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April 2014

April 17

Jews ordered to register in east Ukraine

April 17, 2014

Jews in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk where pro-Russian militants have taken over government buildings were told they have to “register” with the Ukrainians who are trying to make the city become part of Russia, according to Israeli media.

April 18

Canadian Jesuit provinces are to reunite

April 18, 2014

THORNHILL, ONT. - Canada’s French- and English-speaking Jesuits plan to rejoin into a single Canadian province of the world’s largest Catholic religious order of men.

Web site degrades girls

April 18, 2014

On my morning commute to work, I grabbed a newspaper in the subway and was shocked to read what was on the cover: Female students from Newmarket, Ont.’s Sacred Heart High School were the targets of a “sex-or-not” web site.

Adorers hit city streets

April 18, 2014

On Holy Thursday, Oriana Bertucci enjoys carrying out a centuries-old tradition through the modern-day city streets of Toronto.

Globe hopping to grow faith

April 18, 2014

TORONTO - The youth at Toronto’s St. Casimir’s parish are in the midst of living out a five-year plan to travel the globe and grow in their faith.

We must serve Christ the liberator

April 18, 2014

TORONTO - As he blessed the oil of Chrism and led more than 400 priests in a recommitment to their ordination, Toronto Archbishop Cardinal Thomas Collins preached the message of Christ the liberator.

Diocese of Hamilton donates $2 million to St. Peter’s Seminary

April 18, 2014

The Diocese of Hamilton, Ont., has gifted St. Peter’s Seminary with its largest donation to date.

April 19

Taking you back to 33 days in 1978

April 19, 2014

Thirty-three days into his papacy, Pope John Paul I was found dead. His sudden death in 1978 plunged Catholics and other Christians into what British actor David Suchet calls “absolute despair” and set the stage, literally, for the theatrical production of The Last Confession.

Fascination with sex overtakes discussion on religion, public policy

April 19, 2014

TORONTO - A debate about how much, if at all, religion should be allowed into public policy debates ended up being mostly about sex.

Children’s contest proclaims Easter joy

April 19, 2014

One of the blessings of Easter we enjoy at The Catholic Register is reviewing the sketches and paintings from elementary school children who enter our annual Easter drawing contest.

Heaven Is for Real

April 19, 2014

NEW YORK - "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength." Those familiar words, addressed to God in Psalm 8 of the King James Bible, might serve as the tagline for the fact-based drama "Heaven Is for Real" (TriStar).

Women need to embrace their ‘Feminine Genius’

April 19, 2014

TORONTO - God has entrusted humankind to women, said Anita Healy at the fifth annual Dynamic Women of Faith conference, and so women must pray to God for the courage to embody their “Feminine Genius.”

L’Arche turning 50 this year

April 19, 2014

For 50 years, L’Arche has been a community and a school of life. It has been taking in developmentally disabled adults, but not simply as an alternative to the old asylums where people with Down’s syndrome and similar problems used to disappear. The L’Arche model is an alternative to any society that has no room for people who can’t conform to expectations.

Getting back in touch with the land

April 19, 2014

Is there anything sacred about the soil? Is there holiness in meals we share? Does our Catholic religious imagination extend to how we nourish ourselves and our families?

Holy Saturday’s stillness foreshadows something bigger

April 19, 2014

Holy Saturday can be a rich day, full of spiritual contemplation that can be used to prepare for Easter Sunday.

Thousands travel Via Dolorosa to follow Jesus’ steps

April 19, 2014

JERUSALEM - With Easter upon us, millions of Catholics around the world have taken part in the Stations of Cross during the Lenten season. While many people prayed the stations in their local parish, each year thousands leave their communities to experience the real thing: the Via Dolorosa.

April 20

Archdiocese opens up its confessionals

April 20, 2014

TORONTO - More than 200 churches in the GTA opened their doors to receive thousands of repentants on April 9 as the Archdiocese of Toronto held a Day of Confessions in preparation for Easter.

Easter services are a go for St. Elias

April 20, 2014

BRAMPTON, ONT. - Despite their church being in ruins following a devastating fire, the parish community at St. Elias the Prophet Ukrainian Catholic Church still plan to gather and celebrate Easter together.

Ukrainian tradition helps out good causes

April 20, 2014

TORONTO - For the local artisans who belong to Kosa Kolektiv, making pysanky — Ukrainian Easter eggs — is a way to share the skills passed down from generation to generation of Ukrainians.

Police actions hamper Jerusalem celebrations

April 20, 2014

JERUSALEM - Palestinian Christian institutions charged that Israeli police security measures during Holy Week and Easter hamper access by Christian pilgrims to holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City.