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Editorial: We need answers
By Catholic Register Editorial“When a bit of time has passed,” said Pope Francis, perhaps he would answer serious allegations that he permitted a cardinal cited for sexual abuse to return to public ministry.
Editorial: ItƵapp time for action
By Catholic Register Editorial“We showed no care for the little ones,” wrote Pope Francis. “We abandoned them.”
Editorial: Killing is never right
By Catholic Register EditorialBy categorically rejecting the death penalty, the Church has finally removed an unsettling contradiction to its teaching that all human life is sacred from conception to natural death.
Editorial: Another betrayal
By Catholic Register EditorialThe soul-crushing case of former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is yet another example of one of GodƵapp shepherds doing the devilƵapp work in a Church failing still to wash away what Pope Benedict XVI called the filth of clerical sexual abuse.
Editorial: Listen to parents on sex ed
By Catholic Register EditorialItƵapp probably a safe bet that OntarioƵapp new premier has never read Pope Paul VIƵapp encyclical Humanae Vitae, which reaffirmed the ChurchƵapp teaching on marriage, parenthood, procreation and contraception.
Editorial: Pot-ful of trouble
By Catholic Register EditorialCanadaƵapp bishops typically are cautious when passing comment on public policy. So they grabbed our attention when, in the first paragraph of a recent press release, the bishops predicted CanadaƵapp new marijuana law will have “disastrous effects” on society.
Editorial: Stop the madness
By Catholic Register EditorialIf mercy and justice prevail, by the time this editorial is being read the American government will have reversed its immoral practice of separating migrant children from parents and sending children to separate detention centres.
Editorial: A game changer
By Catholic Register EditorialSport is a pervasive phenomenon of 21st-century culture. Therefore, asked the Vatican, “how could the Church not be interested?”
Editorial: Good sense prevails
By Catholic Register EditorialLast month Pope Francis had Catholics worldwide scratching their heads after he seemed to suggest German bishops would have his blessing if they reached a group consensus to circumvent Church teaching and make it easier for some Protestants to receive Communion.
Editorials: Selfies blur reality
By Catholic Register EditorialPope Francis often cozies up to young admirers as they raise their smartphones to snap selfies. But it seems he may be having second thoughts about humouring the selfie generation.