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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, wave to supporters at the Palais des Congres in Montreal after claiming victory in the election.

Editorial: Reflect ... then act

By Catholic Register Editorial

It was a humbled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who indulged the media after his Liberal Party was returned grudgingly to Ottawa with a minority government.

Displaced Kurdish women and children, who fled from violence with their family after a Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria, sit in a classroom Oct. 22, 2019, at a public school used as shelter in Hassakeh, Syria.

Editorial: A cry for justice

By Catholic Register Editorial

Syrian Christians have been neglected, forgotten and cast aside like “the scum of the world,” charged the patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church.

Editorial: Voting is our duty

By Catholic Register Editorial

All Canadians over the age of 18 enjoy the right to vote but, for Catholics, voting is also a duty.

New Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny greets French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti during a consistory led by Pope Francis for the creation of 13 new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 5, 2019.

Editorial: A new shepherd

By Catholic Register Editorial

Canada’s newest cardinal insists he has no idea why the Pope of surprises invited him, a priest, to enter the College of Cardinals. But to anyone familiar with the resume of Cardinal Michael Czerny, the answer seems obvious.

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg delivers and impassioned speech at the UN.

Editorial: Youth must be heard

By Catholic Register Editorial

Out of the mouths of babes has poured a passionate and brutally blunt condemnation of mankind’s contamination of God’s creation.

Editorial: Extinguish vaping

By Catholic Register Editorial

Unlike a year ago, when it signalled all aboard for marijuana, Ottawa needs to derail the toxic and addictive practice of vaping before it becomes a runaway train.

Andrew Scheer, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Editorial: A test of tolerance

By Catholic Register Editorial

In some respects, the Oct. 21 federal election will be a referendum on tolerance.

Bianca Andreescu makes the sign of the cross after beating Serena Williams in the final of the U.S. Open tennis championship Sept. 7 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, N.Y. The 19-year-old Andreescu became the first Canadian ever to win a Grand Slam singles title.

Editorial: Courting sainthood

By Catholic Register Editorial

In the words of Pope Francis, to give the best of oneself in sports is also a call to aspire to holiness.

The Amazon jungle burns Aug. 24, 2019, as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil.

Editorial: Amazon lessons

By Catholic Register Editorial

When the Amazon suffers, the world suffers.

Editorial: It’s good business

By Catholic Register Editorial

The top executives from 181 of the richest corporations in America recently signed a one-page document on business ethics that could have been penned by the Pope.