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October 2022

October 18

Eritrean authorities detain Catholic bishop with no explanation

October 18, 2022

Eritrean authorities are continuing to detain Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity, who was arrested at the Asmara International Airport Oct. 15.

October 19

Newfoundland parishioners feel ‘betrayed’ by archbishop

October 19, 2022

Some parishioners refused to attend the final Mass at Newfoundland’s Holy Rosary Church, angered by what they see as a “betrayal” over closure of their parish after being led to believe it could remain open.

Student mental health educators’ top concern

October 19, 2022

With schools slowly getting back to normal following the global pandemic, the Catholic Independent Schools of Vancouver Archdiocese is trying to help Catholic school principals address their greatest concerns.

‘Can’t not do it,’ says Sister Prejean

October 19, 2022

Sr. Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty.

October 20

Notre-Dame restoration should be complete by 2024

October 20, 2022

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is “a monument of humanity,” French architect Philippe Villeneuve told a Washington audience.

Irish unity: will dream come true?

October 20, 2022

The historic emergence of a Catholic majority in Northern Ireland will be a significant, though not the decisive, factor in achieving a reunited country, says a Belfast MP visiting Canada.

Synodal process extended by a year

October 20, 2022

The Synod on Synodality is getting bigger — globally and in Canada.

Encounter, heal and purify: St. Jerome’s plan for reconciliation

October 20, 2022

All histories are contested. If they weren’t, there would be no reason to study history. For an historian running a Catholic university in Canada right now, this nation’s history of colonialism and residential schools has created a special responsibility — not to the past but to our future understanding of ourselves.

King’s course shows economics should seek meaning

October 20, 2022

Pope Francis challenged young Catholics to “transform an economy that kills into an economy of life” at a three day “Economy of Francesco” meeting in Assisi Sept. 22-24.

Brescia professor’s dream comes true

October 20, 2022

Growing up in Middlesex County in southwestern Ontario, Peggy O’Neil said she and her family would encounter Brescia College — now Brescia University College — on their route to pick up pizza for dinner.

Campion alum touched by sojourn to Ukraine

October 20, 2022

Dr. Katherine Owens’ long career as a psychologist has afforded her opportunities to go abroad and provide post-disaster psychological support, serving among those affected by devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Somalia.

Get over ourselves and get with God’s program

October 20, 2022

The best sermon I ever heard was delivered by Fr. Philip Merdinger, the founder of the Brotherhood of Hope, a religious community dedicated to campus ministry. Father preached a retreat for us Daughters of St. Paul, and the gist of his sermon was: “You are not the most important thing in the world. God is.”

Expanding the work of Church on the Street

October 20, 2022

I have often prayed for others to join the ministry of “The Church on the Street.” However, even though many have come to look and see, none has chosen to follow. My offer of “franchises available” has failed to convince. Unfortunately, the front-page news this week of two murders in the area dampened any enthusiasm there might have been.

Editorial: Slippery slope anyone?

October 20, 2022

While creating the generation that came to life from 1946 to 1964, Canadians were in the midst of the Baby Boom.

October 21

Pro-life organization proceeds with defamation lawsuit against pro-choice advocate

October 21, 2022

The pro-life group 40 Days for Life has successfully blocked a legal motion that might have quashed its defamation lawsuit against a pro-choice advocate who sought to “ruin” its campaign.

Readers Speak Out: October 23, 2022

October 21, 2022

Magazine huzzahs I want to extend my congratulations to the staff of The Catholic Register for the excellent commemorative magazine Penance and Progress. The articles are thorough and thought-provoking.

‘The Challenge of Peace’ 40 years later

October 21, 2022

Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. bishops’ landmark pastoral letter “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response.”

Prudence gives rise to virtuous leadership

October 21, 2022

The world today has numerous crises — climate change, pandemic, growing discrepancies of power and wealth, the nuclear threat and war, not only in Ukraine but wars in places that go underreported. Perhaps the greatest crisis is the lack of leadership capable of dealing with these substantive crises.

The surprising simplicity of meaning the world

October 21, 2022

Presence has been swirling around me, chasing me in the fall wind, working its way through my hair. I taste it in time with friends, in singing in a choir, and in the longing to run away from what is hard.

Pope Francis' Laudato Si’ call renewed in new film

October 21, 2022

Pope Francis is once again reaching out over the heads of world leaders to appeal directly to ordinary people — people of all faiths and none — on behalf of a planet in crisis.