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February 2021

February 11

Looking for Catholic love in a locked down world

February 11, 2021

Online dating as a Catholic has always been tough for Lisa van der Wilt and the global pandemic hasn’t made it any easier.

Editorial: Gift of the elderly

February 11, 2021

There are few more heartwarming scenes than grandparents hugging their grandkids, moments of unconditional love expressed in an embrace between old and young.

Readers Speak Out: February 14, 2021

February 11, 2021

Insulting stance Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has no trouble seeing the log in Donald Trump’s eye while ignoring the blinder covering his own eye!

Churches fear Bill C-6 could expose them to criminal sanction

February 11, 2021

OTTAWA -- Canadian religious organizations are concerned that a proposed bill to ban conversion therapy for youth in Canada could expose religious views on human sexuality to criminal sanction.

Cathy Majtenyi: What is true in a ‘post-truth’ world?

February 11, 2021

The storming of Capitol Hill in the U.S. is among recent outcomes of a growing and insidious trend: the dispersal of false and, in many cases malicious, lies passed off as being “the truth.”

Abuse victim can reopen claim against London diocese, top court rules

February 11, 2021

A victim of former priest and notorious sexual abuser Charles Sylvestre can reopen her civil suit against the Diocese of London, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Feb. 11.

February 12

A different look to Ash Wednesday

February 12, 2021

COVID has not cancelled Lent, nor Ash Wednesday, though a few things will feel a little different.

D&P ready for tough Share Lent campaign

February 12, 2021

This year Development and Peace knows what it’s up against.

Francis Campbell: Nova Scotia makes organ donation a priority

February 12, 2021

Amid the January inundation of news from south of the border about insurrection, impeachment and inauguration, a significant piece of Nova Scotia legislation took effect with little fanfare.

Iraqis eagerly await Pope's visit in face of pandemic and security challenges

February 12, 2021

AMMAN, Jordan -- Despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and security concerns, Pope Francis hopes to visit Iraq, an opportunity that eluded his predecessors.

February 13

Initial spark still burns after 72 years

February 13, 2021

“Love at first sight” as a concept probably finds itself with an even split between advocates and detractors.

Students’ video shines a light on mental health

February 13, 2021

Adriana Rereich says Oakville, Ont.’s St. Thomas Catholic Secondary School has a rich tradition of empowering students to tap into the arsenal of their creative talents.

Into the Lenten desert

February 13, 2021

Forty days in the desert — that’s our usual starting point for Lent. But we would prefer to choose our desert, and most years we do. We decide what we will give up for Lent. We choose spiritual reading, take on volunteering and charitable acts, memorize a new prayer, set aside time for meditation. Diligent Catholics like to plan our desert experience.

Peter Stockland: Theologian fights charge of bigotry

February 13, 2021

A Catholic theologian and professor is under public attack by students at McGill’s School of Religious Studies who want books he has authored removed, and exemptions granted from required courses he teaches.

February 14

God's Word on Sunday: Rainbow offers sign of God’s promise

February 14, 2021

First Sunday of Lent, Feb. 21 (Year B) Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 25; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 Sometimes the first attempt at a project fails. God created humans and all other living beings so that they could fill and subdue the Earth. But it did not go well. Violence and evil spread like a contagion following the expulsion from the garden of Eden and the murder of Abel at the hands of his brother Cain.

Course explores holistic needs of those in care

February 14, 2021

Personally and professionally, Julie Turenne-Maynard sees daily the loneliness and isolation amongst an aging population living at home or in long-term care facilities across Canada.

Fr. Yaw Acheampong: Season of renewal begins

February 14, 2021

When is the best time to repent? A couple of weeks ago this question came up during my telephone conversation with a friend about Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17. Christians normally associate the word “repent” with Lent because we think of Lent as a special time of reflection, a time of penitence and a time to return to the Lord.

February 17

Scottish Christian leaders say hate crime bill limits freedom to disagree

February 17, 2021

GLASGOW, Scotland -- The Scottish government should withdraw parts of a hate crime bill because of the risk it will lead to the prosecution of people solely for disagreeing with gender ideology and same-sex marriage, said Catholic and Protestant leaders.

B.C. lawyers seek to ease restrictions on churches

February 17, 2021

VANCOUVER -- Catholic lawyers in the Archdiocese of Vancouver are adding their voices to the growing numbers calling for the B.C. government to end its ban on worship services.

Speaking Out: Disconnected in a virtual world

February 17, 2021

In a world where we have so much technology and connection right at our fingertips, why do we sometimes feel so disconnected?