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Program offers support to Arctic communities
Quinton Amundson · June 1, 2024
What do you get when you combine the indefatigability of a religious sister, the impassioned altruism of a Calgary parishioner and the astonishing generosity and mobilizing power of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP)?
Caroline de Sury · June 2, 2024
The Catholic Church in France prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Normandy landings June 6, a date known as D-Day that marked the beginning of the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany's occupation during World War II.
Quinton Amundson · June 3, 2024
The Court of Appeal of Alberta has granted the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) intervenor status in the controversial case of a 27-year-old Calgary woman with autism seeking approval for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) against her father’s wishes.
Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo urged the Toronto faithful to honour the Sacred Heart of Jesus by practising humility, being pure of heart and leaning on God when broken-hearted in a letter published for the month of the Sacred Heart.
Quinton Amundson · June 4, 2024
Parents, grandparents and community members carried participated in pray-in events throughout Ontario organized by Campaign Life Coalition on June 3 outside the headquarters of select Catholic school boards and the main office of the Archdiocese of Toronto and Diocese of Hamilton.
Despite police warning safety couldn’t be guaranteed, marchers prevail
Anna Farrow · June 5, 2024
Neither a smoke bomb, shrieking foes, nor police warnings kept pro-life Quebecers from taking to Quebec City streets June 1 for what organizers hope will become an annual March for Life.
Author gives the lowdown, from A to Z
Quinton Amundson · June 5, 2024
Shaun McAfee’s latest book, All Things Catholic: A Guide from A to Z, presented the U.S.-based author with an ambitious writing test: could he produce a one-stop guidebook that effectively explains the Catholic Church teachings on 260 topics in under 250 pages?
John Cappucci aims to provide enlightenment about the underreported and complex reality of Christian persecution in India during a presentation at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Hall in Windsor, Ont., on June 10.
Justin McLellan · June 6, 2024
Marking 80 years since some 4,400 Allied troops "heroically gave their lives" to the cause of freedom by storming the beach in Normandy, D-Day commemorations remind the world that disrupting peace in pursuit of worldly interests is a grave sin, Pope Francis said.
Gina Christian · June 6, 2024
Two disappeared Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests seized by Russian forces from their church in Berdyansk in November 2022 are possibly in a Russian-operated labor camp in occupied Ukraine, according to a human rights information service.
Andrea Mrozek · June 6, 2024
How big a role do women’s fears about losing their identity play in low fertility rates?
Figure of Speech
Gerry Turcotte · June 6, 2024
There is nothing quite so spectacular as a well-executed ceremony, replete with fanfare and ritual. This is arguably why we marvel at coronations even if we aren’t royalists and watch starry-eyed at award ceremonies even if we secretly feel they are testaments to vanity.
Barefoot and Preaching
Leah Perrault · June 6, 2024
I was trying to decide if I wanted ice cream when I got a text from my sister: “Call mom or I when you can.” It was one of those moments where time stops and the sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach knows that my world will never be the same.
Lea Karen Kivi · June 6, 2024
The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week, Sunday, June 9 to Saturday, June 15, 2024.
Register Exclusive
Bishop Henry shoots down B.C. chief's assertion residential school bodies burned
Quinton Amundson · June 6, 2024
Within days of the rhetorical pivot from “children” to “anomalies,” the head of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations floated another theory on why no human remains have ever been discovered on the grounds of former residential schools.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · June 6, 2024
Concluding his letter to the Catholic faithful on devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus during June, Archbishop Francis Leo offers vital watchwords for the current moment and mood.
Catholic Register Staff · June 6, 2024
An excerpt from Archbishop Francis Leo’s letter on Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus during June.
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan · June 6, 2024
In 1972, I joined a group of students who occupied the Dean of Arts’ office at the University of Regina. Our goal was to win parity for students on all departmental committees in the Faculty of Arts.
From the Web Archive
June 6, 2024
Sr. Helena Burns foments the old Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theory that the Freemasons were behind the French Revolution and Karl Marx’s writings in her May 26 column (“Christ’s face defeats anti-God Communists”).
Pandemic push still felt in province
Quinton Amundson · June 7, 2024
Recognizing the uncomfortable rise in the provincial family violence and intimate partner violence rate, the Government of Saskatchewan recently responded by announcing a $42.6-million monetary boost over three years to 34 community-based groups that specialize in aiding those harmed by interpersonal violence and abuse.