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September 2019

September 18

Amazon Synod getting varied reception among Catholics

September 18, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Before members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon began packing their bags for the synod assembly at the Vatican Oct. 6-27, a variety of groups were announcing side events.

Cost of abuse in U.S. nears $4 billion

September 18, 2019

The Catholic Church in the United States has spent a staggering sum of close to $4 billion in the past 20 years to compensate victims and to investigate, adjudicate and prevent clergy sex abuse.

An Island gem marks 100th anniversary

September 18, 2019

For almost three centuries Catholics in Prince Edward Island have been able to call St. Dunstan’s their home, the last 100 years in the current cathedral basilica situated prominently on historic Great George Street in the heart of Charlottetown.

Peter Stockland: Climate changing around ‘R-word’

September 18, 2019

At Montreal’s Concordia University, where I study the wonders of Ireland north and south for several hours each week, a large sign asks students how they feel about climate change.

Remains of over 2,220 fetuses discovered at abortionist's home

September 18, 2019

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The Sept. 13 disclosure that the preserved remains of over 2,200 aborted babies had been found at the rural Illinois home of the recently deceased Indiana abortionist Ulrich "George" Klopfer has sparked outrage and demands for immediate investigations by authorities.

September 19

Quebec court strikes down safeguard of ‘reasonably foreseeable’ death

September 19, 2019

OTTAWA -- A Quebec court decision that strikes down key safeguards in Canada’s euthanasia law points to an urgent need to provide opportunities and care for vulnerable and disabled people, said euthanasia opponents who called the ruling “terrible news.”

Priesthood is a gift, Pope Francis says

September 19, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Being a priest is not a job or fulfilling an employment contract but is a gift from God that should be contemplated and treasured as such, Pope Francis said.

Victim disappointed by reforms

September 19, 2019

BALTIMORE -- Clergy sexual abuse victim Marie Collins, who resigned from a Vatican commission on sex abuse two years ago, kicked off a five-city U.S. speaking tour by declaring disappointment with the Vatican summit last February on child protection and efforts toward accountability and transparency.

Pope Francis: Canon law 'an essential dimension' to ecumenism

September 19, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- The search for Christian unity must involve all aspects of the churches' lives, including their different church laws, Pope Francis said.

Readers Speak Out: September 22, 2019

September 19, 2019

Dignified death Re: Faith shouldn’t have to bend to survive (Aug. 11-18): Excellent article by Charles Lewis. But I wonder what euthanasia has to do with palliative care.

Council of Cardinals reviews input on draft constitution for Curia

September 19, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals finished its first review and reflection on comments and proposals received for the draft of the proposed apostolic constitution reforming the Roman Curia.

Saving the Amazon: A Special Feature

September 19, 2019

MANAUS, Brazil -- On the third finger of his left hand Oblate Fr. Robert Valicourt wears a black, wooden ring made from the pit of a tacumã palm tree, a plant native to the Amazon.

Federal election: A Catholic guide

September 19, 2019

Each week up to the Oct. 21 federal election, The Register will examine a different issue of interest for Catholic voters.

Latin Mass celebrated for famed Memphis Catholic who founded order

September 19, 2019

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- On the night of a full moon Sept. 13, a high Mass in Latin was celebrated in remembrance of prominent Memphis historical figure Mother Mary Agnes Magevney (1841-1891) at St. Peter Church, sponsored by the Magevney Society.

Glen Argan: Meditation ‘brings us back home’

September 19, 2019

Early in his book, Biography of Silence, Pablo d’Ors notes some of the many experiences he cultivated in his life as a young adult — travelling, reading voraciously and having numerous romances. “Like many of my contemporaries, I was convinced that the more experiences I had and the more intense and stunning they were, the sooner and better I would become a complete person.”

Editorial: A test of tolerance

September 19, 2019

In some respects, the Oct. 21 federal election will be a referendum on tolerance.

Eritrean bishops protest government seizure of Catholic schools

September 19, 2019

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) -- Eritrean bishops protested the government's seizure of Catholic schools and asked that the church be enabled to continue its educational and health services.

September 20

Brazilian bishop sees a land of promise in the Amazon

September 20, 2019

Bishop Dom Mário Antonio da Silva knows the Amazon is in trouble, but he doesn’t want its crises — political, ecological and cultural — to define the synod he will attend in Rome Oct. 6-27.

Makushi tribe seeing their culture being pushed aside for mining interests

September 20, 2019

RAPOSA, Brazil -- Summer evenings in the community of Raposa are golden and gentle. Half-wild horses wander in from the fields to feed on mangos that have fallen from huge trees in front of St. Isidore’s Catholic Church. A few young Makushi grab rakes to push the mangos into piles out of harm’s way. The setting sun seems so close, a giant ball of fire slipping behind the mountains that ring the prairie where the Makushi live. Makushi tradition says life exists as a kind of force — stkaton — that comes from the sun. It’s hard to disagree.

Violence, disease, death are constant companions

September 20, 2019

BOA VISTA, Brazil -- Consolata Br. Carlo Zacquini was ministering among the Yanomami people in a remote area of Brazil, near the border with Venezuela, when gold miners invaded their lands.