Opinion Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:52:42 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Revitalizing languages key to UNDRIP /item/33179-revitalizing-languages-key-to-undrip /item/33179-revitalizing-languages-key-to-undrip

When it came time to officially endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Guadalupe Circle chose to focus on what UNDRIP could mean for defending and revitalizing endangered languages.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 05 Jun 2021 07:00:00 -0400
Guadalupe Circle warns of violence risk /item/31595-guadalupe-circle-warns-of-violence-risk /item/31595-guadalupe-circle-warns-of-violence-risk

CanadaƵapp bishops and their Indigenous partners in the Guadalupe Circle are calling for “a decarceration plan” — sending inmates home to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 in heavily Indigenous prison populations.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 13 May 2020 12:39:06 -0400
Northern classroom opens a new world in Saskatchewan /item/29075-northern-classroom-opens-a-new-world-in-saskatchewan /item/29075-northern-classroom-opens-a-new-world-in-saskatchewan

KingƵapp University College has a long history of educating its students about the wider world, but sometimes forgot about the country surrounding the small campus in London, Ont. 

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Higher Education Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:00:54 -0500
Bishop downplays idea that Amazon synod will criticize Brazil's policies /home/international/item/28977-bishop-downplays-idea-that-amazon-synod-will-criticize-brazil-s-policies /home/international/item/28977-bishop-downplays-idea-that-amazon-synod-will-criticize-brazil-s-policies SAO PAOLO – Responding to news reports that the Brazilian intelligence agency was monitoring the Catholic Church, the secretary-general of the bishops' conference downplayed the idea that prelates would use the October Synod of Bishops on the Amazon to criticize their government's policies.
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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:46:48 -0500
Greed, thirst for profit threatens humanity, Vatican official says /home/international/item/28973-greed-thirst-for-profit-threatens-humanity-vatican-official-says /home/international/item/28973-greed-thirst-for-profit-threatens-humanity-vatican-official-says ROME – Left unchecked, unbridled greed and a thirst for profit leads down a slippery slope that endangers the earth and all who live on it, especially indigenous populations, a Vatican official said.]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:08:07 -0500 Editorial: A prayer for justice /columns/item/28709-editorial-a-prayer-for-justice /columns/item/28709-editorial-a-prayer-for-justice

One way to view world history could be through a lens of justice. In courts, on battlefields, in parliaments and in many other settings where humans interact, justice has been a constant pursuit — but remains elusive in so many ways.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Mon, 31 Dec 2018 15:44:22 -0500
BrebéufƵapp carol a long way from todayƵapp version /features/christmas/item/28663-brebeuf-s-carol-a-long-way-from-today-s-version /features/christmas/item/28663-brebeuf-s-carol-a-long-way-from-today-s-version

“The Huron Carol” you may have so enjoyed singing and listening to all these Christmases — well, itƵapp not the true words of St. Jean de BrébeufƵapp you have been led to believe.

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Christmas Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:51:29 -0500
Needs Improvement: Educators make progress on Indigenous curriculum, but more work to do /item/28614-needs-improvement-educators-make-progress-on-indigenous-curriculum-but-more-work-to-do /item/28614-needs-improvement-educators-make-progress-on-indigenous-curriculum-but-more-work-to-do

In the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation CommissionƵapp call to include more study on Indigenous issues in school curriculum, it appears educators across the country are taking the recommendations to heart.

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 13 Dec 2018 09:33:06 -0500
Vancouver archdiocese archives share photos of intrepid French-speaking Oblate /item/28595-vancouver-archdiocese-archives-share-photos-of-intrepid-french-speaking-oblate /item/28595-vancouver-archdiocese-archives-share-photos-of-intrepid-french-speaking-oblate

VANCOUVER – Fr. Raymond de Coccola, OMI had no idea how to ice fish, fire a gun or ride a dogsled when he arrived in a 1930s Inuit community in present-day Nunavut.

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Canada Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:29:04 -0500
Territorial borders pose challenge for Catholic Church in Amazon basin /home/international/item/27698-territorial-borders-pose-challenge-for-catholic-church-in-amazon-basin /home/international/item/27698-territorial-borders-pose-challenge-for-catholic-church-in-amazon-basin PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru – On a Sunday night in early July, four men – two of them indigenous – were brutally murdered in Assis, a tiny Brazilian town on the border with Peru.
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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:54:01 -0400