It’s common for popes to search far and wide for their cardinals, but none has searched farther and wider than Pope Francis.
One year, perhaps 2,000 deaths and several unresolved issues.
It’s been one year since terminally ill Canadians have been legally free to choose medical intervention to end their lives. In that time, some 1,400 people have chosen assisted suicide.
The Church, like the world, needs heroes. We call them saints, people of heroic virtue who walk humbly and faithfully in the footsteps of Jesus.
In the May 21 issue of The Catholic Register Peter Stockland wrote a sincere Comment piece about the need for renewal within organizations. I agree with him on this point.
They call it the Summer of Sorrow.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Pope Francis welcomes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a papal audience in coming days.
The flag was unremarkable. It had red-and-white lettering on a grey background and read simply: National March for Life Ottawa.
Editorial: Trudeau government needs to end bias in summer jobs funding
By Catholic Register Editorial
Canada Summer Jobs is a worthy federal program that subsidizes employment for thousands of high school and university students. Ottawa trumpets that “all small business, not-for-profit organizations and public-sector employers are encouraged to apply for funding” and hire summer students.
Bravo for Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who has emerged as a white knight for Catholic education.
Editorial: Egypt trip strengthens Mideast Christians, religious tolerance
By Catholic Register Editorial
Just 19 days after two Palm Sunday terrorist bombings killed more than 45 Christian worshippers and injured a hundred more in Egypt, Pope Francis will personally take a message of peace and solidarity to that volatile nation.