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Editorial: A step forward

Editorial: A step forward

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As apologies go, the one issued by Canada’s Catholic bishops to Indigenous peoples marks a significant step in this long, long reconciliation journey.

Activists, many wearing orange shirts, take to the streets of Toronto in June to mark the discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools.

Editorial: Colour us Orange

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The first official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is Sept. 30, “an opportunity for each public servant to recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools,” the government says.

Mattawoman Creek is seen at Smallwood State Park in Marbury, Md..

Editorial: Sign up for planet

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Saving the planet is a pretty tall order, so it’s understandable that we can feel a little overwhelmed by the task. After all, what’s one person going to accomplish?

Editorial: Do your duty

Editorial: Do your duty

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The Catholic Register is not going to tell you who you should cast a vote for in this federal election. As a registered charity, we must remain non-partisan.

Afghan refugees are seen at a camp in Obrenovac, Serbia, Aug. 31, 2021.

Editorial: Turn to prayer

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The images are still so fresh in our memories, the feelings still so easily recalled, that it is incredible to realize that 20 years have passed since the events of a day that will always be known as 9/11.

Editorial: Vaccine justice

Editorial: Vaccine justice

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It’s easy for Canada to be smug about its COVID-19 vaccination rate, but we can’t afford that luxury — not when so much of the world is still starving for vaccine relief.

Flames engulf St. Jean Baptiste Church in Morinville, Alberta, June 30, 2021, in this still image taken form video obtained from social media. The early morning fire destroyed the century-old Catholic church near Edmonton and is being treated as suspicious by Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Editorial: Vandals solve nothing

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First it was grief, then it was anger, then it was destruction.

Editorial: Words not enough

Editorial: Words not enough

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To say this is a challenging summer for Catholics and their Church in Canada is putting it mildly. But where there is challenge, there is also opportunity and it’s vitally important that it is seized.

Editorial: Misplaced pride

Editorial: Misplaced pride

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“As Minister of Health, I am proud to present Health Canada’s Second Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying (2020).”

Kamloops residents and First Nations people gather to listen to drummers and singers at a memorial in front of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia.

Editorial: We must listen

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There will be more … more unmarked graves, more grief, more anger, more shame.

Audrey Pineau, left, one of St. Anthony’s Parish CWL Council’s longest serving members, with one of its newest members, Joanie Chislett.

Editorial: CWL: faith in action

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A century ago this month, on June 1, 1921, about 400 women from across Canada gathered at Columbus Hall in Toronto for the first national convention of the Catholic Women’s League. The First World War had ended just two and a half years earlier. Arthur Meighen was prime minister, George V was still on the throne and Canada — 8.7-million strong — was a month away from its 54th birthday.

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