Justin Trudeau attends the NATO summit in Brussels on March 24, 2022. (photo: Gints Ivuskans/Shutterstock)

Canada and Catholics/New DC Archbishop

In a political earthquake in North America, Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada for the last nine years, has announced his resignation. What is his grim record when it comes to Catholics? We discuss this with Register senior writer Peter Laffin. A new archbishop for Washington arrives, and we hear about the significance of the archdiocese in the nation’s capital from Register staff writer Matt McDonald.

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