The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:08:49 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Online bill could criminalize free speech, critics say /item/36522-online-bill-could-criminalize-free-speech-critics-say /item/36522-online-bill-could-criminalize-free-speech-critics-say

Two proposed bills, the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63) and Bill C-367, have critics suggesting that if passed, they could threaten the freedom to express beliefs and convictions online and in the public square.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 07 Mar 2024 09:31:05 -0500
Editorial: The dignity in social media /columns/item/36403-editorial-the-dignity-in-social-media /columns/item/36403-editorial-the-dignity-in-social-media

In the week that we looked into the online mirror and saw pornographic deep fakes of Taylor Swift staring back, CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Catholic bishops published a compelling pastoral letter on Christian engagement with social media.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 01 Feb 2024 09:47:07 -0500
Stories are a tool for evangelization /item/36402-stories-are-a-tool-for-evangelization /item/36402-stories-are-a-tool-for-evangelization

Spiritus YorköÏÓãÊÓƵapp kick-off event of 2024 connected the dots between Narnia and Anime in modern-day evangelization.

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avecchiato@catholicregister.org (Angelica Vecchiato, Register Correspondent) Canada Thu, 01 Feb 2024 09:34:13 -0500
Connection must go beyond digital realm /item/35620-connection-must-go-beyond-digital-realm /item/35620-connection-must-go-beyond-digital-realm

Are we losing our ability to think deeply, purposefully?

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:15:11 -0400
The good, the true and the beautiful… of horror /item/35194-the-good-the-true-and-the-beautiful-of-horror /item/35194-the-good-the-true-and-the-beautiful-of-horror

Lots of people read Aquinas and ignore horror movies. Lots of people watch horror movies and ignore Aquinas. The opportunity we have is to bring these things together.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 26 Jan 2023 13:45:16 -0500
Mass media needs more kindness, truth spoken with charity, Pope Francis says /faith/item/35186-mass-media-needs-more-kindness-truth-spoken-with-charity-pope-francis-says /faith/item/35186-mass-media-needs-more-kindness-truth-spoken-with-charity-pope-francis-says

The media and the field of communications need to exercise more kindness and share the truth with charity, Pope Francis said.

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Faith Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:17:46 -0500
Time to listen to these wake-up calls /opinion/columnists/item/34812-time-to-listen-to-these-wake-up-calls /opinion/columnists/item/34812-time-to-listen-to-these-wake-up-calls

Once in a blue moon someone asks me what we can do to shake our fellow citizens, including fellow Catholics, out of their apathy.

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clewis@catholicregister.org (Charles Lewis) Register Columnists Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:00:35 -0400
Ground-breaking YSN finds a new home online /item/34811-ground-breaking-ysn-finds-a-new-home-online /item/34811-ground-breaking-ysn-finds-a-new-home-online

The Catholic RegisteröÏÓãÊÓƵapp popular Youth Speak News feature will evolve into a vibrant new online platform over the coming months to meet teenage and young adult Catholics where they live.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Youth Speak News Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:54:41 -0400
Beginning of a new conversation /item/34810-beginning-of-a-new-conversation /item/34810-beginning-of-a-new-conversation

Technology always changes, and dealing with change can be daunting. But some transformations can be for the better.

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YSN: Speaking Out Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:48:35 -0400
Indigenous delegation makes headlines worldwide /home/international/item/34200-indigenous-delegation-makes-headlines-worldwide /home/international/item/34200-indigenous-delegation-makes-headlines-worldwide

The unprecedented meetings this week between Pope Francis and three Canadian delegations of Indigenous people in Rome are big news. Thirteen camera crews and dozens of journalists — Italian, American, British and Canadian — greeted Metis National Council president Cassidy Caron after the MNC delegation of nine came out to St. PeteröÏÓãÊÓƵapp Square after their hour-long encounter with the bishop of Rome.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) International Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:24:55 -0400