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The Pope’s first official trip outside Rome in more than seven months couldn’t come at a better, or more critical, time.
Editorial: Our ‘jubilee’ duty
By Catholic Register EditorialThe word “jubilee” suggests a joyous celebration, but that is hardly the context for the theme Pope Francis has put on this year’s Season of Creation.
Editorial: The fight rages on
By Catholic Register EditorialFifty-five years ago, Pope Paul VI penned these words on the eve of the official end of Vatican II:
Editorial: Invest in the future
By Catholic Register EditorialThe news that parishes have taken a financial punch to the gut during the pandemic is not surprising. What can’t happen is allowing them to wallow in financial uncertainty, threatening the services that have defined Catholic values and, in so many ways, our lives.
Editorial: Champion of peace
By Catholic Register EditorialIn the darkest days of “The Troubles,” when Northern Ireland was torn by sectarian violence and bitter political divisions, John Hume dared to see a future built on peace.
Editorial: A disturbing trend
By Catholic Register EditorialThe reports were scattered at first, isolated news stories throughout the year of a statue toppled here, another spray-painted with graffiti there. This summer they have come more frequently — senseless acts of anti-Church vandalism that have grown bolder and more destructive.
Editorial: Now, more than ever
By Catholic Register EditorialOver the years, we have heard the pleas of popes and Vatican officials to halt the worldwide production of weapons. In virtually every case, the urgency of the plea has been punctuated by the preface: “Now, more than ever ….”
Editorial: Celebrate the church
By Catholic Register EditorialThere is a world of issues to worry about these days, playing havoc with our physical and spiritual well-being. So it’s good every once in a while to stop and, as the cliché goes, smell the roses.
Editorial: Honour the victims
By Catholic Register EditorialThe funeral will be held at a future date.
Editorial: It’s safety first
By Catholic Register EditorialAs Canadian churches continue to re-open, it would be wise to heed advice Pope Francis offered to Catholics everywhere.
Editorial: Pope’s voice needed
By Catholic Register EditorialThe cancer of racism is too widespread and too entrenched for one man to remedy alone, but if any one man could command international attention and speak with moral authority on the issue it would be Pope Francis.