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Collins links red robes with persecuted Church

February 27, 2012
JIM O'LEARY
THE CATHOLIC REGISTER

ROME – Canada's newest cardinal, resplendent in shimmering scarlet vestments, was still adjusting to his new look on Feb. 18 when he arrived at a reception in his honour.

Barely two hours earlier he had become His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins after Pope Benedict welcomed Toronto's archbishop into the College of Cardinals on a sunny Saturday morning.


Art gave a young artist her voice

February 27, 2012
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER

Meghan Burnside has been painting proficiently for seven years - about as long as she has been able to speak more than a few words.

The 27-year-old Edmonton artist is autistic and for the first 18 years of her life, barely uttered a word.


Benedict urges new cardinals to ensure Church's fidelity

February 27, 2012
CINDY WOODEN
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Leaders and members of the Catholic Church are called to ensure the Church's fidelity to Jesus and to the faith passed on by the apostles, Pope Benedict Feb. 19 told the 22 new cardinals he created a day earlier.

"The Church is not self-regulating, she does not determine her own structure, but receives it from the word of God, to which she listens in faith as she seeks to understand it and to live it," he said.


CCODP heals Haiti by generations

February 27, 2012
MICHAEL SWAN
THE CATHOLIC REGISTER

Several revolutions are going on in post-earthquake Haiti and one of them is changing how Canada's Catholic development agency thinks about its work.

Prior to the January 2010 earthquake, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace's core development work had always been long-term. Agreements with partner agencies usually spanning four or five years, with some partner relationships that have extended over 20 years.


The meek shall inherit the earth

February 27, 2012
GLEN ARGAN
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER

The promise of the meek inheriting the earth sounds ridiculous to us. How can a conglomeration of wispy, frightened, passive nobodies become rulers of any land? Jesus must be engaging in irony, telling a subtle joke.

However, later on, Jesus identifies himself with the meek. "Come to me all who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest," he says. "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart. For my yoke is easy and my burden light."


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