Recently added articles from Catholic New Times:
Editor's note.
Nov 26, 2006; Bisson, Diane ... This issue began with a theme on the environment. You'll see vestiges of that theme scattered throughout the paper. The centre spread explores the theme of wonder for creation and creativity out of chaos, with the initial Big Bang. We have stories on buying local produce (p. 6), nuclear ...
CNT a voice in the wilderness.(Letter to the editor)
Nov 26, 2006; Virjee, Maria ... I have read Catholic New Times for many years now, although not from your very beginning, so the first editorial in December 1976, which you reprinted Sept. 24, was new to me. After having read it, I believe that CNT has remained true to its original goals, I hear a great ...
Where are pensions for priests who resign?(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 26, 2006; Kutarna, Emil ... The founding of the Shepherd's Trust (CNT, Oct. 29) is such a heartwarming story. Less heartwarming is the sad fact that many retired priests were told that they had no right to a pension even if they paid into it. These are the priests who, after many years of service, resigned for ...
Shame on (some) Knights of Columbus.(Letter to the editor)
Nov 26, 2006; Perreault, Claire ... In response to Jim Loney's column, "Silence equals death" (CNT, Sept. 10), I write to the Knights of Columbus: Messieurs, you have deprived a Catholic youth camp of a very fine Catholic leader. I can't believe that in our day and age that there's still persecution by ...
On bishops' ad limina visit.(Letter to the editor)
Nov 26, 2006; Monster, Bert ... There was a strange reaction from the Catholic Bishops of Ontario during their ad limina meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Rome during September. Speaking to the Catholic News Service, on his return to Canada, Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais was quoted as saying he was ...
Move on from Vatican II, already.(Letter to the editor)
Nov 26, 2006; Smith, Sharon ... Thirty years ago I began my ministry when I was invited to study theology at the Centre for Christian Studies in Toronto. The first women were being ordained in the Anglican Church. It was a heady time of change, challenge and hope. My life and faith have changed in ways I would ...
Do not let CNT die!(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 26, 2006; Desroches, Len ... A cry of the heart: do not let CNT die! Do not let this irreplaceable voice be silenced. This is a time for bold gestures: is there ...
Catholic New Times ends publication vision will rise again.(MESSAGE)
Nov 26, 2006; Huot, John ... After 30 years of embodying the vision of an independent Canadian Catholic voice focused on the link between faith and social justice in both church and society, Catholic New Times will cease publication with the present issue. It is a time to celebrate the wonder of 30 years of ...
Say to the darkness, we beg to differ.(Editorial)
Nov 26, 2006; Bisson, Diane ... Barring a miracle, this is the last issue of CNT. Len Desroches, a founder of CNT, wanted to ensure that message is heard. When I arrived at CNT in January, there was a financial crisis. Once identified, the Fundraising Committee moved quickly and a letter was sent out to you, ...
New times begin from where we are.(FRONT BURNER)(Column)
Nov 26, 2006; Loney, James ... On December 2, 1976, the very first issue of Catholic New Times rolled off the press. "We believe something new is coming to birth," the paper's founders declared in their first editorial. It was their reading of the times that the church, in the full cultural, liturgical and ecclesial ...
Our Prime Minister on Afghanistan.(CANADA)(Stephen Harper)
Nov 26, 2006; McGrory, Barry ... Many in Canada have been calling on Prime Minister Harper to justify his policy regarding Canada's participation in the current Afghanistan war. He did so in October in Edmonton when he accepted the Woodrow Wilson Award from the Woodrow Wilson Centre for Scholars. The speech is available ...
D & P presents mining initiative to student association.(CANADA)
Nov 26, 2006; Dabu, Sheila M. ... TORONTO -- "The windows are opening this way," says Alia Mahabir, gingerly cutting the outlines of two windows and a door on neon pink bristol board. Mahabir, along with about 40 representatives of Ontario Catholic chaplaincies from Waterloo, Kingston, Sudbury, Ottawa and ...
Eat locally grown produce: do yourself and a farmer a favour.(CANADA)
Nov 26, 2006; Burton, Harry ... The cost of a pound of locally grown organic garlic: $6; the cost of an acre of farmland on Salt Spring Island, B.C.: over $50,000; the availability of farmland on Salt Spring: nil; the wages of many local farmers: from $5 to $10 per hour. Having the tastiest, freshest, most diverse, best ...
Using nuclear power to curb global warming? Ramping up nuclear energy not helpful as a response to global warming. Chelyabinsk of the former Soviet Union has lessons to teach.(WORLD)
Nov 26, 2006; Hertsgaard, Mark ... Aside from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the meltdown at Chernobyl is commonly regarded as the deadliest nuclear catastrophe in history. In fact that unhappy distinction belongs to another place in the former Soviet Union, a place called Chelyabinsk. Tucked behind the ...
Climate change will cause refugee crisis.(WORLD)
Nov 26, 2006; McCarthy, Michael ... Mass movements of people across the world are likely to be one of the most dramatic effects of climate change in the coming century; a study suggests. The report, from the aid agency Tearfund, raises the spectre of hundreds of millions of environmental refugees and says the main ...
Saving forests one tissue at a time.(NEWS NOTES)
Nov 26, 2006 ... NEW YORK, NY -- According to the pamphlet "A Shopper's Guide to Home Tissue Products" developed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in the U.S., "Ancient and other endangered forests are being destroyed to make toilet paper, facial tissues, paper towels and other disposable ...
Dolly for dinner?(NEWS NOTES)(United States may approve meat and milk from cloned animals)(Brief article)
Nov 26, 2006 ... WASHINGTON -- According to a story by Associated Press, the U.S. government is moving closer to approving meat and milk from cloned animals, drawing protests from consumer groups. The Bush administration is currently reviewing Food and Drug Administration plans to regulate ...
KAIROS on clean air.(NEWS NOTES)
Nov 26, 2006 ... TORONTO -- According to a statement released by KAIROS, the ecumenical coalition for justice, the Canadian government's Clean Air Act announced in October "lacks the vision and courage to seriously tackle climate change." KAIROS stated its concern that the Kyoto Accord is not ...
No gay communicator.(NEWS NOTES)(Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales dismissed a communications aide on finding him gay)(Brief article)
Nov 26, 2006 ... LONDON, UK -- According to an article in Conscience magazine, the U.K's Mail on Sunday revealed that Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and ...
D & P gets $42 million.(NEWS NOTES)(Canadian Catholic Organization for Development)(Brief article)
Nov 26, 2006 ... CORNWALL, Ont. -- According to Canadian Catholic News, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has secured a five-year $42-million grant from CIDA, which will enable the organization to continue its work in 30 countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. ...
