August 2019

Week of Aug 9, 2019

August 9, 2019

Restoration marches on despite setback

August 9, 2019

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Parish officials remain optimistic an extensive restoration of historic Our Lady of Assumption Church will continue despite the withdrawal of an offer of $5 million by a well-known local philanthropist.

Development and Peace quits ombudsperson’s advisory board

August 9, 2019

Development and Peace has joined a mass resignation from a government advisory board created to monitor allegations of unethical and illegal activities by Canadian corporations involved overseas in mining, oil and gas and textiles.

Luke Stocking: Keep the planet in mind for travel plans

August 9, 2019

“We’ll be coming to visit from July 22 to July 30,” I told my mother-in-law, who had come to Windsor from her home across the border in Michigan to see my son play soccer.

Sister traded hoops for a life of prayer

August 10, 2019

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The last time Poor Clare Sister Rose Marie of the Queen of Angels hugged her mom or other family members was in 1994 when she made her solemn profession of vows to her religious order.

It’s all hymns, all the time

August 10, 2019

WASHINGTON -- Catholics hear hymns in church, but hardly ever on the radio. Now they can augment their weekly diet of hymnody through a new audio web streaming service called Great Catholic Music.

Pro-abortion groups cashing in on grants

August 10, 2019

OTTAWA -- Pro-abortion groups have received more than $152 million in government funding since 2016, according to an examination of government databases by an Ottawa pro-life blogger.

Holy Family inspires first vocations pilgrimage

August 10, 2019

The Archdiocese of Montreal will be invoking the Holy Family as it hosts the first of what is hoped to be an annual pilgrimage to pray for vocations.

Robert Kinghorn: Streets are filled with many crosses

August 10, 2019

I have always wondered what the conversation between Jesus and an image consultant would be like.

Priest travels nature’s way to vocations

August 11, 2019

It was one of those nights a well-travelled canoeist understands — you’ve set up camp after a long day’s journey, you are lying awake and the thoughts come to you as you try to drift off to sleep.

God's Word on Sunday: Jesus blazed a trail for all to follow

August 11, 2019

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 18 (Year C) Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10; Psalm 40; Hebrews 12:1-4; Luke 12:49-53 The lowest point in the long and unhappy prophetic ministry of Jeremiah was the day that he was thrown into a cistern and left to die.

Shrines have bigger role to play: Lacroix

August 11, 2019

OTTAWA -- In the face of surveys showing declining numbers of believers and church-goers, Cardinal Gérald Lacroix says Canada’s Catholic shrines should offer more direct preaching of the Gospel to encourage a personal relationship with Christ.

Pope Francis: Ordination of married men 'absolutely not' main theme of Amazon synod

August 12, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- The ordination to the priesthood of mature, married men, sometimes called viri probati, is among the topics to be addressed at October’s Amazon synod but is “absolutely not” one of the principle themes of the meeting, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis approves new statutes for Vatican bank

August 12, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis approved new statutes for the Institute for the Works of Religion, often referred to as the Vatican bank, that include structural changes and a mandatory external audit.

Angelus: Nations must protect lives and dignity of war victims

August 12, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Marking the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, Pope Francis urged nations to recall the need to protect the life and dignity of the victims of war and armed conflict.

Laity participate in Chaldean Catholic synod

August 12, 2019

AMMAN, Jordan -- The Chaldean Catholic Church concluded a weeklong synod in Ainkawa, a Christian enclave in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, in which laity from the church's various dioceses in the Middle East and the diaspora also participated for the first time.

Sisters of Providence closing doors on its Printing Room museum

August 12, 2019

A little piece of history at Providence Manor is closing its doors for the last time in Kingston, Ont.

Pell letter warning about Amazon synod sparks investigation

August 12, 2019

MELBOURNE, Australia (CNA) -- The incarcerated Cardinal George Pell is facing an investigation by Australian prison authorities, after images of a letter he sent to supporters was posted on social media.

Pope Francis: Closeness is God's answer to suffering

August 13, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- In hopeless situations of pain and suffering, God never abandons his children but rather remains close to them, Pope Francis said.

Bishop John Sherlock, former head of London diocese, dies at 93

August 13, 2019

Bishop John Sherlock, who for 24 years was Bishop of London, Ont., died Aug. 12. He was 93.