The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:59:05 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Let the Montreal Irish story be told /item/36104-let-the-montreal-irish-story-be-told /item/36104-let-the-montreal-irish-story-be-told

‘The last piece of the puzzle’ marks the 6,000 fleeing famine only to be buried in CanadaƵapp largest mass grave

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peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Features Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:36:19 -0500
Editorial: No laughing matter /columns/item/35577-editorial-no-laughing-matter /columns/item/35577-editorial-no-laughing-matter

A recent policy call to expand CanadaƵapp population to 100 million by 2100 would normally be considered only ludicrous. Alas, it also contains a distressing degree of duplicitousness.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 25 May 2023 09:47:49 -0400
Jesuit Refugee Service pleads for open door refugee policy /item/35486-jesuit-refugee-service-pleads-for-open-door-refugee-policy /item/35486-jesuit-refugee-service-pleads-for-open-door-refugee-policy

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has strongly denounced a recent agreement that would shut down illegal border crossings such as Roxham Road between Quebec and New York State that has facilitated the arrival of thousands of refugees into Canada.

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skorah@catholicregister.org (Susan Korah) Canada Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0400
Archdiocese of Montreal protests Roxham Road shutdown /item/35430-archdiocese-protests-roxham-road-shutdown /item/35430-archdiocese-protests-roxham-road-shutdown

The Archdiocese of Montreal has issued a strong rebuke to the federal government for the March 25 closure of Roxham Road, the most heavily trafficked “irregular” entry point for asylum seekers located on the Quebec-New York border.

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afarrow@catholicregister.org (Anna Farrow) Canada Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:35:20 -0400
Immigration challenges are CalgaryƵapp opportunity /item/35180-immigration-challenges-are-calgary-s-opportunity /item/35180-immigration-challenges-are-calgary-s-opportunity

It was February 1984 in Sarajevo. The sporting world migrated to the capital city of Bosnia — at the time Bosnia and Herzegovina constituted a state in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia — for the Winter Olympics. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 21 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500
Saskatoon Catholic schools ‘blessed’ by Ukrainian influx /item/35052-saskatoon-catholic-schools-blessed-by-ukrainian-influx /item/35052-saskatoon-catholic-schools-blessed-by-ukrainian-influx

After growth stagnation during the COVID-19 pandemic years, Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools enrolment has bounced back and surpassed 20,000 students for the first time this school year.

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Canada Sun, 11 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0500
CCIS settlement approach yields high demand /item/34902-ccis-settlement-approach-yields-high-demand /item/34902-ccis-settlement-approach-yields-high-demand

In his early days with Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS), CEO Fariborz Birjandian said very few immigrants arriving in Canada “had any clue where Calgary was, or Edmonton and Saskatchewan.” Toronto was the desired destination. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:17:15 -0400
A refugee crisis looming, advocates say /item/34900-a-refugee-crisis-looming-advocates-say /item/34900-a-refugee-crisis-looming-advocates-say

ThereƵapp a storm coming, warns FCJ Refugee Centre executive director Loly Rico.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:54:21 -0400
Hope high that court will overturn refugee ruling /item/34855-hope-high-that-court-will-overturn-refugee-ruling /item/34855-hope-high-that-court-will-overturn-refugee-ruling

It will likely be months before refugee advocates, including the Canadian Council of Churches, know whether they have prevailed at the Supreme Court. But for now, council general secretary Rev. Peter Noteboom is satisfied that the argument to strike down the Safe Third Country Agreement between the United States and Canada has been heard.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:05:32 -0400
Canada in ‘unique’ spot to aid worldƵapp refugees /item/33470-canada-in-unique-spot-to-aid-world-s-refugees /item/33470-canada-in-unique-spot-to-aid-world-s-refugees

CanadaƵapp Catholics have more and better opportunities than most to back up Pope Francis’ call for the Church to reach out and help the worldƵapp 82.4 million forcibly displaced people, said Office for Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto director Deacon Rudy Ovcjack.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:21:58 -0400