Pro-lifers rowing against the waves
The apparent defeat of Roe v. Wade in the United States Supreme Court has unleashed a wave of optimism for pro-life activists. It is a battle that鱿鱼视频app been waged for nearly half a century in the U.S. and so for its opponents this is a sparkling moment.
Trust 鈥榳hat is鈥 to take us where we need to go
Trust wasn鈥檛 the lesson I was expecting when my partner planned a surprise anniversary weekend away. Seventeen years later, we returned to the Cypress Hills where we stayed as newlyweds. The lodgepole pines appear not to have changed as much as we have.
Editorial: Indigenous turning
Surely no Canadian is so na茂ve as to believe that Pope Francis鈥 six-day July visit will miraculously heal nearly 400 years of fraught, often deeply unjust relations, with Indigenous people.
Readers Speak Out: May 22, 2022
Wrong way
The war in Ukraine is horrific and, from my personal observations, the Pope is trying to do everything within his influence to stop it. I was therefore surprised and saddened that The Catholic Register printed an article in which the writer constantly calls the Pope 鈥渨rong鈥 in his actions towards Ukraine.
The unmooring of 鈥榗hoice鈥 from moral truth
A letter writer in the May 12 Globe and Mail asked on behalf of her 14-year-old granddaughter, 鈥淎re the people who oppose the right to choose an abortion the same people who protest vaccine and mask mandates?鈥 Grandma declared that yes indeed, they are the same folks.
- By Glen Argan
The false divide of spiritual and religious
If you鈥檙e reading The Catholic Register, you鈥檝e probably never said: 鈥淚鈥檓 spiritual but not religious.鈥 However, you鈥檝e certainly heard someone else state this now almost clich茅 phrase. Let鱿鱼视频app count the ways this phrase is false鈥 and dangerous. (What I generally say to people who tell me they are 鈥渟piritual but not religious鈥 is: 鈥淵ou may want to be careful with that.鈥)
Voters lose when political debate stifled
Pretty much a primary requirement for all-candidate debates in any election is that a government candidate be there to debate why the government should be re-elected.
Cardinal Zen a martyr for democratic, Catholic ideal
I鈥檝e spoken to Cardinal Joseph Zen a couple of times. He鱿鱼视频app a difficult interview 鈥 hard headed, spoiling for a fight and rather in love with his own opinions.
Military chaplaincy report assaults core of spiritual life
Catholics need to be informed about the recent report of the Minister鱿鱼视频app Advisory Panel on Systemic Racism and Discrimination. They also need encouragement to speak out, especially those with any relationship to the Canadian Armed Forces.
Lest we forget: Chaplains aren鈥檛 social workers
This year, within 24 hours, our family will watch our eldest son wed his long-time girlfriend, and another son receive his commission as an Officer of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The former will marry at our parish church where bride and groom first met. The latter, after receiving his commissioning scroll, will pass through the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College (RMC), Kingston.
- By Anna Farrow
Readers Speak Out: May 15, 2022
Indigenous liturgy
I want to compliment Michael Swan on his April 17 article 鈥淪till a way to go on Indigenous liturgy.鈥