The controversy over Madonna's adoption of a one-year-old Malawian orphan, David, raises important questions about adoptions of African orphans to Europe and North America. Our concern here is not the morality or legality of the adoption of baby David, even though these have some implications for his future happiness, fundamental rights, stability and cultural integration. Our concern is whether adoption of African orphans to Western countries offers any meaningful answer to the challenges that the high number of African orphans pose to African societies.
Murder is not compassionate
By Alex Schadenberg, Catholic Register SpecialIs Canada facing legalization of euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide by stealth? Recent court decisions and strategies used by euthanasia lobbyists suggest this is happening even though the law as it is written still bans both types of killing.
New Beginnings helps you move on
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - John Dubeau still remembers the pain he felt when he and his wife divorced more than 30 years ago.
The kids and their canine cousin
By Lisa PetscheMy sister, Cecile, and her husband, Philip, who live in Florida, recently spent two weeks visiting in our area.
Who’s afraid of Halloween
By Manfred Von Vulte, Catholic Register Special
When I was growing up I can remember being so excited about going out and trick-or-treating. Images of costumes that didn’t quite fit, reduced vision and streets full of parents accompanying their children to neighbours’ houses resound in my memory.
Rescuing 'spare' embryos has its concerns
By Bridget Campion, Catholic Register SpecialWith every in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure, many more embryonic human persons are created than are transferred to the mother’s womb. The “extras” are frozen and stored in the fertility clinic. Their fate is uncertain.
The nasty "Truth"
By Michael HigginsIt is nasty and brutish out there. And I am not talking about the world of international politics or the world of colliding ideologies. I am talking about the world of inter-Catholic relations.
How much tolerance can we tolerate?
By Donald Demarco, Catholic Register Special
Pope Benedict XVI told the Ontario bishops during their September ad limina visit to the Vatican, that, "In the name of tolerance your country has had to endure the folly of the redefinition of spouse, and in the name of freedom of choice it is confronted with the daily destruction of unborn children."