News/Canada
{mosimage}MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - In a world driven to distraction by hyper-competition, the challenge of the Catholic teacher is to help children discover that they are important for who they are, not what they鈥檝e done. That was the message of Jean Vanier to a group of more than 1,900 educators who gathered here Oct. 26.
Overcrowded jail system courting crisis
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}Things are so bad at the provincial jail in Saskatoon that three bishops 鈥� Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran 鈥� have gone public with their concerns, describing how men are forced to urinate into bottles because there isn鈥檛 enough staff to accompany them from dormitory-style cell blocks to the washroom.
Dalai Lama spreads message of peace
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
{mosimage}OTTAWA - The Dalai Lama brought a message of peace and reconciliation to Ottawa Oct. 28-30, urging China to grant the Tibetan people the rights to preserve their language, culture and spirituality.
D&P mining campaign hits Parliament Hill
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
{mosimage}OTTAWA - The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace delivered 153,000 postcards to Parliament Hill Oct. 24, urging the Conservative government to ensure Canadian mining companies act responsibly when operating abroad.
Economics must take environment into account
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}TORONTO - We need to stop an attitude aiming at maximum economic growth and instead make economic choices toward responsible development, said Dr. Bob Goudzwaard.
Attracting families will lure Catholics back to pews
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
{mosimage}CORNWALL, Ont. - Offer better ministry to families and baptized Catholics who no longer attend church will come back, sociologist told the annual plenary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops Oct. 15.
Two new bishops for Atlantic Canada
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage} Two major Roman Catholic dioceses in Atlantic Canada have new bishops, courtesy of Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope announced the appointments Oct. 17 at the Vatican.
Peace in space
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
{mosimage}OTTAWA - In 1957, during the deepening Cold War, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, a basketball-sized satellite that orbited the earth every 98 minutes.
Fixing what鱿鱼视频app wrong by starting with what鱿鱼视频app right
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - If you鈥檝e ever wondered what鱿鱼视频app wrong with you, don鈥檛 ask Dr. Wayne Hammond. A clinical psychologist with a master of divinity degree, he probably knows 鈥� but he won鈥檛 tell you.
Knights of the Holy Sepulchre in Canada 50 years
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}TORONTO - Few people would think there is any connection between 21st-century Toronto and the 11th-century Crusades. Yet on Oct. 4, a group of close to 100 men and women gathered to celebrate just such a link.
Charismatics gifted by the Holy Spirit for 40 years
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}TORONTO - 鈥淗oly Spirit rain down, rain down. Let your power fall,鈥� sang 25 members of parish charismatic prayer group in downtown Toronto on a recent rainy Friday evening.