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August 2018

August 18

God's word on Sunday: Our seat awaits at the Lord’s banquet

August 18, 2018

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 19 (Year B) Proverbs 9:1-6; Psalm 34; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58

Faith on front lines: A desperate world needs God more than ever, says Lt.-Gen. Roméo Dallaire

August 18, 2018

EDMONTON – In military terms, “covering your six o’clock” means watching someone’s back while they’re in combat. For retired lieutenant-general Roméo Dallaire, his Catholic faith is how he covers his six o’clock.

RCMP chapel roots stretch to Regina’s earliest days

August 18, 2018

REGINA – It may not rank with the likes of the great, centuries-old European cathedrals and churches but, like them, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police chapel in Regina shares a place in the history of its city.

August 19

'Homosexual subculture' is source of sex abuse 'devastation' in the Church, Bishop Morlino says

August 19, 2018

MADISON, Wis., – In response to recent sexual abuse crises, the Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, has said that the Catholic Church must renew its conviction to identify and reject sin, and admit that a homosexual culture among some clerics has caused great harm in the Church.

Cardinal Wuerl drops out of World Meeting of Families appearances

August 19, 2018

WASHINGTON – The Archbishop of Washington has cancelled his scheduled participation at the Church’s World Meeting of Families, which will be held this week in Dublin, Ireland.

August 20

Indian church joins relief efforts as floods, landslides wreak havoc in Kerala

August 20, 2018

COCHIN, India – The Catholic Church has joined relief efforts as unprecedented floods and landslides continue to wreak havoc in India's Kerala state, killing about 370 people within a week.

Pope Francis makes 'urgent' appeal to prevent clerical sex abuse

August 20, 2018

VATICAN – "No effort must be spared" to prevent future cases of clerical sexual abuse and "to prevent the possibility of their being covered up," Pope Francis said in a letter addressed "to the people of God."

Eucharist is a taste of heaven on earth, Pope Francis says

August 20, 2018

VATICAN – By receiving the Eucharist at Mass, Christians are given Christ's same spirit and a taste of eternal life, Pope Francis said.

Euthanasia isn’t palliative care, Canadian bishops say

August 20, 2018

OTTAWA – Canada’s Catholic bishops are urging the federal government to maintain a clear distinction between palliative care and the practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide so institutions are not forced to become “an accomplice” in causing an intentional death.

St. Francis de Sales deaf ministry celebrates 100 years in Toronto

August 20, 2018

Deacon Kevin Brockerville was 25 years old when he attended his first sign language Mass.

Catholic Women's League vows to keep fighting summer jobs attestation

August 20, 2018

OTTAWA – The Catholic Women’s League (CWL), Canada’s largest women’s organization, resolved Aug. 13 to continue its opposition to the Canada Summer Jobs attestation.

Nuncio says U.S. bishops committed to addressing cover-up, abuse scandal

August 20, 2018

VATICAN – The U.S. bishops are "deeply committed" to facing the reality of clerical sexual abuse and the history of covering it up, said the Vatican nuncio to the United States.

The Register Archive: School may be out, but that doesn’t mean parents should leave children to their own resources

August 20, 2018

In the dog days of August, at the height of vacation season, it is tempting to let a few things slide. But not too much. One hundred years ago, The Catholic Register did its summer duty by reminding parents of their own duty when it came to their children. From the July 18, 1918 issue, The Register offers advice that still may apply today.

August 21

Canadian parishioners look for answers in wake of sex abuse scandal

August 21, 2018

The clergy abuse revealed in a Pennsylvania Grand Jury report has left many Catholics reeling, and not just in the U.S.

Pope Francis says teachings of 'Amoris Laetitia' will mature, not rupture

August 21, 2018

VATICAN – Everything in the document "Amoris Laetitia" on marriage and family life is based on Catholic Church teaching "always in continuity -- without ruptures -- yet always maturing," Pope Francis said.

Canada’s bishops express ‘sadness’ over sex abuse findings

August 21, 2018

OTTAWA – Canada’s Catholic bishops have joined their American counterparts in expressing heartbreak and sorrow over the clerical abuse revelations south of the border.

Pope to meet sex abuse survivors in Ireland at World Meeting of Families

August 21, 2018

VATICAN – Pope Francis will meet survivors of sexual abuse during his trip to Ireland Aug. 25-26, but it will be up to the survivors to decide whether any information about the meeting will be released, said the director of the Vatican press office.

Live and learn: Education outside the classroom

August 21, 2018

When Grade 10 students at Bishop James Mahoney High School in Saskatoon learned about motion in physics class last year, they weren’t in a classroom. Instead, they met with former Air Force pilots at an airport hangar.

New kids on the block face steep learning curve

August 21, 2018

The recess bell rings and a child dives for cover underneath her desk. A teacher is at the front of the classroom but a student is wandering from desk to desk starting conversations of his own. The lunch bell rings and several pupils have arrived without lunch, or uniforms, or gym clothes. A six-year-old turns up in school mid-morning, but doesn’t have enough English to tell the school secretary who she is, where she’s from or where she’s supposed to be.

Ontario bishops strike chord in pastoral letter on Catholic education

August 21, 2018

In 1989 Ontario’s Catholic bishops issued a pastoral letter, “This Moment of Promise,” in the wake of legislation to fully fund the province’s Catholic school system. The document set the groundwork for Catholic education in a new era and was followed in 1993 by a pastoral letter titled “Fulfilling the Promise.” Now, 31 years after the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the constitutional legitimacy of full funding of Catholic education, the bishops have issued a third pastoral letter.