June 2024

Scarborough class designs CNE pass

Luke Mandato · June 15, 2024

Few iconic summer traditions unite Toronto kids with excitement as much as the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) does each year.

TCDSB moves forward 'In God's Image'

Quinton Amundson · June 17, 2024

Beginning this upcoming school year, the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) is undertaking a three-year apostolic journey of growing in knowledge with justice and hope.

Anti-Israel tirade sparks board apology

Luke Mandato · June 18, 2024

The York Catholic District School Board has apologized after one of its schools hosted a pro-Palestinian guest speaker who demonized Israel for how it is carrying out operations during the current Mideast conflict.

No end in sight for affordability crisis

Working poor, immigrants finding it tough to make a go in Canada

Quinton Amundson · June 18, 2024

A new report shows 26 per cent of 1,515 Canadian adults polled indicate they are “extremely concerned about having enough income to cover their basic needs,” with seven per cent of respondents saying they have had to turn to food banks, food hampers or community meal programs, up from six per cent in October 2023.

Concerns surround MAiD for prisoners

Anna Farrow · June 18, 2024

Despite recent revisions to guidelines for Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) in Canadian prisons announced in March, correctional investigator Ivan Zinger remains concerned about a process that remains opaque to public scrutiny.

Young Italo-Canadians preserve faith and culture traditions

Angelica Vecchiato · June 19, 2024

Clad with festive aprons and red bandanas, a group of enthusiastic Italo-Canadians rolled up their sleeves to partake in a traditional Italian bread-making workshop on in honour of the culturally significant feast of Santa Maria Salome (St. Mary Salome).

Vancouver Catholic hospital faces MAiD ‘conundrum’

Terry O'Neill · June 19, 2024

More than half a year has now passed since the British Columbia government ordered Vancouver Coastal Health to build a euthanasia facility next to St. Paul’s Hospital, thereby doing an end run around the Catholic hospital’s principled opposition to assisted suicide.

Family sues over Vancouver Catholic hospital’s euthanasia policy

Canadian Catholic News · June 19, 2024

The parents of a terminally ill woman who was transferred to another facility to be euthanized after St. Paul’s Hospital refused to allow the procedure on its premises are suing the provincial government and Providence Health Care, the Catholic health-care provider that operates St. Paul’s.

Long-suffering Mount Cashel victims settlements on hold, again

Quinton Amundson · June 19, 2024

The passing of another plaintiff in the Mount Cashel abuse case further highlights the repeated delays that have continually cropped up in the legal process. Monetary restitution not received is ultimately justice denied.

The Mustard Seed

The indiscretion driving up our debt

Glen Argan · June 20, 2024

My father was a frugal man who categorically rejected going into debt. He warned me against this way of life more than I can recall. When he and my mother bought their modest home in Regina in 1954, they paid cash. Dad bought used cars, again always paying up front.

Being Catholic is knowing the Presence burning our hearts

Daniel Bezalel Richardsen · June 20, 2024

Structurally, within our very life, the human person is one who thirsts and expects something beyond ourselves. Consequently, faith is a response to these authentic needs already ineradicably embedded in us.

Researchers believe Vatican archives hold UFO secrets

Officials, however, discourage 'futile and unproductive' study

Robert Duncan · June 20, 2024

A group of scientists and researchers is seeking access to the Vatican Apostolic Archives to uncover information about UFOs and the paranormal, believing there may be traces amid the 80 km of shelves holding everything from handwritten papal notes to presidential missives.

Culture à la Carte

Six sins that thwart God’s mercy

Sr. Helena Burns · June 20, 2024

A recent Sunday Gospel was about the puzzling “sin against the Holy Spirit.” Puzzling and terrifying because Jesus is clear about its consequence: this sin “will not be forgiven in this life or the next.” (Mark 3:20-25)

The Lord’s presence is with us

Lea Karen Kivi · June 20, 2024

The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week, Sunday, June 23 to Saturday, June 29, 2024.

Vatican accuses former US nuncio Vigano of schism, begins trial

Justin McLellan · June 20, 2024

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith has begun an extrajudicial penal trial to determine if Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former nuncio to the United States, is guilty of schism, the archbishop said on social media.

Louisiana public schools must post Ten Commandments, other historical documents

Gina Christian · June 20, 2024

Public school classrooms in Louisiana will now be required to display the Ten Commandments by the start of 2025 as part of a new educational reform law signed by Gov. Jeff Landry.

Archdiocese of Toronto clergy changes for 2024

Catholic Register Staff · June 21, 2024

Clergy changes for the Archdiocese of Toronto, as of June 26 unless otherwise noted.

Push on for new Alberta church

Demand is high in rapidly expanding Chestermere

Quinton Amundson · June 21, 2024

Demand is high in rapidly expanding Chestermere

Editorial

‘Is MAiD made for prisoners?’

June 21, 2024

The appalling contemporary throwback known by its cutesy euphemism “medical aid in dying” (MAiD) is now making its death fingered presence felt in the nation’s jail houses.

Religious research hub launched at UWaterloo

Institute for religion to share views on its role in society

Quinton Amundson · June 21, 2024

Stirred by hearing so often over the years that many people know nothing about the Canadian religious landscape, Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme pitched some University of Waterloo colleagues the idea of forming a new scholarly institute on religion.