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The Church of Pope Francis’ dreams, a Church that is poor and for the poor, is becoming the dream of Canadians, many of whom, from all across the spectrum, have been left smiling by Pope Francis’ love letter to the Church on the new evangelization.
Filipinos’ solidarity inspiring in aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTouring Tacloban in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Ryan Worms was aware of horror and grace.
Moving forward on native reconciliation
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterMoney can’t buy you love, or justice, or reconciliation. But sometimes money is the necessary first step.
Durocher develops plan for evangelizing Church
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterJust days before Pope Francis laid out his dream for a missionary Church in all parts of the world, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ president Archbishop Paul-André Durocher put forward his own hopes for the new evangelization in Canada.
Christianity requires a relationship with Jesus
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The West’s crisis of faith has “morphed” into a crisis of hope that requires anchoring people in the great Christian story, said Montreal Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Dowd.
No apartheid in Israel, says South African pastor
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Since it was launched in Toronto in 2005, Israel Apartheid Weeks have spread across university campuses in North America. In recent years there have been events claiming Israel is “an apartheid state” at New York University, Cambridge University in England, in Johannesburg, South Africa and in Jerusalem.
D&P sticking to tried and true aid plan
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTwenty-million dollars in matching funds from Ottawa for Philippines typhoon relief have so far gone to a familiar list of United Nations agencies and heavyweight non-governmental organizations with experience in emergency relief and development.
Coalition forms to take on destructive porn industry
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - A coalition comprising feminists, religious, aboriginals, NGOs and human-trafficking experts are joining forces with Conservative MP Joy Smith to take on the porn industry.
Woodworth introduces human dignity motion
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Warning of a “dark and dystopian future” if society accepts any instance of the state stripping even one person of their status as a human being, Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth tabled another motion in Parliament that highlights the status of the unborn child.
Typhoon teaches students to be globally aware
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterA typhoon half a world away is a lesson in global responsibility and the golden rule for students at Senator O’Connor Catholic Secondary School in Toronto’s east end.
Church beefs up presence in prison ministry
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterOn any given day more than 160,000 Canadians over 18 are in jail, though only 38,000 of them have been convicted of a crime. Despite a decline in crime rates, the rate at which Canadians are jailed rose by five per cent between 2001 and 2011, according to Statistics Canada.