The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:34:07 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Parish helps Chinese adapt in new land /item/33096-parish-helps-chinese-adapt-in-new-land /item/33096-parish-helps-chinese-adapt-in-new-land

If you call Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) Chinese Catholic Church in Calgary these days, itöÏÓãÊÓƵapp likely pastor Fr. Joseph Nguyen will be the one picking up the phone.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 16 May 2021 14:29:37 -0400
Urban farm reaps bountiful harvest /item/32190-urban-farm-reaps-bountiful-harvest /item/32190-urban-farm-reaps-bountiful-harvest

CALGARY - Year two of the Land of Dreams’ 30-acre urban farm in southeast Calgary has brought twice the bounty of the first.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 09 Oct 2020 08:01:06 -0400
Robert Brehl: Racist rant is not typically Canadian /opinion/columnists/item/27451-robert-brehl-racist-rant-is-not-typically-canadian /opinion/columnists/item/27451-robert-brehl-racist-rant-is-not-typically-canadian

If you’re reading this, you are likely racist.

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robertbrehl@catholicregister.org (Robert Brehl) Robert Brehl Mon, 28 May 2018 11:08:12 -0400
Comment: Immigrants vital to growth of the Church in Canada /opinion/columnists/item/26055-comment-immigrants-vital-to-growth-of-the-church-in-canada /opinion/columnists/item/26055-comment-immigrants-vital-to-growth-of-the-church-in-canada

A celebration planned by the Canadian Goan Christian Group for St. JosephöÏÓãÊÓƵapp parish in Mississauga on Oct. 14 will highlight the role that immigrants play in keeping the Church in Canada alive and vibrant.

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fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) Fr. Raymond de Souza Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:04:17 -0400
Catholic leaders sharply criticize Trump's decision to end DACA /home/international/item/25972-catholic-leaders-sharply-criticize-trump-s-decision-to-end-daca /home/international/item/25972-catholic-leaders-sharply-criticize-trump-s-decision-to-end-daca

WASHINGTON – Catholic church leaders, immigration officials and university presidents were swift and unanimous in their condemnation of President Donald Trump's Sept. 5 decision to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals known as DACA.

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International Wed, 06 Sep 2017 09:36:56 -0400
Church must open its arms to lonely nation /item/25877-church-must-open-its-arms-to-lonely-nation /item/25877-church-must-open-its-arms-to-lonely-nation Have we become a lonely nation?

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:09:41 -0400
Iraqi immigrant mother holds to faith, heritage in U.S. /home/international/item/24893-iraqi-immigrant-mother-holds-to-faith-heritage-in-u-s /home/international/item/24893-iraqi-immigrant-mother-holds-to-faith-heritage-in-u-s

PHOENIX – Chaldean immigrant Maureen Antwan wants two things for her children – for them to keep the faith and do well in school.

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International Sun, 16 Apr 2017 11:00:00 -0400
Building walls to keep immigrants out is not Christian, Pope says /home/international/item/21793-building-walls-to-keep-immigrants-out-is-not-christian-pope-says /home/international/item/21793-building-walls-to-keep-immigrants-out-is-not-christian-pope-says

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MEXICO - As the plane carrying him back to Rome from Mexico was flying over Texas, Pope Francis insisted building walls to keep immigrants out of one's country is un-Christian.

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cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:45:33 -0500
‘No more death, no more exploitation,’ Pope says at U.S.-Mexico border /home/international/item/21784-no-more-death-no-more-exploitation-pope-says-at-u-s-mexico-border /home/international/item/21784-no-more-death-no-more-exploitation-pope-says-at-u-s-mexico-border

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Speaking from the symbolic platform of the U.S.-Mexico border, Pope Francis pleaded for the plight of immigrants while warning those refusing to offer safe shelter and passage that their actions and inhospitable attitudes were bringing about dishonor and self-destruction as their hearts hardened and they "lost their sensitivity to pain."

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International Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:10:50 -0500
In silence, Pope remembers migrants who cross Mexican-U.S. border /home/international/item/21783-in-silence-pope-remembers-migrants-who-cross-mexican-u-s-border /home/international/item/21783-in-silence-pope-remembers-migrants-who-cross-mexican-u-s-border

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - At the border of Mexico and the United States, Pope Francis blessed a large cross in memory of all the people who have crossed the frontier.

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cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:38:04 -0500