Day: 16 October 2024

Calgary Bishop William McGrattan, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, in an undated file photo. Bishop McGrattan and Archbishop Miller of Vancouver are currently in Rome attending the Synod Bishops. (Catholic Register file photo/Michael Swan)

Small steps with many better than big steps with a few, bishop says as Synod Session 2 gets under way

Canada, Trending

Just before the Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, a sentiment expressed by an African prelate at the first gathering in 2023 lingers with Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) President Bishop William McGrattan. “He said it’s better to take smaller steps with a larger number...

The now closed and demolished Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, Nfld. (Register file photo)

Cash for St. John’s abuse victims by month’s end

Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Trending

Nearly 300 victims — or their surviving loved ones — who suffered abuse at Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, N.L., during the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, or by Archdiocese of St. John’s clergy, will receive the initial disbursement of their long-awaited monetary restitution before the end of this month. On Oct. 8, Justice Garrett...

Pro-Palestinian rallies like this one at Toronto’s Nathan Philips Square have been cauldrons of anti-Semitism since Hamas started the war in Gaza with its attack on Israel Oct. 7, 2023.

Christians sign on to back Canada’s Jews

Canada, Trending

Fr. Deacon Andrew Bennett has a simple message for Canadian Jews: “We will not abandon you.” On Sept. 23, Canada’s former ambassador for religious freedom launched the Canadian Christian Declaration on Antisemitism, a document that denounces the rising tide of antisemitism in Canada and states an unequivocal solidarity with the Jewish community. “We declare to you,...

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