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July 2013

July 1

Board helps revitalize Windsor’s core

July 1, 2013

The City of Windsor has donated land to the Windsor-Essex Catholic School Board for the rebuild of Catholic Central High School in the heart of the border city’s downtown.

Toronto students celebrate the greatest country in the world

July 1, 2013

TORONTO - Although school's out for the summer the Toronto Catholic school board didn't miss the opportunity to celebrate Canada Day with its students, albeit a little early.

July 2

Director, deputy director of Vatican bank resign

July 2, 2013

VATICAN CITY - The director and the deputy director of the Vatican bank, which is being investigated by a special papal commission, resigned July 1.

Pope Francis' first encyclical to be published July 5

July 2, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' first encyclical, which he has said is largely the work of retired Pope Benedict XVI, will be published July 5.

Bill to axe Section 13 of Canadian Human Rights Act has received royal assent

July 2, 2013

OTTAWA - After languishing a year in the Senate and a last ditch effort by prominent Liberal Senators to kill it, a bill to axe Section 13 from the Canadian Human Rights Act has received royal assent.

Saints' congregation reportedly acts on causes of JP II, John XXIII

July 2, 2013

VATICAN CITY - The cardinals and archbishops who are members of the Congregation for Saints' Causes met July 2 and, according to Italian news reports, took steps to advance the sainthood causes of Blesseds John Paul II and John XXIII.

Hamilton cathedral recognized as minor basilica — eight decades later

July 2, 2013

HAMILTON, ONT. - Although the wheels of administration are known to often turn slowly at the Vatican, all involved acknowledge that it was a particularly long process when, more than 80 years after the subject was first broached, the Cathedral of Christ the King in Hamilton finally received its designation as a minor basilica on Feb. 25 this year.

Canada denounces slaying of Catholic priest in Syria

July 2, 2013

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has condemned recent sectarian violence targeting Christians in Syria.

July 3

U.S. bishops, religious leaders call for religious liberty protections

July 3, 2013

WASHINGTON - A diverse group of religious leaders, including Catholics, Protestants, evangelicals and a representative from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, issued an open letter July 2 urging the U.S. government to "expand conscience protections" in its Health and Human Services contraceptive mandate.

Catholic parish mourns loss of one of its own in Arizona fire

July 3, 2013

PHOENIX - In Tualatin, Ore., members of Resurrection Parish and Our Lady of the Lake School in Lake Oswego were remembering John Percin Jr., one of 19 firefighters who perished June 30 in an Arizona wildfire.

The Register chosen North America’s top Catholic newspaper

July 3, 2013

DENVER - The Catholic Register has won the prestigious John P. Foley Award for excellence in Catholic journalism.

Polish, Ukrainian church leaders mark anniversary of WWII massacres

July 3, 2013

WARSAW, Poland - Catholic leaders in Poland and Ukraine pledged mutual forgiveness for the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians during World War II.

Through Christ the universe is united

July 3, 2013

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) July 14 (Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Psalm 69; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37)

July 4

ShareLife needs $1.2 million to put it over the top

July 4, 2013

TORONTO - As ShareLife's 2013 parish campaign rounds the final bend, parishioners are being asked to dig as deep as they can to help reach the $12.3 million goal.

Catholic presence at Battle of Gettysburg still evident 150 years later

July 4, 2013

PHILADELPHIA - They were Poles, Austrians, Germans, Czechs, Italians, Irish — especially Irish — and they had one thing in common. They were Catholics, many of them new immigrants but loyal Americans.

July 5

In first encyclical, pope celebrates faith as the light of human life

July 5, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' first encyclical, "Lumen Fidei" ("The Light of Faith"), is a celebration of Christian faith as the guiding light of a "successful and fruitful life," inspiring social action as well as devotion to God, and illuminating "every aspect of human existence," including philosophy and the natural sciences.

Excerpts from Pope Francis' encyclical 'Lumen Fidei'

July 5, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Here are excerpts from Pope Francis' first encyclical, "Lumen Fidei" ("The Light of Faith"), released July 5:

'Lumen Fidei' at a glance

July 5, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Here at a glance are the main points of Pope Francis' encyclical "Lumen Fidei" ("The Light of Faith"), released July 5.

Pope clears the way for the canonizations of John Paul II, John XXIII

July 5, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis signed a decree clearing the way for the canonization of Blessed John Paul II and has decided also to ask the world's cardinals to vote on the canonization of Blessed John XXIII, even in the absence of a miracle.

Encyclical illustrates continuity of two papacies, officials say

July 5, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Presenting Pope Francis' new encyclical and acknowledging how much of it was prepared by retired Pope Benedict XVI, top Vatican officials hailed it as a unique expression of the development of papal teaching and unity in faith.