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May 2019

May 24

Robert Kinghorn: Blessings are often a two-way street

May 24, 2019

Contrary to what most of my professors believed, I sometimes paid attention when I was in the diaconate formation program at St. Augustine’s Seminary. Liturgically I may not have known my ambo from my elbow, but when it came to pastoral care I was totally present.

Family portraits, mutual support part of Caritas global assembly

May 24, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle added a photo of his "Lolo Kim" to a mosaic of migrants, world leaders and Caritas workers to illustrate how humanity forms one family and is sharing one journey.

Rocks and the Vatican: A heavenly match

May 24, 2019

Kim Tait is not your typical rock star.

Vatican official: Easter attacks were an act against all of Sri Lanka

May 24, 2019

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- One of the Vatican's top officials visited Sri Lanka to show solidarity with Catholics still reeling from the Easter suicide bombings that claimed more than 250 lives and injured more than 400.

Toronto Climate Strike takes its message to businesses

May 24, 2019

About 200 students with the the backing of their parents, grandparents and teachers sang and chanted their request for immediate and bold climate action at the latest #FridaysForFuture student Climate Strike Friday, May 24 in Nathan Phillips Square.

May 25

Luke Stocking: Students send message

May 25, 2019

The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration gestured to the buildings surrounding us on Parliament Hill. “These are the people’s houses,” said the Honourable Ahmed Hussen. “These are your institutions — please feel free and at home.”

‘Once a St. Joe’s girl …’

May 25, 2019

Mary Allan ran her hand along the peach-coloured lockers and suddenly she was in Grade 9 again.

Camera finally points at civility

May 25, 2019

I paused the PVR and looked at my husband: “Did you notice what a big deal they were making about a first kiss?”

May 26

God's Word on Sunday: Spiritual insight exposes a deeper reality

May 26, 2019

Ascension of the Lord, June 2 (Year C) Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1:17-23; Luke 24:44-53 Human expectations and God’s plans are seldom identical. The followers of Jesus had an agenda — Jesus was to expel the Romans and re-establish the kingdom of Israel. After the Resurrection, they were constantly tugging at His sleeve and asking if this was the moment.

Cardinal ‘Fix It’

May 26, 2019

During his visit to a centre offering respite and food to refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos this month, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski followed a sign that said, “Broken? Fix it here.”

Pope Francis' visit puts light on ethnic Hungarians

May 26, 2019

When Pope Francis visits Romania May 31-June 1, he will helicopter to Sumuleu Ciuc, site of the country’s only major Marian shrine and an important place of pilgrimage for Hungarian Catholics.

May 27

Italian bishops: 'moral obligation' to report abuse to police

May 27, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Italian bishops have recognized their "moral obligation" to report allegations of clerical sexual abuse to the police, said the head of the Italian bishops' child protection committee.

Prenatal diagnosis of illness is no excuse for abortion, Pope Francis says

May 27, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- "Abortion is never the answer" to couples seeking a way to deal with a prenatal diagnosis of serious illness or disability, Pope Francis said.

Regina Coeli: The Lord invites us to open our hearts to the Holy Spirit

May 27, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- Pope Francis said Sunday that the Church cannot remain static because the Holy Spirit guides the Church along the paths of history.

Pope Francis laments exclusion of migrants as a red flag of society in moral decline

May 27, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Being indifferent to or excluding migrants is a sign of a deteriorating morality that will soon spread and risk marginalizing everyone who fails to fit in, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis appoints new head of Vatican’s interreligious dialogue

May 27, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- Pope Francis appointed Spanish Bishop Miguel Ayuso Guixot Saturday as president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

Catholic bishops lament setbacks for Holy Land peace, but call for a better path

May 27, 2019

JERUSALEM (CNA) -- Peace, mutual equality, and respect must be the foundation of progress in Israeli-Palestinian relations, despite continued setbacks, the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land said this week.

Pope Francis: Guilty handouts, soulless bureaucratic aid are fake charity

May 27, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Charity should be given freely and lived humbly with the poor, never letting it become hypocrisy, a slick business or a way to soothe a troubled conscience, Pope Francis said.

May 28

‘Urgent’ action needed on climate change, says pontiff

May 28, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- If the world is to win the fight against climate change, its leaders must stop profiting from fossil fuels that threaten the survival and well-being of the planet and its inhabitants, Pope Francis said.

Santa Marta Mass: Holy Spirit keeps Christians young at heart

May 28, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- The Holy Spirit keeps Christians young at heart, supporting them in times of trial and helping them praise God no matter what is going on, Pope Francis said.