Browse › 2014 › January

January 2014

January 24

Study shows increased hostility toward religion

January 24, 2014

WASHINGTON - A Pew Research Centre study issued Jan. 14 shows another increase in hostility toward religion by most of the world’s 198 nations.

Christians share hopes, fears under new constitutions in Egypt, Tunisia

January 24, 2014

CAIRO - Moneer Fawzy recalls that he has spent much of his life exposed to diatribes aimed at him and Egypt's Christians who make up about 10 percent of the nation's mostly Sunni Muslim populace of more than 85 million.

One bishop's guide to ecumenism

January 24, 2014

Bishop Don Bolen of Saskatoon is Canada’s most ecumenically minded bishop.

Saskatoon's Bolen makes history preaching to Evangelicals

January 24, 2014

Preaching to Evangelicals at the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity didn’t phase Saskatoon Bishop Don Bolen — much.

We should all be united in Jesus Christ

January 24, 2014

Editor’s note: this is the winning essay in the annual essay contest for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity sponsored by The Catholic Register and the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-Graymoor. Nathan Ko, a 15-year-old student from Markham, Ont.’s St. Brother André High School, is this year’s winner.

Pope says judgments on annulments must be impartial and pastoral

January 24, 2014

VATICAN CITY - Addressing the Vatican court primarily responsible for hearing requests for marriage annulments, Pope Francis said judges on church tribunals should show "imperturbable and impartial balance" as well as the "delicacy and humanity proper to a pastor of souls."

Pope, French president discuss controversial laws on family, bioethics

January 24, 2014

VATICAN CITY - When Pope Francis met French President Francois Hollande at the Vatican Jan. 24, their discussions about human dignity touched on several topics of tension between the French church and government, including the family and bioethics, the Vatican said.

January 25

Under Pope Francis, Church entering a 'new era'

January 25, 2014

OXFORD, England - The cardinal who heads Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals said the Catholic Church is entering a "new era" and accused critics of the Pope's statements on economic injustice of failing to "understand reality."

Atheism and the sins of the father

January 25, 2014

A once-popular book that links atheism with shoddy fathering is getting a second life with a new publisher, thanks, in part, to the rise of non-belief in the United States.

Living With Christ undergoes facelift

January 25, 2014

TORONTO - Canadians will get to experience the iconic Living With Christ missalette in a new way.

January 26

Jane found peace in the Catholic Church

January 26, 2014

LONDON, ONT. - My friend Jane Loptson died in the hallway outside of her subsidized apartment in the early afternoon of Dec. 27.

Womb transplants raise ethical concerns

January 26, 2014

TORONTO - Doctors in Sweden are one step closer to giving women without a womb a chance to give birth to their own child, but their groundbreaking procedure is raising ethical eyebrows in Catholic circles.

St. Anne de Beaupre predates Canada’s oldest Catholic parish

January 26, 2014

ST. ANNE DE BEAUPRE, QUE. - Canada’s most celebrated pilgrimage site, the shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre, was founded even before Quebec was recognized in 1664 as North America’s first parish. It is Canada’s oldest and most popular shrine, annually welcoming some 1.5 million pilgrims.

January 27

Pope advances sainthood cause of Sisters of Charity of Quebec founder

January 27, 2014

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of eight candidates, including the founder of the Sisters of Charity of Quebec.

Make more room for women without crowding out family, pope says

January 27, 2014

VATICAN CITY - Women should play a greater role in society and the church without sacrificing their essential attention and contribution to their families, Pope Francis said.

Pope prays for peace, dialogue in Ukraine; bishops offer to mediate

January 27, 2014

VATICAN CITY - As protests against the Ukrainian president spread to cities across the country, Pope Francis offered his prayers for the nation's people, "particularly for those who lost their lives in the last few days and for their families."

Catholic agency's counselors help people cope with shooting at mall

January 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, Md. - Catholic Charities of Baltimore offered counseling services at St. John the Evangelist Catholic community in Columbia Jan. 26, a day after a teenage gunman killed two employees at a nearby shopping mall.

January 28

Federal government sues Catholic entities involved in residential schools

January 28, 2014

OTTAWA - The federal government is suing Catholic entities involved in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement over $1.5 million in contested funds.

Quebec bishops say ‘no’ to euthanasia

January 28, 2014

OTTAWA - Quebec’s Catholic bishops say Quebec’s euthanasia Bill-52, which will come to a vote later this month, “must not pass.”

If you can cheer for a sports team, you can praise God, Pope says

January 28, 2014

VATICAN CITY - Prayers of praise for God aren't just for charismatics, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.