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July 2016

July 23

U.S. Church urged to turn attention to racism before fractures widen

July 23, 2016

WASHINGTON – Fr. Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Milwaukee archdiocese and well-known theologian, knows what it's like to be watched by police.

Getting at trafficking’s root causes

July 23, 2016

TORONTO – It’s not the oldest profession. It’s age-old oppression.

July 24

Adult colouring books get niched: Colour me Christian, Jewish, Muslim and more

July 24, 2016

It is hard to walk into a grocery store, drugstore, gas station or anywhere else without coming across a display of adult colouring books. The trend started a couple of years ago with Johanna Basford’s uber-popular volumes of pretty flowers and frolicking sea life.

Catholic Book of Worship to get some fine tuning

July 24, 2016

What you sing and how you sing it on Sunday mornings is about to get a little more fine tuning. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a search for hymns, songs, chants and Mass settings to include in a new national hymnal.

By listening to youth, Pope hears what makes them tick

July 24, 2016

VATICAN CITY – When Pope Francis goes to Poland to meet with an expected two million young people from around the world, he's going with a firm idea of the dreams, fears and challenges so many of them face.

Canadian pilgrims to experience 'Catholic Woodstock' after years of planning

July 24, 2016

More than two million young people from around the world are expected to descend on the city of Krakow for a week of spiritual formation as the Polish city hosts World Youth Day from July 26-31.

Auschwitz

July 24, 2016

Walking through the Auschwitz-Birkeneau concentration camps was definitely a once in a lifetime experience.

Catholic tradition stays strong in faithful Poland

July 24, 2016

All eyes are on Poland as the city of Krakow explodes into celebration for the 2016 International World Youth Day.

July 25

We’re just getting started

July 25, 2016

World Youth Day is tomorrow! Despite all the fun and awe-inspiring things that I’ve been fortunate to experience, this is why I am here. It’s not for The Catholic Register. It’s not for the chance to go to Europe on vacation. It’s for the chance to participate in the global Church.

Emmanuel Community to run church above Rome's Spanish Steps

July 25, 2016

VATICAN CITY – An agreement between the Holy See and France handed responsibility for the church that towers above Rome's Spanish Steps to the French-founded Emmanuel Community.

Pope asks WYD pilgrims to accompany him with prayers during visit

July 25, 2016

VATICAN CITY – With his visit to World Youth Day only a few days away, Pope Francis asked young pilgrims to accompany his visit to Krakow, Poland, with prayers.

Munich, Kabul attacks are call to pray for peace, Pope says

July 25, 2016

VATICAN CITY – While recent terror attacks in Germany and Afghanistan bring sorrow and death to the world, they are also a reminder for Christians to pray fervently for peace, Pope Francis said.

Pilgrims walk from Rome to World Youth Day

July 25, 2016

PHILADELPHIA – It takes just over nine hours to fly from Philadelphia to John Paul II Airport in Krakow, Poland, for travellers who want to attend World Youth Day July 26-31 in that city.

Vatican spearheads effort to get AIDS drugs to children

July 25, 2016

DURBAN, South Africa – The face of the AIDS epidemic has changed dramatically in recent years as scientists have created antiretroviral drugs that lower levels of the virus in the bloodstream, allowing those infected with HIV to live relatively normal lives.

I’m ready for WYD!

July 25, 2016

Canada is a place with a deep multicultural heritage. In the same way that Canada is important to those who live there, one’s ancestral home country is just as or more important. This year, my ancestral homeland, Poland, is hosting World Youth Day. As someone very connected to their heritage and religion, you can imagine why World Youth Day 2016 is so important to me.

Clinton's VP pick, a Catholic, faces criticism for his stand on abortion

July 25, 2016

WASHINGTON – Only a week after Donald Trump chose as his running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who was raised a Catholic and today is evangelical, Hillary Clinton chose as her vice presidential running mate, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, a practicing Catholic who has never lost an election, as her vice presidential running mate.

July 26

Priest slain in suspected French terror attack

July 26, 2016

A French priest was killed and another person seriously wounded after two attackers took hostages inside a church in northern France this morning.

Pope expresses shock over violence in French church

July 26, 2016

VATICAN CITY – The murder of a priest in northern France, taken hostage with a handful of other faithful during a weekday morning Mass July 26, is another act of "absurd violence" added to too many stories of senseless violence and death, said the Vatican spokesman.

Greetings from Kraków!

July 26, 2016

Cześć! Greetings from Kraków! My name is Vanessa, and I am one of the 40-odd pilgrims traveling with Jesuits Canada to World Youth Day 2016. It is not my first World Youth Day experience, but it has certainly been a very unique one so far. The spirituality of the Jesuits has been one that has resonated with me since I first learned about Ignatian contemplation, and I already had several friends traveling in the Jesuits Canada delegation, so it felt like a good fit. And thus far, I can only say that our group, made up of young adults from all over Canada, has been pretty awesome.

St. Isidore mourns after fire destroys Eastern Ontario town’s Catholic parish

July 26, 2016

Although the flames are licked and the smouldering has stopped, the Catholic community of St. Isidore, Ont., continues to weep over the loss of their only local house of worship.