
Peter Stockland
Peter Stockland is the publisher of The Catholic Register.
Peter Stockland: Good news during Quebec’s secular winter
In the week when the Quebec government announced cancellation of the last substantial religious element of provincial school curriculum, Concordia University’s Catholic Students Association was reaching out to those starting the winter term.
Orphans of history: The Irish refugees of The Great Famine of 1847
MONTREAL -- Unlikely as it might seem, the Irish are once again in the eye of a controversy storm, this time over the naming of a Montreal commuter rail station in historic Griffintown neighbourhood.
Peter Stockland: Neighbourly advice on changing lives
During a pre-Christmas trip to Toronto, New York Times columnist David Brooks offered a small vignette that can provide us with a new year’s resolution but, more, a spiritual shift for life.
Peter Stockland: Take a moment to live outside the moment
Earlier this month, I was reading about the fathers of three modern Irish literary geniuses — Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats and James Joyce — when I came upon a fascinating fact about Wilde’s mother.
Peter Stockland: 'The Irishman' takes long road to genius
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is already scooping up movie awards despite its swerve to Netflix barely a month after being released in theatres.
Peter Stockland: Religious narrative losing its voice
The online publication The Catholic Thing recently dubbed Pope Francis “idiosyncratic” for his insistence that evangelical encounters should witness to Christ without having a proselytizing edge.
Peter Stockland: Religious bigotry born of ignorance
Alberta MP Garnett Genuis was right when he blamed “anti-Catholic bigotry” for the current attacks on Conservative leader Andrew Scheer.
Peter Stockland: Pro-life fight must turn to culture war
There is prudence in learning from the well-intended critiques of our critics even if the lesson isn’t what they necessarily want to teach us.
Peter Stockland: Humanity challenged by partisan rhetoric
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to change how he campaigned in election 2019 just because he needed paramilitary-style protection from a death threat at a Thanksgiving weekend event.
Peter Stockland: Leave some energy for our faith issues
Somehow in the tsunami of humanity flooding Montreal’s downtown streets for last Friday’s “climate march,” I spotted an elegantly dressed woman wearing a small white lapel button protesting Quebec’s Bill 21.