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September 2020

September 1

Pope Francis: Jubilee for the Earth a time for restoring bond with God, creation

September 1, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- The exploitation and plundering of the Earth's resources at the expense of the poor and vulnerable cry out for justice and the forgiveness of debts, Pope Francis said.

Virgin Mary statue decapitated in west-end Toronto

September 1, 2020

Toronto police have released an image of a man sought for decapitating a statue of the Virgin Mary outside a church in the city’s west end.

September 2

Advocates to keep up battle against refugee agreement

September 2, 2020

The federal government’s decision to appeal a court ruling that puts an international refugee agreement with the United States at risk is disappointing but not surprising to refugee advocacy and church groups that have long sought to have the Safe Third Country Agreement scuttled.

Speaking Out: YSN enriched my bond with God

September 2, 2020

A few days ago, I got back from my last hiking trip of the summer. As I sat on a pebbled Lake Superior beach at night and watched a crescent moon paint the water with a mystical glow, everything seemed peaceful and tranquil.

Masked by love

September 2, 2020

Back to school shopping looks a bit different this year and a Toronto high school teacher wants to make sure every student in the GTA has what they need to stay safe in a time of pandemic.

Polish bishops reiterate church teaching on LGBT, gender ideology

September 2, 2020

WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's bishops called on Catholics to show respect for people connected with the LGBT movement, but urged them to resist LGBT calls for a "social and cultural transformation" in conflict with church teaching.

Fr. Raymond de Souza: Discovering the roots that nurtured faith

September 2, 2020

On Sept. 5, 1920, Laura Cardoso left the family home in which she had been born to marry Salustiano Roque de Freitas. Nearly 100 years later, I visited that home, now deserted, in her village in Goa, India.

Pope’s reforms meet ‘active resistance’ in U.S.

September 2, 2020

WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis’ efforts to bring reform in the Catholic Church are meeting resistance in some Church circles, according to one panelist at an Aug. 31 online forum sponsored by Georgetown University’s Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement.

Belarus archbishop warns of civil war

September 2, 2020

WARSAW, Poland -- The president of the Belarusian bishops’ conference has been barred from re-entering his country from abroad, after warning in a pastoral letter that the nation’s worsening crisis could spill into civil war.

Pope Francis calls for day of prayer, fasting for Lebanon

September 2, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has asked Catholics and all people of goodwill to observe Sept. 4 as a day of prayer and fasting for Lebanon.

Vancouver archdiocese ‘negligent’ on abuse, suit says

September 2, 2020

VANCOUVER -- A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against the Archdiocese of Vancouver claims the archdiocese was “systematically negligent” in protecting parishioners from abuse by clergy.

Activists shocked after Asia Bibi disowns autobiography

September 2, 2020

LAHORE, Pakistan -- Human rights activists were shocked after Asia Bibi dissociated herself from her autobiography, due out later in September.

September 3

Wife fighting husband’s bid for assisted suicide

September 3, 2020

OTTAWA -- A legal battle between an elderly married couple in Nova Scotia over the husband’s wish to kill himself with medical aid has become a rallying cry for anti-euthanasia organizations in Canada.

Editorial: The fight rages on

September 3, 2020

Fifty-five years ago, Pope Paul VI penned these words on the eve of the official end of Vatican II:

Readers Speak Out: September 3, 2020

September 3, 2020

Support for priest In a recent edition The Catholic Register reported that Fr. Nino Cavoto, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Toronto, has been removed from ministry following the Archdiocese of Toronto receiving an allegation that he had abused a minor while serving at a parish in the New York archdiocese between 1979 and 1983.

Edmonton vows to restore historic Indigenous parish

September 3, 2020

EDMONTON -- The Archdiocese of Edmonton says it will do whatever it takes to restore Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples after a devastating fire Aug. 30 tore through the rear of the building.

Charles Lewis: Music helps us ask simple question: Why?

September 3, 2020

Music is a great comfort. It raises deep issues of the soul and then expresses them in a way most of us never could. Many kinds of music are deeply spiritual, from Gregorian chant to country to rock.

September 4

Mary Marrocco: Living sexuality in the Church’s embrace

September 4, 2020

A young Catholic couple were not engaged, but hoping to get there. At a certain point, naturally enough, Anne and Simon found it difficult not to engage in sexual relations. Instead, they quarrelled.

ShareLife gets a reboot

September 4, 2020

The rapid proliferation of COVID-19 prevented ShareLife, the Archdiocese of Toronto’s annual charitable appeal, from launching its major parish fundraising campaign on the last weekend of March as intended.

Exhibition sheds light on unique partnership that created iconic Quebec Church buildings

September 4, 2020

MONTREAL -- About 40 years ago, Raymonde Gauthier found a PhD topic by glancing out the window of her small apartment at the corner of Montreal’s St. Laurent Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street.