Anna Farrow

1 week ago | catholicregister.org | Anna Farrow

Catholic media tycoon and philanthropist Jimmy Lai is pictured in Hong Kong May 29, 2020. CNS photo/Tyrone Siu, ReutersJune 18, 2025Article continues below adGetting your Trinity Audio player ready... A group of parliamentarians was recently thwarted in its efforts to see a motion passed in the House of Commons to grant honorary Canadian citizenship to Jimmy Lai, the prominent Catholic political prisoner jailed for his role in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests.

2 weeks ago | catholicregister.org | Anna Farrow

Catholic singles in search of a Catholic spouse are now finding each other on two unlikely online platforms. Reddit is a 20-year-old social media forum with a reputation for left-wing and anti-theist activism, while Discord is a platform originally created for gamers. But both have provided space for young Catholics to form online friendships which for some couples has led to marriage.

2 weeks ago | catholicregister.org | Anna Farrow

Quebec-based antifascist groups played a key role in the disruption of the May 31 March for Life organized by Campagne Québec-Vie (CQV). According to CQV president Georges Buscemi, the tactics employed by the counter-protesters resulted in a hostile environment that severely limited the ability of CQV to run an orderly, family-friendly event. “It was difficult to get the event going, to have a coherent order of the day.

1 month ago | catholicregister.org | Anna Farrow

Quebec’s Roman Catholic bishops and other religious leaders have sharply rejected turning the secularization of the province into an excuse for activist exclusion of religious faith. “We believe that secularism is a collective project, and must not become the preserve of anti-religious militants,” said Msgr. Pierre Murray, CSS.

1 month ago | catholicregister.org | Anna Farrow

On May 27, it will have been four years since a small Indigenous band in British Columbia, Canada, announced that remains of 215 children had been discovered at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. It has been nearly 10 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report.