World Youth Day 2016 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:20:16 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Sr. Helena Burns: Divide and conquer? Never in Canada /opinion/columnists/item/34016-sr-helena-burns-divide-and-conquer-never-in-canada /opinion/columnists/item/34016-sr-helena-burns-divide-and-conquer-never-in-canada

Perhaps the oldest strategy of war is: “Divide and conquer”— which can take many forms. Physically divide a land mass into north and south. Encourage a portion of a country to secede. Partition. Physical divisions create smaller spaces and populations to overtake, can leave families separated and citizens stranded. But the most insidious division is spiritual, psychological, social. If planned from without and then wormed into a once-harmonious (even if not homogenous) group, division can be made to feel organic and even righteous through… you guessed it: fear-mongering.

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burnsh@catholicregister.org (Sr. Helena Burns, FSP) Register Columnists Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:02:21 -0500
Montreal Catholics mobilize prayer vigil for religious freedom in wake of COVID restrictions /item/33870-montreal-catholics-mobilize-prayer-vigil-for-religious-freedom-in-wake-of-covid-restrictions /item/33870-montreal-catholics-mobilize-prayer-vigil-for-religious-freedom-in-wake-of-covid-restrictions

Evelyn Campbell was shocked when the Quebec government suddenly mandated that all places of worship impose a vaccine passport system as of Dec. 20.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 23 Dec 2021 09:27:55 -0500
March for Life back on Parliament Hill /item/32872-march-for-life-back-on-parliament-hill /item/32872-march-for-life-back-on-parliament-hill

OTTAWA -- The largest annual pro-life event in Canada will be on back on Parliament Hill in the nationƵapp capital in May, according to a key event organizer, although how many pro-life Canadians will actually rally in Ottawa at the March For Life remains an open question.

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Canada Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:23:55 -0400
Protesting priest earns award for advocacy /item/30587-protesting-priest-earns-award-for-advocacy /item/30587-protesting-priest-earns-award-for-advocacy

The Catholic Civil Rights League is honouring an 84-year-old priest who for three decades has been a visible presence in the nationƵapp capital for his opposition to abortion.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:22:42 -0400
Mexican bishops: No matter how life is conceived, abortion is wrong /home/international/item/30053-mexican-bishops-no-matter-how-life-is-conceived-abortion-is-wrong /home/international/item/30053-mexican-bishops-no-matter-how-life-is-conceived-abortion-is-wrong

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican bishops' conference has expressed concerns over a Supreme Court decision that upheld a health norm allowing access to abortion in public clinics if a woman has been the victim of sexual violence.

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International Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:34:13 -0400
Group protests outside Baltimore hotel, objects to proposals on abuse /home/international/item/29708-group-protests-outside-baltimore-hotel-objects-to-proposals-on-abuse /home/international/item/29708-group-protests-outside-baltimore-hotel-objects-to-proposals-on-abuse

BALTIMORE -- As has been the case for years now, a small group of protesters dismissive of the U.S. bishops' efforts to enact reforms in their handling of sexual abuse cases gather outside the Baltimore hotel where they conduct their general meeting.

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International Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:21:33 -0400
Haitian unrest hits Development and Peace partners /home/international/item/29023-haitian-unrest-hits-development-and-peace-partners /home/international/item/29023-haitian-unrest-hits-development-and-peace-partners

Two weeks of violent political unrest in Haiti is wreaking havoc with Development and PeaceƵapp partner organizations.

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) International Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:45:43 -0500
London council committee allows 'buffer zone' around abortion clinic /home/international/item/28940-london-council-committee-allows-buffer-zone-around-abortion-clinic /home/international/item/28940-london-council-committee-allows-buffer-zone-around-abortion-clinic LONDON – A council in London could become the second local authority in the U.K. to approve an exclusion zone around an abortion clinic.
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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:04:33 -0500
Pro-life activist Mary Wagner marks first jail-free Christmas in seven years /item/28667-pro-life-activist-mary-wagner-marks-first-jail-free-christmas-in-seven-years /item/28667-pro-life-activist-mary-wagner-marks-first-jail-free-christmas-in-seven-years

VANCOUVER – For the better part of a decade, pro-life activist Mary Wagner has spent the holidays behind bars.

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Canada Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:59:21 -0500
Catholics protest outside U.S. bishops' meeting in Baltimore, call for change /home/international/item/28421-catholics-protest-outside-u-s-bishops-meeting-in-baltimore-call-for-change /home/international/item/28421-catholics-protest-outside-u-s-bishops-meeting-in-baltimore-call-for-change BALTIMORE – As the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened a Day of Prayer at the Fall Bishops General Assembly Nov. 12, John McKeon was the first to walk a path along Aliceanna Street outside the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, just after 9 a.m.
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International Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:58:47 -0500