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September 2019

September 1

God's Word on Sunday: Intellect without the Spirit doomed to fail

September 1, 2019

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 8 (Year C) Wisdom 9:13-18; Psalm 90; Philemon 9b-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33 Humans are usually quite proud of their intelligence and intellectual achievements.

Finding peace on Mission Hill

September 1, 2019

ST. ALBERT, Alta. -- Cecile Kimak and Phyllis Pawluk are close. They share everything, including a devotion to the Virgin Mary that continues to help the Edmonton-area sisters survive life’s most gut-wrenching problems, from health troubles to family break-ups and even an abusive relationship.

Youth Speak News Team 2019-2020

September 1, 2019

The Catholic Register is pleased to introduce these 6 young people selected for this year’s YSN program.

Statue takes long way home

September 1, 2019

EDMONTON -- After travelling from Italy to Portugal to China, a 500-year-old wooden statue of the Infant Jesus has reached its final destination — a Carmelite monastery west of Edmonton.

Mary Marrocco: We must give our faith a chance to grow

September 1, 2019

Religion, an essay in a major news service declaimed recently, is a sociological phenomenon that exists as a psychological need-fulfillment. It is a never-ending series of (similar) movements that are born and die when their usefulness to social groups has passed.

September 2

Pope Francis prepares to bring his message to southern Africa

September 2, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Rejecting violence, promoting interreligious harmony, caring for the environment and stamping out government corruption are expected to be high on the agenda Sept. 4-10 when Pope Francis visits Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius.

B.C. man’s assisted suicide a call to action: chaplain

September 2, 2019

The assisted suicide death of a Powell River, B.C., man who struggled for years to find adequate care is a call to Catholics to speak out and “challenge the legitimacy” of bureaucracies that put cost and efficiency ahead of the value of human life, says the Archdiocese of Vancouver’s pro-life chaplain.

Exorcists question Jesuit’s view of devil

September 2, 2019

Contrary to statements made by Jesuit superior general Fr. Arturo Sosa, an international organization of Catholic exorcists said the existence of Satan as a real and personal being is a truth of Christian doctrine.

Newman left deep impression on cardinal

September 2, 2019

Among the invited bishops and cardinals present and praying at the Oct. 13 canonization of Cardinal John Henry Newman will be perhaps his biggest Canadian fan, Toronto Archbishop Cardinal Thomas Collins.

Healed aneurysm investigated as possible miracle for Creole nun's beatification

September 2, 2019

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNA) -- In December 2017, 19 year-old Arkansas college student Christine McGee was rushed to the hospital by her mother.

September 3

Pope Francis urges Catholics to join 'Season of Creation' initiative

September 3, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- "Now is the time to abandon our dependence on fossil fuels and move, quickly and decisively, toward forms of clean energy," Pope Francis said as he marked the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.

Choices for new cardinals stress dialogue, care for poor

September 3, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- After the consistory to create new cardinals in early October, Pope Francis will have chosen more than half of the men who will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor.

Euthanasia reduces people to 'things', Pope Francis says

September 3, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Medical advancements do not help if they treat people as objects or when they are applied only to those people who are not considered a burden and "deserve" to be helped, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis: Synods are not for 'deal-making'

September 3, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Before a synod, bishops must learn what their people want and think and need, not so they can change church teaching, but so they can preach the Gospel more effectively, Pope Francis told the bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Angelus: Climbers are in the church, too

September 3, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- People who race to get top positions often feel superior to others, an attitude that destroys the possibility for fellowship and communion, Pope Francis said.

Catholic leaders respond with 'heavy hearts' to Texas shooting

September 3, 2019

WASHINGTON -- Catholic leaders across the United States reacted with sorrow and "heavy hearts" to a mass shooting in west Texas Aug. 31 that authorities said claimed seven lives and wounded 25 others.

Asia Bibi: People must help Pakistanis falsely accused of blasphemy

September 3, 2019

MANCHESTER, England -- The "whole world" should put pressure on Pakistan to either scrap or reform its controversial blasphemy laws, said Asia Bibi, the Catholic mother freed after eight years on death row.

Miraculous cure of woman at Knock in 1989 confirmed

September 3, 2019

DUBLIN -- The Catholic Church in Ireland has confirmed that a woman who was seriously ill with multiple sclerosis experienced a complete healing of all her symptoms at Knock shrine in September 1989.

Polish, German bishops mark start WWII urging for new peace efforts

September 3, 2019

WARSAW, Poland -- Catholic bishops from Poland and Germany have warned that peace and unity are still needed in Europe, 80 years after the start of World War II.

September 4

Canadian Jesuit Fr. Michael Czerny to be made cardinal in October

September 4, 2019

The Pope, who is full of surprises, has done it again by announcing that a Canadian Jesuit priest will join 12 archbishops and bishops who will be made cardinals next month in Rome.