Browse › 2022 › February

February 2022

February 7

Pope Francis answers questions on popular Italian talk show

February 7, 2022

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis told an Italian interviewer that forgiveness is "a human right."

Germany's Synodal Assembly calls for change on deacons, bishops' selection

February 7, 2022

FRANKFURT, Germany -- The Synodal Path of the Catholic Church in Germany wants laypeople to be able to participate in choosing bishops and wants the church to have women deacons.

February 8

Benedict asks forgiveness in response to Munich abuse report

February 8, 2022

VATICAN CITY -- At the age of 94, retired Pope Benedict XVI said he knows he will soon stand before God's judgment and he prayed that he would be forgiven for his shortcomings, including in handling allegations of clerical sexual abuse.

Montreal nuns intend to stand up against their eviction

February 8, 2022

MONTREAL -- On Jan. 31, a bailiff knocked on the door of the 200-odd units of the Mont-Carmel Residence, a private seniors' residence in Montreal. Auxiliary Sister Suzanne Loiselle, five other of her sisters, and all the residents received a notice of eviction from him.

February 9

Ottawa basilica cancels Masses due to Freedom Convoy protest

February 9, 2022

The Freedom Convoy ensnarling the nations’s capital has led to the cancellation of Masses in churches near downtown Ottawa.

Social conservatives cheer O’Toole demise

February 9, 2022

While social conservatives crow over the demise of Erin O’Toole and begin trying to draft rookie MP Leslyn Lewis to take another run at the Conservative Party leadership, Liberals and other left-of-centre parties are more quietly smiling, political analysts have told The Catholic Register.

Reject racism, live how Creator intended: cardinal

February 9, 2022

WASHINGTON -- People must “reject all forms of racism, bigotry and injustice” and recognize “we are each made by God and are deserving of respect and dignity because of just that,” said Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory.

Coffee, conversation, Catholic communion

February 9, 2022

DAVENPORT, Iowa. -- An idea began brewing in Patrick Schmadeke’s head as he listened to an interview with Xavière Missionary Sr. Nathalie Becquart on the Synod of Bishops in 2023.

Speaking Out: Look behind the happily ever

February 9, 2022

Below-zero February temperatures, red roses, sweetheart candies galore and the timely advent of romantically-saturated Hallmark movies are the tell-tale signsof an impending, and often dreaded, culturally memorialized feast: Valentine’s Day.

Toronto revives Totus Tuus program

February 9, 2022

After a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus, the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Office of Catholic Youth (OCY) and Office of Vocations is well on its way to restoring its annual Totus Tuus program in 2022.

Sr. Helena Burns: Divide and conquer? Never in Canada

February 9, 2022

Perhaps the oldest strategy of war is: “Divide and conquer”— which can take many forms. Physically divide a land mass into north and south. Encourage a portion of a country to secede. Partition. Physical divisions create smaller spaces and populations to overtake, can leave families separated and citizens stranded. But the most insidious division is spiritual, psychological, social. If planned from without and then wormed into a once-harmonious (even if not homogenous) group, division can be made to feel organic and even righteous through… you guessed it: fear-mongering.

February 10

Bishop De Roo was ‘a pilgrim of Vatican II’

February 10, 2022

Canada’s last surviving Second Vatican Council father has died. Victoria Bishop Emeritus Remi De Roo was 97 years old when he reached his eternal rest on Feb. 1.

Assumption church in Windsor slowly returns to past glory

February 10, 2022

Windsor’s historic Our Lady of the Assumption Church has been declared “saved” by the National Trust for Canada. But for the 294-year-old parish the road to salvation begins with reconciliation.

Virtual is RCIA’s reality again this year

February 10, 2022

There was a fleeting moment near the end of last year when Sandy Marshall thought restarting in-person Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) meetings would be possible in 2022.

Editorial: What is normal?

February 10, 2022

Premier François Legault vowed in advance of a truckers’ convoy arriving in Quebec City there would be zero tolerance for antics that interfered with residents enjoying “normal” life.

Readers Speak Out: February 13, 2022

February 10, 2022

Fairness from Farrow I would like to express my appreciation for Anna Farrow’s article “I did see a mob; it wasn’t the truckers.” The piece was fair and accurate in its insight given that Farrow was actually in Ottawa and able to judge what she saw. I liked, as well, her inclusion of the religious aspect of the protest, a fact that has not been noted. Canadians joined in the prayer even if they were not Catholics.

Vatican confirms Pope Francis to visit Malta in April 2022

February 10, 2022

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will visit Malta April 2-3, a Vatican spokesman said.

New bill puts conscience rights back in focus

February 10, 2022

Cardinal Thomas Collins has added his applause for a federal bill protecting conscience rights of health-care professionals who refuse participation in medically assisted suicide.

Glen Argan: The counterculture of God’s silent presence

February 10, 2022

As a young man, I developed a curiosity about the Cistercian way of life. Part of my interest came from reading books by Thomas Merton, the dissolute young man who discovered a unity of life and spirit upon entering the Trappist monastery in Kentucky.

February 11

It’s back to future as Hetu returns to Development and Peace

February 11, 2022

The man who grew the Catholic Near East Welfare Association in Canada from zero to more than $5 million a year in donations is taking the helm at Canada’s Catholic development agency.