Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register
Church renewal in a post-modern age
Bobby Angel knows the “postmodern genie is out of the bottle” and cannot be undone.
Postal strike devastated charitable sector
Seven days after the federal government announced on Dec. 30 that the deadline would be extended so that non-profit donations would be eligible for 2024 tax support up until Feb. 28, 2025, Justin Trudeau prorogued Parliament on Jan. 6.
Persecution Index outlines perils of world's Christians
International Christian Concern’s (ICC) 2025 Global Persecution Index outlines how authoritarianism, religious nationalism, mass surveillance, displacement and acts of terror are imperilling believers of Christ around the world.
Faith, character endure amid trial, tribulations
In the year of our Lord 2025 there is a particular historical event that should be on hearts and minds of all: the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
How fortunate it was for me to start this important year of remembrance on the right note by reading Canadian Catholic author Ben Galeski’s new book Through Whom the Light Shines.
More bad news for St. John's abuse victims
The Archdiocese of St. John’s has lost its legal effort to compel its insurance company to help cover some of its mammoth $105-million settlement with nearly 300 clergy sexual abuse survivors.
Trudeau to resign, Parliament prorogued
A Catholic university political scientist says Justin Trudeau seems to have seen himself as the last man standing in Ottawa — until he wasn’t.
“Why does God care about us?” is a question that's been on Msgr. James Shea's mind lately and one he posed to more than 500 young adult missionaries attending Catholic Christian Outreach’s (CCO) annual Rise Up Conference from Dec. 29 to Jan. 1.
Assumption, U.S. Basilian school forge partnership
Assumption University in Windsor, Ont., and the University of St. Thomas (UST) in Houston, Texas, two Catholic institutes informed by Basilian tradition, have signed a historic collaborative agreement that will take immediate effect in the upcoming Winter 2025 semester.
Human trafficking on the rise: UN report
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2024 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons shows the number of victims identified in 2022 and beyond is 25-per-cent higher than pre-pandemic levels.
Chatlain to succeed Gagnon as archbishop of Winnipeg
The CCCB officially announced on Dec. 30 that Archbishop Richard Gagnon, 76, will retire as bishop of Winnipeg after Pope Francis accepted his resignation request and that Chatlain, currently Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, will be his successor.