Opinion Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:17:44 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb UN interns get closeup on Church and the world /item/36118-un-interns-get-closeup-on-church-and-the-world /item/36118-un-interns-get-closeup-on-church-and-the-world

Passionate young Catholics looking to apply the ChurchöÏÓãÊÓƵapp centuries-old apostolic teaching to real-world issues will find a training ground in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See at the United Nations.

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avecchiato@catholicregister.org (Angelica Vecchiato, Register Correspondent) Canada Sat, 11 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0500
Editorial: Failure to connect /columns/item/35351-failure-to-connect /columns/item/35351-failure-to-connect

Rising from the dead, Our Lord was able to quickly arrange a meeting, and even a fish fry, with the Apostles.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:02:07 -0400
Jesuits wary of religious orders’ call for UN troops in Haiti /item/34684-jesuits-wary-of-religious-orders-call-for-un-troops-in-haiti /item/34684-jesuits-wary-of-religious-orders-call-for-un-troops-in-haiti

As 20 religious orders resident in Haiti have banded together to beg for international intervention to end chaos and violence rampant in the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, HaitiöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Jesuits are standing aside.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:51:24 -0400
World leaders must to do more to help the vulnerable, cardinal tells UN /home/international/item/33546-world-leaders-must-to-do-more-to-help-the-vulnerable-cardinal-tells-un /home/international/item/33546-world-leaders-must-to-do-more-to-help-the-vulnerable-cardinal-tells-un

VATICAN CITY -- World leaders must rely on hope rather than isolation and withdrawal to confront current and future challenges, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

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International Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:16:03 -0400
U.N. investigators call on church to do more to stop abuse /home/international/item/33241-u-n-investigators-call-on-church-to-do-more-to-stop-abuse /home/international/item/33241-u-n-investigators-call-on-church-to-do-more-to-stop-abuse

VATICAN CITY -- While acknowledging Vatican-mandated reforms in the handling of clerical sexual abuse, four U.N. special rapporteurs urged the Vatican to make it mandatory that church officials everywhere report abuse allegations to civil authorities.

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cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:59:09 -0400
Canadian bishops, religious push for passage of Bill C-15 /item/33023-canadian-bishops-religious-push-for-passage-of-bill-c-15 /item/33023-canadian-bishops-religious-push-for-passage-of-bill-c-15

With the legislation already forwarded to the Senate for study and third reading in the House of Commons expected within days, CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp bishops and religious orders have come out strongly in support of Bill C-15, a law that would implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:39:39 -0400
Global development goals hit hard by pandemic: UN report /home/international/item/33014-global-development-goals-hit-hard-by-pandemic-un-report /home/international/item/33014-global-development-goals-hit-hard-by-pandemic-un-report

If COVID has been a setback for Canadians, what has it done to villagers in Malawi, slum dwellers in Manila, small farmers in Honduras, Indigenous people in the Amazon?

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) International Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0400
Canadians affirm support for UN nuclear weapons ban treaty /item/32960-canadians-affirm-support-for-un-nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty /item/32960-canadians-affirm-support-for-un-nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty

Three-quarters of Canadians say their country should sign the UN nuclear weapons ban treaty even if the United States and NATO oppose it.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 10 Apr 2021 07:00:00 -0400
Canadian bishops prepare response to Bill C-15 /item/32759-canadian-bishops-prepare-response-to-bill-c-15 /item/32759-canadian-bishops-prepare-response-to-bill-c-15

CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp bishops are continuing to study federal legislation that provides legal protections for Indigenous communities in the form of internationally recognized rights.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:00:00 -0500
Disability advocates find support from UN experts /item/32667-disability-advocates-find-support-from-un-experts /item/32667-disability-advocates-find-support-from-un-experts

Disabled Canadians are fighting for their lives and against legislation that paves the way for clean, quiet, anonymous suicides at the hands of medical professionals.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:22:11 -0500