Catholic New Times articles

Recent articles from Catholic New Times

Editor's note.
November 26, 2006... 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 waste...

CNT a voice in the wilderness.(Letter to the editor)
November 26, 2006... 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 variety of...

Where are pensions for priests who resign?(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
November 26, 2006... 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 whatever...

Shame on (some) Knights of Columbus.(Letter to the editor)
November 26, 2006... 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 soi-disant good...

On bishops' ad limina visit.(Letter to the editor)
November 26, 2006... 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 enthusiastic...