Week promotes tolerance and peace among religions
Fr. Stocks was chaplain to Toronto's deaf community
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Holy Cross Father Henry Andrew Stocks spoke loud and clear in a language you can’t hear and touched the hearts of deaf Catholics from Bangalore to Toronto.
Special teachers fill special needs
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The rigours of a regular classroom can be too much for some students. They struggle to cope for a variety of reasons, be they social or emotional, mental health or medical needs.
Aboriginal Caucus chair finds vocation in law-making
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsFormer RCMP officer now tries his hand at law enforcement at the legislative level
Vincentian program targets education
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterOzanam fund hoping that school will help raise people out of poverty
First Nations’ MP seeks to amend Indian Act
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsWhile Idle No More protests and blockades continue sporadically across Canada, the Conservatives’ Aboriginal Caucus chair is busy tackling the outdated Indian Act.
D&P appeals for aid for Syrian refugees
By Catholic Register StaffThe Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace is funnelling aid to its Caritas partners to respond to frigid winter temperatures in the Mideast that have hit an estimated two million Syrians displaced by the country's civil war and hundreds of thousands of refugees outside of Syria's borders.
Cardinal Collins launches ‘bold vision’ for Toronto
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Cardinal Thomas Collins has launched a pastoral plan for the archdiocese of Toronto that proposes creation of a “Cathedral Block” to transform St. Michael’s Cathedral and surrounding area into a place of pilgrimage as the centrepiece in a relentless campaign of evangelization to “win the world for Christ.”
Quebec bishops condemn 'dangerous' euthanasia proposal
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Quebec’s promised bill to bring in “medical aid in dying” is a “dangerous” proposal that confuses medical care with euthanasia, said Quebec’s bishops, joining numerous groups in condemning the plan.
Ontario bishops issue school guide for social teaching
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Ontario’s Catholic bishops believe they have something precious to offer Catholic high school students.
Fresh vision needed in First Nations’ relations
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - With the First Nations’ Idle No More protests showing no sign of running out of steam, some observers urge a fresh vision for the relationship between Canada and its aboriginal peoples.