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Returning from a recent visit to the Holy Land, Winnipeg Archbishop Richard Gagnon compared the Palestinian territory of Gaza to a prison.
Editorial: Hospice stands tall
By Catholic Register EditorialThe operators of a small hospice outside of Vancouver are standing like David against a government Goliath in a showdown to block assisted suicide and euthanasia from crossing their threshold. We support their cause and applaud their courage.
Editorial: Two’s a crowd
By Catholic Register EditorialThe Hollywood production The Two Popes has been earning Oscar nominations and praise as a must-see movie. But the film, which imagines conversations in 2012 between an aging Pope Benedict XVI and the soon-to-be Pope Francis, is a two-hour escape into fiction, totally unlike the drama now unfolding which stars the past and current pope.
Editorial: Victims of madness
By Catholic Register EditorialWhat does war look like? It has many faces and countless innocent victims.
Editorial: The women’s decade
By Catholic Register EditorialIt seemed fitting that Pope Francis began the new year by pointing a spotlight at women, given that integrating women into the everyday running of the Church will be a major theme of the new decade.
Editorial: Event of the decade
By Catholic Register EditorialFrom a Catholic perspective, few if any dates were more significant during the soon-to-close decade than Feb.11, 2013.
Editorial: Christmas prayers
By Catholic Register EditorialWith good reason, Canadians generally take it for granted that Christmas is a season of peace and goodwill. We are blessed to live in a country that slows down to let the joy of the season wash over us.
Editorial: A necessary delay
By Catholic Register EditorialThe call went up to have Archbishop Fulton Sheen declared a saint almost from the day he died 40 years ago. So current disappointment at a Vatican directive to touch the brakes on the popular American’s sainthood cause is no surprise, but the decision is appropriate.
Editorial: Mangers a must
By Catholic Register EditorialIf it’s true that the best ideas are often the simplest ones, then give credit to Pope Francis for endorsing an 800-year-old strategy to place Christ at the centre of Christmas.
Editorial: Poor need Minister
By Catholic Register EditorialThe poor need our hands to lift them up and give them hope, said Pope Francis on the World Day of the Poor. Three days later, Canada’s new government extended a hand in a different direction when it swore in our first-ever Minister of Middle Class Prosperity.
