The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:15:31 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Trump tariff threat spawns focus on drugs /item/37425-trump-tariff-threat-spawns-focus-on-drugs /item/37425-trump-tariff-threat-spawns-focus-on-drugs

There is one apparent gain from incoming U.S. President Donald TrumpöÏÓãÊÓƵapp tariff threat against Canada and Mexico: it has thrust the drug addiction and access issue back to the forefront of the national conversation.

]]>
qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:01:18 -0500
In crime-plagued periphery, Pope preaches conversion /home/international/item/21766-in-crime-plagued-periphery-pope-preaches-conversion /home/international/item/21766-in-crime-plagued-periphery-pope-preaches-conversion

ECATEPEC, Mexico - Pope Francis began his travels to Mexico's "peripheries" by visiting an overcrowded, sprawling settlement known internationally as a hunting ground for girls to force into prostitution and for boys to enlist in the drug trade.

]]>
cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Mon, 15 Feb 2016 10:58:30 -0500