The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:51:14 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Editorial: A failed law /columns/item/34920-editorial-a-failed-law /columns/item/34920-editorial-a-failed-law

The national disgrace of a priest in his 80s waiting years for pointless criminal charges to be abruptly dropped can be mitigated if a constitutional challenge overturns the law that caused the scandal.

]]> editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:55:54 -0400 'Bubble zone' law constitutionally challenged /item/34914-charges-of-violating-bubble-zone-law-dropped-against-jesuit-priest /item/34914-charges-of-violating-bubble-zone-law-dropped-against-jesuit-priest

Lawyers for Fr. Tony Van Hee say they’ll press forward with a constitutional challenge to OntarioƵapp abortion clinic “bubble zone” law despite charges being dropped against the 87-year-old Jesuit priest.

]]> Canada Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:10:16 -0400 Fr. Van Hee bubble-zone case faces a long journey /item/31682-fr-van-hee-bubble-zone-case-faces-a-long-journey /item/31682-fr-van-hee-bubble-zone-case-faces-a-long-journey

OTTAWA -- The case against an Ottawa Jesuit priest for violating OntarioƵapp abortion clinic bubble zone restrictions could go on for years, the lawyer for Fr. Tony Van Hee says.

]]> Canada Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:51:14 -0400 Peter Stockland: Standing up for life a risky business /opinion/columnists/item/31659-peter-stockland-standing-up-for-life-a-risky-business /opinion/columnists/item/31659-peter-stockland-standing-up-for-life-a-risky-business

The Sunday New York Times full front-page listing of 1,000 names from among the nearly 100,000 who’ve died of COVID-19 was a bold, imaginative, powerful journalistic gesture.

]]> peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Peter Stockland Fri, 29 May 2020 09:44:18 -0400 Rights league honours pro-life Jesuit /item/30781-rights-league-honours-pro-life-jesuit /item/30781-rights-league-honours-pro-life-jesuit

The Catholic Civil Rights League presented its annual Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life to Fr. Tony Van Hee at its annual award dinner in Toronto Nov. 25.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 29 Nov 2019 07:00:00 -0500 Protesting priest earns award for advocacy /item/30587-protesting-priest-earns-award-for-advocacy /item/30587-protesting-priest-earns-award-for-advocacy

The Catholic Civil Rights League is honouring an 84-year-old priest who for three decades has been a visible presence in the nationƵapp capital for his opposition to abortion.

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:22:42 -0400 PriestƵapp bubble zone case given legal boost /item/29612-priest-s-bubble-zone-case-given-legal-boost /item/29612-priest-s-bubble-zone-case-given-legal-boost

OTTAWA -- The Catholic Civil Rights League has joined a constitutional challenge by Fr. Tony Van Hee of OntarioƵapp controversial abortion “bubble zone” law.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 30 May 2019 10:40:39 -0400 Priest keeps anti-abortion vigil on Parliament Hill for nearly 30 years /item/27657-priest-keeps-anti-abortion-vigil-on-parliament-hill-for-nearly-30-years /item/27657-priest-keeps-anti-abortion-vigil-on-parliament-hill-for-nearly-30-years

OTTAWA -- Fr. Tony Van Hee says nearly three decades spent fasting and praying on Parliament Hill to end abortion have been the best years of his life.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 10 Jul 2018 08:35:39 -0400