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The Church, with its long history of serving the poor and the persecuted, must play a key role in dealing with the global migration crisis.

Fr. Andrew Hogan made history on July 8, 1974, becoming the first Roman Catholic priest to be elected to the House of Commons. Better known as Father Andy, he would serve two terms before losing in the 1980 election. He died in 2002. There have been two other priests who were MPs at the same time — Fr. Bob Ogle (NDP, 1979-84) and Fr. Raymond Gravel (Bloc Quebecois, 2006-08). In 1980, the Vatican banned priests from seeking political office, though bishops could grant special permission. The Register������Ƶapp Dan Mothersill wrote about Hogan������Ƶapp historic victory in the July 20, 1974 issue:

OTTAWA – Storm clouds continue to gather over the controversial Safe Third Country Agreement.

Canada������Ƶapp 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 Canada������Ƶapp new marijuana law will have “disastrous effects” on society.

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court has opened the door for discrimination based on a person������Ƶapp religious beliefs and moral values, Canadian bishops wrote in a frank rebuttal to a decision by Canada������Ƶapp highest court.

Spiralling costs and mountains of red tape may force some Catholic refugee sponsorship agencies out of business and cause others to cut back on the number of refugees they’re prepared to welcome, according to the Catholic Refugee Sponsorship Council representing 20 agencies across Canada.

OTTAWA – Several Christian organizations, including the Catholic Civil Rights League, are exploring legal options to fight the Canada Summer Jobs pro-abortion attestation.

OTTAWA – Those on the front lines of reconciliation are hopeful Pope Francis will say what needs to be said at the right time, in spite of the “pressure” that has been put on a papal apology on Canadian soil.

A new, three-year pastoral plan will drive Toronto������Ƶapp 195 Catholic schools and 91,000 Catholic students to a deeper sense of who they are and what they are meant to be, even as campaigning Ontario politicians promise to tinker with school curricula to gain votes.

Forty years ago, I moved to Alberta from Saskatchewan imbued with the stereotype that my new province was full of cowboys, fundamentalists and wealthy oil barons who cared nothing about the environment. It didn’t take me long to realize that while there was truth in the stereotype, Alberta had numerous people who fell outside this cartoonish caricature.

OTTAWA – The controversy over the Canada Summer Jobs pro-abortion attestation is moving to the courts.

OTTAWA – In a rare show of unanimity, the House of Commons has overwhelmingly supported a motion to call on Pope Francis to apologize on Canadian soil for abuses that occurred at church-run residential schools.

Canadian bishops must not have seen the hornets nest they were stepping into March 28 when they issued a somewhat ambiguously worded letter to Canada������Ƶapp Indigenous peoples. 

OTTAWA – A House of Commons motion to formally ask Pope Francis to apologize on Canadian soil for the Church������Ƶapp role in residential school abuses appears set to pass with near unanimous consent.

Fifty years ago this month, Pierre Elliott Trudeau took the reins of prime minister, eventually serving more than 15 years at the post and shaping much of today������Ƶapp Canada (not to mention fathering today������Ƶapp PM, Justin). From The Catholic Register Archive, in the April 20, 1968 issue, here is a perspective on the man just weeks after he was elected leader of the Liberal Party: