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December 2022

December 1

Jesuits offer Trudeau their Haiti expertise

December 1, 2022

As Canada prepares to take the lead among the Core Group trying to solve Haiti’s anarchic and violent crisis, Canada’s top Jesuit is offering Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a precious resource — 55 Haitian Jesuits, including 35 currently in the troubled Caribbean nation.

Congolese bishop urges government to take control in turbulent east

December 1, 2022

A Catholic bishop in Congo warned of a loss of government control over parts of the country, ahead of a projected visit by Pope Francis.

Francis’ reform rocks Caritas Internationalis

December 1, 2022

A dramatic shutdown of the Caritas Internationalis offices in Rome by papal decree was a surprise, and not a surprise, to the leaders of the 162 Catholic agencies that belong to the world’s second largest humanitarian network after the Red Cross.

Four steps to a mini-Catholic culture at home

December 1, 2022

Why are our young people leaving the Catholic Church en masse? Many “panic studies” and “exit polls” have been done to answer the question of this gargantuan exodus.

Defeating evil by confronting our own

December 1, 2022

It has been more than four months since the end of Pope Francis’ visit to Canada to meet with Indigenous people and apologize for the Catholic Church’s involvement and acts of terror in the Indian residential school system. It’s long enough for the next steps in the journey of reconciliation to have been at least discussed. Yet, there has been next to nothing.

Two Quebec bishops named in abuse lawsuit

December 1, 2022

Two Quebec bishops, one deceased and one living, have been named in a sexual abuse class action against the Archdiocese of Quebec.

Editorial: The woke awaken

December 1, 2022

When even the Toronto Star emits an editorial ululation against medically administered homicide, we know we’re at the event horizon of a national moral black hole. Forget slippery slopes. We’re in the gravitational pull of somewhere the light no longer shines.

Readers Speak Out: December 4, 2022

December 1, 2022

Caring reality Gerard Walsh of Saugeen Shores, Ont., states in a Nov. 27 letter to the editor of The Catholic Register there is a need to adjust for reality regarding falling church attendance. He claims there has been no adjustment at the parish level.

Pope Francis pays tribute to predecessor, honours Ratzinger Prize winners

December 1, 2022

Presenting the Ratzinger Prize to a French Jesuit theologian and a Jewish law professor, Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor and his theological work.

December 2

Charges laid in London cemetery burglary

December 2, 2022

London police have charged a 35-year-old man in the theft of 43 bronze vases and multiple plaques from St. Peter’s Cemetery in the southwestern Ontario city.

Canadians can make difference in Congo

December 2, 2022

With so much of the mineral wealth needed for the world’s green transition, the future is in Congo’s hands.

Kids are bridge between contrition, compassion

December 2, 2022

“I cannot believe I ever complained about being tired in the company of friends with young kids. Please forgive me!!” So tweeted new mother and journalist Bari Weiss, complete with double exclamation marks.

In poverty we are with the Crucified Christ

December 2, 2022

These are dangerously murky times. Passionate voices ring out all over; few listen to each other. We risk losing one another as forces pull and push us apart, like the sudden crush in a crowd, when people going different directions create forces by which some get suffocated and trampled. How can we find our way together amidst such forces?

Asia Bibi advocates for Pakistanis accused of blasphemy

December 2, 2022

Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Catholic woman who escaped death for alleged blasphemy and who now lives in Canada, has appealed for the protection of victims of blasphemy laws in her home country.

Ukrainian government says it will investigate Orthodox linked to Moscow

December 2, 2022

The Ukrainian government said it would sanction members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate.

December 3

Catholic schools taking part in bullying study

December 3, 2022

A Brock University research team is renewing its five-year school bullying investigation launched in 2017 that was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ecology comes first, ‘no ifs, ands or buts’

December 3, 2022

Twenty religious congregations have joined together to lobby Ottawa politicians on climate change and social justice.

December 4

God's Word on Sunday: We must lay the foundation for the Saviour

December 4, 2022

Second Sunday of Advent (Year A) Dec. 4 (Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72; Romans 15:4-9; Matthew 3:1-12) The prophecy from Isaiah does not describe anyone we have ever met, or the sort of person seen in the media. Although a descendant of King David, the figure seems to be from another world far above our own. He represents humanity’s hope and dream for millennia — someone who will put the world right. The saviour figure is one who is wise, just, righteous in judgment, incorruptible and filled with understanding and knowledge of God.

B.C. hospice plan takes on MAiD 'tyranny'

December 4, 2022

The Delta Hospice Society has launched an innovative, three-pronged counter-offensive against Canada’s ever-more-permissive assisted-suicide law.

Prince Albert educators honoured, surprised by Queen’s Jubilee medal

December 4, 2022

Prince Albert Catholic School Division (PACSD) leaders Suzanne Stubbs and Mark Phaneuf were surprised and honoured upon finding out they would both be feted with a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.