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November 2023

November 30

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire

November 30, 2023

There he stood. Alone. Vulnerable. Attired as a Prince of the Church wielding spiritual power, he was unprotected from the risks of downtown Toronto street life.

Adventures while awaiting God’s call home

November 30, 2023

I suppose I am one of the young, old. In January I will turn 65, and officially become a senior citizen. Not long ago I spent a weekend with an old friend. During an evening of wonderful conversation he said, “you know Harry, we are in the prime of the rest of our lives.” I thought his comment was noteworthy, so I wrote it down.

Christ will bridge the loneliness gap

November 30, 2023

It’s a condition that increases the risk of heart disease by 29 per cent, strokes by 32 per cent and premature death by 26 per cent. It has the same effect on the body as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. People with this condition are more likely to catch viruses, contract respiratory illnesses and develop dementia, among many other ills.

Finding broken hearts can change the world

November 30, 2023

It all started with a call from a friend. “Would you be able to meet with a relative of mine who is sleeping rough on the streets and into drugs?” I said that if he was willing, I would meet with him. We arranged to meet at “Ripples of Kindness,” the outreach program run out of Sacre Coeur Parish in downtown Toronto. Little did I know that the meeting would lead me deep into the Rock ’n’ Roll scene of the ’80s and ’90s.

Google settles with feds on Bill C-18

November 30, 2023

The Google Canada and federal government standoff over Bill C-18, the Online News Act, is over. Links to Canadian media publications will continue to have domain on the world’s most popular search engine after the two sides came to an agreement Nov. 29.

Cody Fajardo’s winning formula

November 30, 2023

Underdog, Catholic, champion… with a ‘sprinkle of Jesus’

At Christmas, we prepare for something good

November 30, 2023

A young woman, Suzette, became used to inventing explanations for being late for school. She was ashamed to tell the real reason: frequently, she had to take a detour, because she thought she’d glimpsed a certain type of vehicle and was afraid to see or be seen by the occupant. Just the idea of seeing a certain person who had harmed her, and who drove such a vehicle, made her so anxious she had to change her daily course.

Verbatim: Pope Francis’ message to participants in the 13th festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church

November 30, 2023

Pope Francis’ message to participants in the 13th festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church.

Editorial: No one so blind as the watchdog

November 30, 2023

The Canadian Human Rights Commission must at least log marks for audacity by attacking Christmas and Easter as “obvious examples” of religious intolerance following the Oct. 7 Hamas hate slaughter in Israel. Even in the wake of the most barbaric outbreak of religious “intolerance” afflicted on Jews since the Holocaust, after all, the CHRC created a media flutter with its recent “Discussion Paper on Religious Intolerance.” To do so, it singled out the two main Christian holidays as prime causes of “present day systemic religious discrimination.”

Why Rosica?

November 30, 2023

Why would The Catholic Register publish the article “Changing journey along synodal path” about Fr. Tom Rosica’s views on the October Synod of Bishops?