The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:08:38 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Speaking Out: Finding Christian values in secular media /item/32751-speaking-out-finding-christian-values-in-secular-media /item/32751-speaking-out-finding-christian-values-in-secular-media

I hear this often: there isn’t much Christian or religious material out there. I also hear the media is now very secular. And this is where I stop people and say: No! You are wrong, itƵapp everywhere — we’ve just lost the art of finding Christianity and religion in everything. 

]]> YSN: Speaking Out Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:57:47 -0500 Trust in the Holy Spirit, baptize your children, Pope says /faith/item/27159-trust-in-the-holy-spirit-baptize-your-children-pope-says /faith/item/27159-trust-in-the-holy-spirit-baptize-your-children-pope-says VATICAN – Parents who prefer not to baptize their children in the hopes that they will "understand and ask for baptism" as adults lack faith that the Holy Spirit will act in their child's life, Pope Francis said.]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Faith Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:55:39 -0400 Catholic groups make their case in Christian law school hearing /item/26461-catholic-groups-make-their-case-in-christian-law-school-hearing /item/26461-catholic-groups-make-their-case-in-christian-law-school-hearing OTTAWA – Lawyers representing Trinity Western University faced tough questions from Supreme Court Justices Nov. 30 in an important religious freedom case involving communal rights.
]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:58:15 -0500 Editorial: Don’t forget faith as Canada celebrates 150th birthday /columns/item/25579-editorial-don-t-forget-faith-as-canada-celebrates-150th-birthday /columns/item/25579-editorial-don-t-forget-faith-as-canada-celebrates-150th-birthday

When Canada became a nation 150 years ago there was little debate about the prominent place of faith in society. Canada was to be built on Christian values. The founders rejected names such as Kingdom of Canada and Republic of Canada in favour of Dominion of Canada, a tribute to Psalm 72:8: “He shall have dominion from sea to sea.”

]]> editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 29 Jun 2017 04:58:00 -0400 Beauty and the Beast: Disney makes statement with gay character /features/arts/item/24628-beauty-and-the-beast-disney-tries-to-make-statement-with-gay-character /features/arts/item/24628-beauty-and-the-beast-disney-tries-to-make-statement-with-gay-character

NEW YORK – Disney's live-action adaptation of its beloved 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast arrives in theatres amid a swirl of controversy over the updating of one of its characters into an openly gay man.

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