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Editorial: Open door of hope
By Catholic Register EditorialLast Friday morning, in the leadup to Lent, with Vladimir Putin’s invading troops on the doorstep of Ukraine, Pope Francis paid a surprise call on his neighbours at the Russian embassy on Rome’s Via della Conciliazione.
Editorial: Charity, mercy, love
By Catholic Register EditorialSeven years ago this spring a high-profile and very public Catholic commentator noisily left the Church after having already abandoned and returned to it previously.
Editorial: Damaging lies
By Catholic Register EditorialMore than 130 years ago, in a foundational encyclical of Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIII warned against “crafty agitators” within the political class bent on dividing society for pernicious ends.
Editorial: What is normal?
By Catholic Register EditorialPremier François Legault vowed in advance of a truckers’ convoy arriving in Quebec City there would be zero tolerance for antics that interfered with residents enjoying “normal” life.
Editorial: Bishops, take a bow
By Catholic Register EditorialCritics across the Church spectrum habitually accuse Canada’s Catholic leadership of ducking what “must” be done — must inevitably being defined by what a given critic wants.
Editorial: Faith and Meta physics
By Catholic Register EditorialAmerican journalist Holman W. Jenkins Jr., who is typically brilliant, outdid even himself recently identifying the emerging metaverse as a potential end game for current woke identity politics.
Editorial: For love of Christ
By Catholic Register EditorialThe beautiful paradox of Catholic faith is living itself out in Quebec where church pews are empty by State decree but parking lots outside Christ’s houses of worship are filling with prayer.
Editorial: Get the facts straight
By Catholic Register EditorialMainstream outlets and social media players had kittens last week over remarks attributed to Pope Francis about the “selfishness” of people keeping pets in place of raising children.
Editorial: Getting it right
By Catholic Register EditorialFinalizing a “framework” for a five-year “campaign” to “fundraise” for a cause are hardly the whiz bang motivational words most of us need to roar out of the blocks for 2022. Set alongside, say, “sprinkling pixie dust to miraculously end the pandemic,” they might even appear a little, well, beige.
Editorial: Our hopes for 2022
By Catholic Register EditorialIt is with some relief that we can soon put 2021 in the proverbial rear-view mirror.