Catholic Register Columns Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:00:36 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Editorial: Catholics beware /columns/item/36377-editorial-catholics-beware /columns/item/36377-editorial-catholics-beware

Jordan Peterson put a target on his own back several years ago by speaking clearly and simply against mandated use of “gendered” pronouns and proper names. More recently, his critics have mocked him mercilessly as a cartoonish poster boy for the conservative “anger-tainment” industry.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:17:09 -0500
Verbatim: Sr. Nancy Brown on combating human trafficking /opinion/verbatim/item/36378-verbatim-sr-nancy-brown-on-combating-human-trafficking /opinion/verbatim/item/36378-verbatim-sr-nancy-brown-on-combating-human-trafficking

Sr. Nancy Brown, of the Archdiocese of VancouverƵapp Anti-Human Trafficking Committee, says the Feb. 8 Feast Day of St. Josephine Bakhita should focus attention to combat the scourge.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Verbatim Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:35:13 -0500
Living liturgically means living differently /opinion/columnists/item/36355-living-liturgically-means-living-differently /opinion/columnists/item/36355-living-liturgically-means-living-differently

In an article published in the National Post on Dec. 29, columnist Joseph Brean queried the meaning of the week between Christmas Day and New YearƵapp. It was a curious piece. Brean asked what the week is all about concluding that it is “this least wonderful time of the year (that) is either an under-appreciated winter interlude of nothingness, or a bland calendrical purgatory of suspended animation.”

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abennett@catholicregister.org (Andrew Bennett) Register Columnists Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:29:58 -0500
We’ll always give when asked for more /opinion/columnists/item/36354-we-ll-always-give-when-asked-for-more /opinion/columnists/item/36354-we-ll-always-give-when-asked-for-more

On the evening of Saturday, Jan. 13, the Alberta Emergency Management Agency sent a province-wide alert on peopleƵapp cellphones stating that the provinceƵapp electrical grid was at high risk of having to implement rotating power outages. The day had been bitterly cold across Canada, including Alberta where all-time low temperatures were recorded.

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glenargan@catholicregister.org (Glen Argan) Register Columnists Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:26:15 -0500
'Fiducia supplicans' a blessing for the Church /opinion/guest-columnists/item/36353-fiducia-supplicans-a-blessing-for-the-church /opinion/guest-columnists/item/36353-fiducia-supplicans-a-blessing-for-the-church

Fiducia supplicans is exactly the document that was needed to address the confusion and error circulating among both the heretical progressive clergy who are seeking to legitimize and affirm same-sex unions and the radical conservatives who are unable to recognize the significant and relevant nuance that the issue naturally includes.

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Guest Columns Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:19:10 -0500
Stop MAiD expansion in its tracks /opinion/columnists/item/36352-stop-maid-expansion-in-its-tracks /opinion/columnists/item/36352-stop-maid-expansion-in-its-tracks

The timeframe to extend medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to those living with a mental illness is fast approaching. From March 17 onward, people whose sole condition is a mental illness are expected to be eligible to end their suffering through MAID.

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cmajtenyi@catholicregister.org (Cathy Majtenyi) Register Columnists Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:14:24 -0500
Editorial: On the side of real justice /columns/item/36349-editorial-on-the-side-of-real-justice /columns/item/36349-editorial-on-the-side-of-real-justice

ItƵapp hardly The Catholic RegisterƵapp place to editorially sermonize our separated fellow Christians in the United Church about their theology.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:44:40 -0500
Verbatim: Pope Francis' message for the World Day of the Sick /opinion/verbatim/item/36350-verbatim-pope-francis-message-for-the-world-day-of-the-sick /opinion/verbatim/item/36350-verbatim-pope-francis-message-for-the-world-day-of-the-sick

Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of the Sick to be marked on Feb. 11, 2024.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Verbatim Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:47:00 -0500
Attending to the seeds of intention /opinion/columnists/item/36338-attending-to-the-seeds-of-intention /opinion/columnists/item/36338-attending-to-the-seeds-of-intention

Snow has finally starting falling in Saskatchewan, as January brings in a new year and its usual push for resolutions. At the same time, my social media feed is also full of gentle reminders that it is okay to just have made it through. I have been thinking about how these two extremes can be healthily connected at the heart of things. Just as snow falls gently over the ground, and fog wraps its way over the earth, it is a gently held intention that allows us to move peacefully through the season we are in.

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lperrault@catholicregister.org (Leah Perrault) Register Columnists Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:00:01 -0500
Mind the gap that doesn’t exist /opinion/guest-columnists/item/36337-mind-the-gap-that-doesn-t-exist /opinion/guest-columnists/item/36337-mind-the-gap-that-doesn-t-exist

Like the first baby born after midnight in the new year, the second day in 2024 marked the arrival of the first Globe and Mail editorial about child care.

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amrozek@catholicregister.org (Andrea Mrozek) Guest Columns Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:55:43 -0500