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Canadian bishops denounce anti-Semitic talk by SSPX leader
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canada’s Catholic bishops have denounced recent statements made in Canada by the Society of St. Pius X superior that “the Jews” are the “enemies of the Church.”
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.
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
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and blockades continue sporadically across Canada, the Conservatives’ Aboriginal Caucus chair is busy tackling the outdated Indian Act.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.
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.
Paper trail shows D&P cuts defied all advice
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterInternal e-mails, briefing notes and memoranda obtained by The Catholic Register reveal that a government decision to cut funding to Canada’s Catholic development agency went against the advice of almost everyone consulted, including its own bureaucracy.
Archbishop Plourde a leader among bishops
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Ottawa Archbishop-emeritus Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, who participated in the Second Vatican Council and helped create Development and Peace, was a leader among bishops, current Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast told those gathered for Plourde's funeral Jan. 11.
Frustration mounts in refugee waiting game
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The 166 Toronto-area parishes with active refugee committees could open a new, more hopeful chapter on up to 700 refugee stories in 2013.