018

OTTAWA – A Catholic mother of four has thrust Ontario’s controversial sex-ed curriculum into the campaign to select a new leader of the province’s Progressive Conservative Party.

Fight over forced referral policy on assisted suicide not over yet

February 15, 2018

The Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada is asking the Ontario Court of Appeal to take a second look at their case against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.