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October 2021

October 13

Glen Argan: Lack of transparency shatters credibility

October 13, 2021

The doctrine of the Trinity provides the clearest insight into the nature of God as love as well as into the fullness of the human person. Christianity is best understood in the light of three divine persons who are infinite, overflowing love. Society could benefit enormously if it understood God as trinitarian love and our call as that of living in light of such love.

Sr. Helena Burns: Handy hints to overcome rosary stuggles

October 13, 2021

Are you struggling with the rosary? Struggling with praying the rosary? You are not alone. Many Catholics feel super guilty for not praying the rosary very much or at all.

October 14

‘Faith is not neutral’ in caring for creation

October 14, 2021

Pope Francis isn’t going to let the next global summit on climate change slip by on the same old excuses and empty promises — and Development and Peace - Caritas Canada aims to see Canadian Catholics play their part.

Editorial: Face the shame

October 14, 2021

Just in case any of us thought the abuse crisis in the Church has moved from a boil to a simmer, the report from an independent commission on sexual abuse in France has turned up the heat yet again — as it should.

Readers Speak Out: October 17, 2021

October 14, 2021

Contrition needed I wondered why the Indigenous peoples had a lukewarm response to the Canadian bishops’ apology. Could the reason be that it was termed an “apology”?

October 15

‘This is a resurrection moment for the Church’

October 15, 2021

The 2023 Synod on Synodality can’t come fast enough for physician, ethicist and expert on sexual abuse by priests Sr. Nuala Kenny.

Indigenous learning commitment made in and out of the classroom

October 15, 2021

On the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, 6,509 orange ribbons spanned the banisters in the foyer at All Saints Catholic Secondary School in Whitby, Ont., each representing a child from an unmarked grave at a former residential school.

Prominent Anglican bishop received into Catholic Church

October 15, 2021

MANCHESTER, England -- A prominent Anglican bishop has joined the Catholic Church and will be ordained as a priest at the end of October.

Leah Perrault: Meeting the challenge of thanks

October 15, 2021

Thanks is a word and a way of being. It seeks out the gift in what is. It assumes there is a gift to be seen here. In the hardest seasons of my life, thanks has been a ladder out of darkness. A therapist once reminded me through my tears that what we focus on is magnified. When we actively practise gratitude, the gifts of the present become easier to see.

October 16

From pain to forgiveness: A residential school survivor shares his story

October 16, 2021

VANCOUVER -- Rousing applause sounded as Cree elder Don Tourangeau embraced Fr. Pierre Ducharme at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Richmond, B.C., on Canada’s first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

Therapist finds beauty in healing, faith

October 16, 2021

Physiotherapist Robbie de Fleuriot believes in taking a holistic approach to physical recovery.

Cathy Majtenyi: We need to beware losing fear of evil

October 16, 2021

Store displays and front lawns are filling up with skeletons, ghosts and all things ghoulish in preparation for Halloween, a favourite occasion among most children.

Abortion ‘buffer zone’ bill defeated in Manitoba

October 16, 2021

Pro-life forces in Manitoba scored a victory on Oct. 14 when an NDP bill seeking to create a protest buffer zone around facilities providing abortions was voted down in the provincial legislature.

October 17

COVID precaution kills OFSAA dreams

October 17, 2021

For Sarah Martin, hopes to watch her daughter Kyla compete for a medal at the Ontario high school cross-country championships this fall have been dashed once again due to COVID-19.

God's Word on Sunday: God will give us strength to persevere

October 17, 2021

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 24 (Year B) Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalm 126; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 Without hope people and nations wither and die. With a hope-filled vision, all things are possible.

October 19

Cardinal Burke continues to recover, urges Catholics to pray rosary daily

October 19, 2021

LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Cardinal Raymond L. Burke said his recovery from COVID-19 is continuing with the help of physical therapy and he is now able to celebrate daily Mass.

Migrant shelter in southern Mexico denounces raid by armed individuals

October 19, 2021

MEXICO CITY -- A Catholic migrant shelter in southern Chiapas state said unidentified individuals forced their way into the premises -- the latest act of intimidation against migrant defenders in the region.

October 20

Catholic Children's Aid apologizes for systemic racism

October 20, 2021

The Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto has acknowledged and apologized for historical harm committed against Indigenous and Black communities.

Pope Francis shares letter of abuse victim

October 20, 2021

VATICAN CITY -- An adult survivor of abuse by a priest appealed to the world’s seminarians to become good priests and to make sure the “bitter truth” always prevails, not silence about scandals and their cover-up.

Martyrs of Spanish civil war beatified

October 20, 2021

CÓRDOBA, Spain -- More than 100 victims of Spain’s 1936-1939 civil war moved a step closer to sainthood after being beatified as martyrs for the faith. They included two teenage boys as well as an 88-year-old nun who died of bullet wounds after being tied to a window as a human shield.