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.
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.
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.”
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.
- By Glen Argan
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Resurrection doesn’t shuffle us into new bodies
In the recent flurry of jarring communiqués from the Vatican, a rather important instruction may have been missed by most. Within it, one key sentence may also have been overlooked. ItƵapp the December instruction from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on the proper handling of the ashes of the deceased following cremation of a baptized Catholic Christian.