
Catholic Register Editorial
The Catholic Register's editorial is published in the print and digital editions every week. Read the current and past editorials below.
Editorial: Gift of the elderly
There are few more heartwarming scenes than grandparents hugging their grandkids, moments of unconditional love expressed in an embrace between old and young.
Editorial: Strike right balance
The World Day of the Sick, first proclaimed by St. Pope John Paul II in 1992, is aligned with three actions: praying for the ill, responding to those in pain, and honouring health care workers and caregivers.
Editorial: Say no to racism
It has been 25 years since Canada celebrated its first Black History Month, a good time to take stock of how we, as a nation, have embraced the commitment to end racism.
Editorial: Treaty brings hope
In these days of viral lockdowns and political unease, moments of celebration are hard to come by.
Editorial: Healing starts now
The Joe Biden era is on the launching pad in America, an era we pray will live in a spirit of reconciliation. Heaven knows, the country needs healing.
Editorial: Focus on family
In his own way, Pope Francis is developing a different kind of vaccine to battle the effects of COVID-19. This is not a vaccine developed in a scientific lab, but it may well be a much-needed antidote to some of the unseen but crippling injuries that have accompanied the pandemic.
Editorial: Our hope for 2021
There is always something a little magical that happens as the calendar turns to Jan. 1. It’s like a giant eraser appears and wipes our slate clean, throwing off the dust of all that marred the previous 12 months. It’s a new year, a fresh start, a new dawn, another shot, a blank sheet.
Editorial: A Christmas wish
This is not the Christmas we envisioned for ourselves or our children. There’s no getting away from that, no matter how hard we try.
Editorial: Move C-15 forward
To say that legislation on the rights of Canada’s Indigenous peoples was overdue is more than an understatement. It is a tragedy.
Editorial: Second thought
The race towards expanding assess to assisted suicide continues on Parliament Hill despite all the common-sense pushback.