{mosimage}TORONTO - Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who last year sparked controversy with his remarks about religion in Quebec society, said Catholics “need some more militance” to reaffirm “the values of our Catholic tradition in Quebec.”
Continued generosity needed for Holy Land
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO - Cardinal John Foley, grand master of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, has urged a group of North American members of one of the Catholic Church’s oldest chivalric orders to be generous in their help to the inhabitants of the Holy Land.
Nine ordained to permanent diaconate
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO - As Jesus was asked by the Father to live a life of service, so too have the nine men ordained to the permanent diaconate May 31 been asked to dedicate their lives to serving the Lord.
Christian media needs to highlight positive, not be afraid of negative
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}TORONTO - Jesuit Father Frederico Lombardi urged Catholic media to highlight the positive and beautiful in Christian life, but at the same time not to duck the responsibility to recognize and denounce evil.
Truth will only come out in words
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}TORONTO - Ethicist Margaret Somerville challenged Catholic media to become “word warriors” and ethics agents to give people “the words they need to protect human dignity.”
Archdiocese of Toronto clergy appointments
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}The following clergy appointments for the archdiocese of Toronto will take place as of June 25, unless otherwise noted.
Immigration Canada's future
By Eugene Mccarthy, Catholic Register Special{mosimage}WATERLOO, Ont. - Multiculturalism, far from representing a static state, has become an ever-evolving social pattern in Canada.
That was the view expressed in a recent talk at St. Jerome’s University by Gregory Baum, professor emeritus at McGill University’s faculty of religious studies.
Groups join to fight Bill C-484
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}OTTAWA - More than 50 organizations, labour unions and groups have lined up against the Unborn Victims of Crime Act that passed second reading in the House of Commons March 5.
Toronto mayor takes handgun ban proposal to churches
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - Toronto Mayor David Miller wants churches and other faith communities to stick their necks out on behalf of the urban poor who live in the city's most violent neighbourhoods.
Jantzi Social Index on rise again
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO - After a year of sub-par results the Jantzi Social Index is once again leading the band among Canadian stock indexes.
D&P partners with Canada Foodgrains Bank
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - The first Catholic project by the Canada Foodgrains Bank will direct $500,000 to Zambian farmers who lost their crops to flooding in December and January.