Cathy Majtenyi: Bishops’ letter leaves question unanswered
Why won’t Pope Francis issue a formal apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system?
Glen Argan: Pope offers a practical guide to a holy life
Pope Francis has long held in esteem the late Cardinal Francois-Xavier Nguyen van Thuan, the archbishop of Saigon who spent 13 years in a communist prison camp, including nine years in solitary confinement.
- By Glen Argan
God's word on Sunday: Forgiveness is essence of Jesus’ mission
Third Sunday of Easter, April 15 (Year B) Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 2:1-5; Luke 24:35-48
Charles Lewis: It’s a bumpy road to finding true peace
What is peace? What does it mean in the Christian sense?
Letters are an escape for man serving life in prison
A year ago, The Catholic Register printed an article of mine about writing to condemned prisoners.
Peter Stockland: Will Canada follow the Middle East's eviction of Christians?
Carl Hétu has watched the disappearance of Christians in the Middle East by the thousands. Lately, he’s begun to wonder if he’s seeing it begin in Canada, too.
Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo: My piano keeps my life in tune
There is a special type of panic that is reserved for watching your piano being maneuvered up three flights of stairs.
God's word on Sunday: Loving one another builds path to God
Second Sunday of Easter, April 8 (Year B) Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 118; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31
Peter Stockland: It’s our turn to ride the wave of change
There is a deeply Catholic sense of hope in standing on history’s shore watching a major wave break while sensing another building, barely visible, on the horizon.
Bob Brehl: Coyote attack a sign of upside down world
Do you ever wonder if sometimes the world is upside down?
- By Robert Brehl
Charles Lewis: Silence much easier said than done
Many of us were fortunate enough to hear Cardinal Robert Sarah speak at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica last month. He is truly a holy man and strong voice in a world of banalities. How many people do you know whose cause is silence?