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March 2018

March 27

Abortion bubble zone battle will go on

March 27, 2018

OTTAWA – Challenges to Ontario’s abortion bubble zone law will continue despite the recent death of the first person charged for violating the new law.

Law student puts his faith to a legal test

March 27, 2018

VANCOUVER – News about Trinity Western University’s attempts to open a Christian law school, and the ensuing battles in the courts and the media, has spread across the country many times over.

No Holy Week observance planned in war-torn Philippine city

March 27, 2018

MANILA, Philippines – There will be no Holy Week observance this year in Marawi almost a year after extremist gunmen occupied the southern Philippine city.

Service Canada's gender-neutral directive ignites critics

March 27, 2018

OTTAWA – Service Canada’s directive to employees to use gender-neutral language met with derision in social media, but some Catholic observers say the move represents a dangerous trend.

Squamish First Nation deacon taking Indigenous issues to Rome

March 27, 2018

VANCOUVER – A Squamish First Nation deacon is looking forward to his chance to bring the concerns of local Indigenous people to Rome.

Congo bishops urge Canada to pressure Kabila government

March 27, 2018

OTTAWA – Bishops from the Democratic Republic of the Congo are making a direct appeal to the government and people of Canada to put pressure on the Kabila government to respect the constitution and hold elections.

Teens inspired by roles in parish Passion plays

March 27, 2018

The story of Good Friday feels even more real when you’ve lived it, even if it’s only in a play.

Archbishop Durocher: Church must adapt to changing times

March 27, 2018

It’s a new era in the Church and therefore a new era for the Church’s social teaching, says Archbishop Paul-André Durocher.

Science, faith are a perfect fit in Jesuit’s life

March 27, 2018

Jesuits have a long tradition in science and there’s a good reason for that, says Jesuit lichenologist and ecologist Fr. John McCarthy.

Critics pounce on summer jobs attestation backlash

March 27, 2018

OTTAWA – The government’s resolve to plow ahead with its pro-abortion Canada Summer Jobs attestation is turning into a boon for free-speech advocates and pro-life groups, says a political organizer.

World’s youth lay out hopes at pre-synod meeting

March 27, 2018

Young people are ready and willing to be leaders in the Church, said youth delegates at an unprecedented pre-synodal meeting of young people in Rome.

Saskatoon mom and daughter team up for prayer book

March 27, 2018

SASKATOON – Leah Perrault was already the author of two books when a publisher approached her last summer about writing a family-oriented resource book for Lent.

The Register Archive: A world torn by war searches for peace

March 27, 2018

Our dip into The Catholic Register archive lands on the Easter season of 100 years ago, when the world was still embroiled in the First World War. This Register editorial of April 4, 1918 looks athow Pope Benedict XV’s peace efforts were ignored and how the message of Easter might help heal the world.

Mary Marrocco: Power of compassion can overcome rage

March 27, 2018

An article defending the widespread practice of abortion for babies with Down syndrome disturbed me.

Francis Campbell: Jesus has some advice about social justice

March 27, 2018

Words are seldom minced from the pulpit of the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church in Halifax. A couple Sundays past was no different as pastor Rhonda Britton and the congregation tackled the recurring issue of racial discrimination.

Herman Goodden: Outspoken prof is Church’s ally

March 27, 2018

Canadian Catholics and Christians generally are not paranoid if they harbour suspicions that their governmental overlords are unsubtly trying to control their rights of free speech, religion and assembly.

Editorial: Be not afraid

March 27, 2018

Do not be afraid, the angel said to the frightened women at the empty tomb. Do not be afraid, the risen Christ told His anxious disciples behind locked doors.

The unique landscape of my youth fading fast

March 27, 2018

Passers-by hardly give it a glance. A Kingston place key to my past is about to vanish, forever.

The Church on the Street: Searching for divine power in the eyes of a stranger

March 27, 2018

Some nights it does not take long for the temperature to plummet. I don’t mean the thermometer, but the temperature of the street.

March 28

Dream come true: Boy meets Pope and rides popemobile

March 28, 2018

VATICAN – While many people hope to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis and greet him, 12-year-old Peter Lombardi got something even better than he imagined.