Catholic Register Staff
Friars' Essay Contest 2023 winners
Once again this year, along with our partner-sponsors at the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Office for Christian Unity and Religious Relations with Judaism and the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, The Catholic Register is pleased to announce the winners of the Friars Student Essay Writing Contest.
Verbatim: One year into the synodal process
A blogpost by Catherine Clifford, a theolgy professor at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, on the synodal process.
Verbatim: ‘I will bring ... all that I am and all that I have’
Greetings Message to the People of God in the Archdiocese of Toronto from Archbishop-designate Most Rev. Francis Leo
Cardinal Collins retirement to be filled by Montreal’s Bishop Leo
On hearing that Montreal Bishop Frank Leo would succeed him as Archbishop of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins immediately thought of Toronto’s first bishop, Michael Power. At a parish feast day Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes, downtown Toronto, Collins reminded the congregation how Toronto’s first bishop also came from Montreal and was also, as a priest, vicar of English-speaking Montrealers.
Verbatim: Testimony of Dr. Heidi Janz to Parliament’s Special Joint Committee on MAiD
Testimony of Dr. Heidi Janz, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Manitoba and a disability rights advocate, to Parliament’s Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying, on Nov 22, 2022.
Verbatim: Sr. Nancy Brown fights against human trafficking
Nancy Brown, Sister of Charity, has fought against human trafficking for more than 20 years.
MAiD for mentally ill delayed by Parliament
The expansion of assisted suicide in Canada to those suffering solely from mental illness is being delayed by a year.
Verbatim: Homily of Cardinal Michael Czerny at the Pax Christi Conference closing Mass
The homily given by Cardinal Michael Czerny S.J., head of the Vatican dicastery for promoting integral human development, at the Pax Christi Conference closing Mass.
Ouellet denies ‘reprehensible conduct’ as new allegation emerges
Cardinal Marc Ouellet has vehemently rejected a new accusation of sexual misconduct involving a female complainant while he led the Archdiocese of Quebec.
Readers Speak Out: January 15, 2023
Hope springs
I wonder if there will be an editorial entitled “Hope for 2023?”