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Italian-Canadian artist’s work featured in Montreal exhibit
Anna Farrow · May 23, 2024
To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Italian-Canadian artist Guido Nincheri, a year-long exhibition of drawings and archival material from his once famous atelier is being staged at Château Dufresne in Montreal.
Gina Christian · May 23, 2024
In the latest comment from the Vatican on "Fiducia Supplicans," the controversial declaration issued by the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in December 2023 that includes guidelines on the blessing of same-sex couples, Pope Francis clarified that he didn't allow blessings of "the union" but of "each person."
Plans underway to renovate as shrine centenary nears
Luke Mandato · May 23, 2024
Leading up to its 100th anniversary in 2026, Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ont., is launching a major fundraising campaign to ensure it another 100 years of service to pilgrims.
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan · May 23, 2024
Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church is espousing heresy. His views are heretical because he has enlisted God in a campaign of violence, declaring that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a holy war.
Church on the Street
It’s been a time of joys and sorrows, but the best ministry ever
Dcn. Robert Kinghorn · May 23, 2024
Anniversaries are for reminiscing, and “The Church on the Street” reached its 18th anniversary this month.
Lea Karen Kivi · May 23, 2024
Reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and entities of the Catholic Church will be a long road to travel. Dr. Natasha Duquette has taken some steps along this road by recently offering an academic course called Indigenous Writers of North America.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · May 23, 2024
Do you feel helpless in the face of spreading global Communism? Fear not, Our Lord has already given us a spiritual gift to defeat Communism’s anti-God and therefore anti-human evils. This gift is His own Sacred Face.
Jesus’ compassion brings comfort, consolation on our journey of life
Fr. Yaw Acheampong · May 23, 2024
How would you feel if you found yourself admitted to a hospital and the hospital priest-chaplain came to visit?
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · May 23, 2024
When even the Trudeau government just says ‘no’ to drug decriminalization, it’s clear the push to flood addicts’ bodies and urban life with stupefying toxins has gone too far.
Catholic Register Staff · May 23, 2024
The message “Putting life into play” from Pope Francis to the International Conference on Sport and Spirituality held in Rome May 16-18.
Ottawa hosts first conference for consortium
Anna Farrow · May 24, 2024
A year ago, Ottawa businessman John Pacheco woke up with a perplexing divine message running through his head: “Get the schools going.”
Maria Wiering · May 24, 2024
Mountains, valleys and plains mark the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s St. Junipero Serra Route, which pilgrims will traverse over the course of eight weeks from California to Indiana.
Luke Mandato · May 24, 2024
A unique ministry known as Momentum has been fostering a faith community of Catholic single women by providing them with opportunities to grow in their relationships with both God and each other.
Jonathan Luxmoore · May 24, 2024
Poland's bishops have warned of growing conflict with anti-clerical politicians if they press ahead with plans to remove public crosses and curb religious education in the traditionally Catholic country.
If online porn is the problem, could online counselling be a solution?
Nicholas Elbers · May 25, 2024
When lewd AI-generated images of Taylor Swift showed up on the internet earlier this year, it felt like a sign of the times, with the technocratic anarchy of AI’s generative potential being joined in unholy matrimony to pornography’s capacity for dehumanization.
John Paul II, Mother Teresa statue’s goal is ‘silent evangelization’
Agnieszka Ruck · May 26, 2024
Those behind a larger-than-life monument of Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa are hoping it will match the calibre of other great and historic Catholic works and inspire generations to come.
Sculpture just steps from pro-Palestine encampment
Quinton Amundson · May 27, 2024
A University of Ottawa statue honouring the late Fr. Joseph-Henri Tabaret, OMI located steps from a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus was discovered vandalized on May 24.
Bishop Bryan Bayda, who leads the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada, said God guided him on where to go and whom to meet during his February visit to war-torn Ukraine.
Luke Mandato · May 27, 2024
Even in his dying days, Fr. Paul Joseph Lennon continued to show his concern for the poor.
Amplifying advocacy and pastoral care efforts, bolstering educational resources and championing life-affirming legislation are among the recommendations emerging from an international interfaith symposium on palliative care staged in Toronto late last month.