Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
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Diocese seeks status in farm labourers’ appeal
BURFORD, ONT. -- The Diocese of Hamilton wants a chance to speak up for migrant workers in an upcoming court case.
Migrant’s death hits community hard
BURFORD, ONT. -- With many of Scotlynn Group Inc.’s migrant farm workers either still in or just out of quarantine, few were able to attend a memorial Mass on June 28 for Juan Lopez Chaparro at Blessed Sacrament Church in Burford, Ont.
Two weeks after crown prosecutors in British Columbia dropped civil and criminal charges against 22 protesters arrested in February for defying a court injunction against blocking pipeline construction crews on Wet’suwet’en territory, the Catholic bishops and Indigenous elders in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle are telling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to get on with the job of reconciliation by employing a more spiritual approach to dialogue.
A call to action for long-term care
Catholics are getting ready to play a role in the post-COVID look at what went wrong in long-term care, but that response is divided between a walk-softly approach and others demanding radical change.
Assumption building bridges to the future
Just a five-minute walk away from the Ambassador Bridge, Assumption University in Windsor, Ont., has become a vital community bridge on its own, according to newly installed principal John Cappucci.
Religious persecution focus shifts to Africa
Aid to the Church in Need and its 330,000 donors world-wide are responding to the changing world of religious persecution.
Portraits of frontline heros
The Register’s Michael Swan takes snapshots of some of the people making a difference
Fix ‘serious, systemic flaws’ in long-term care now
The churches and other faith groups which run food banks, shelters and other social programs want the government to start fixing Ontario’s long-term care homes now, even before convening a commission to look at the system.
Mixed reviews for Canada’s anti-slavery bill
Everybody agrees modern slavery must end, but Canadian Catholics can’t quite agree on how best to accomplish that objective.
Migrant’s death brings tears, prayers
Following the third death in Canada of a migrant farm worker from COVID-19, Fr. Peter Ciallella had the grim task of informing other workers that their friend had died.