I am writing to express my surprise and dismay at the content and tone of the article by Anna Farrow concerning the letter which 30 religious congregations of Sisters sent to the Prime Minister. The link to Ms. Farrow's article is next to the...

I read The Catholic Register article accusing 30 women’s religious congregations in Canada of being “naïve” for writing a letter about Gaza to Prime Minister Mark Carney, with a mix of shock and...

The June 5 Catholic Register editorial, Sacred Heart of Jesus’ reality  rightly praised Cardinal Leo’s rich...

Pentecost is the birthday of the Church. Ours is a Church born of wind and fire, a Church of a fearful community made courageous. It seems that the parishioners in Newfoundland’s Portugal Cove South have an understanding of Church that is...

Regarding Sr. Helena Burns' recent column "Christ is the good and truly beautiful," it is worth noting that the entire Vatican art collection has a book value of one Euro because it is deemed priceless: a patrimony of humankind. Beauty is the...

Thanks to Anna Farrow for her excellent May 25 column “What is truth?” In his Confessions, St. Augustine views God as the absolute Truth by...

It might be worthwhile for The Catholic Register to study developments in the papacy over the past century. The demands placed on the successor of St. Peter seem to have expanded out of all proportion. The Pope is expected to...

The papal name Leo has a laser-like precision to it. Pope Leo XIII was elected in 1878 at the height of the Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age of robber barons and an impoverished proletariat. He is renowned for his encyclical...

Gerry Turcotte’s recent column hailing the late Pope Francis as the “People’s Pope” ignores decisions that betrayed an autocratic style rather than pastoral leadership. Francis’s curtailment of  the...

Sr. Helena Burns' April 20 Catholic Register column, "Understanding the two sides of polarization," hits the nail on the head, "We have reached a tipping point of successive generations not taught Biblical principles or trained systematically in...