June 2024

Vincentians transform lives North of 60

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)?

D-Day's 80th anniversary honours the past, aims to teach future generations, French bishop says

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.

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition granted intervenor status in assisted death case

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.

Archbishop calls for devotion to Sacred Heart

Quinton Amundson · June 3, 2024

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.

Schools, dioceses targeted by Pride flag walkout

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.

Quebec March for Life weathers the storm

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.

Talking faith: Catholicism explained

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?

Modi election win doesn’t bode well for India’s Christians

Quinton Amundson · June 5, 2024

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.

On D-Day anniversary, Pope Francis says attacking peace is a grave sin

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.

Disappeared Ukrainian priests may be in Russian labor camp, says human rights researcher

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.

Maternal identity now a side hustle

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

New mace marks going forward together

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

A crushing weight and never-ending love

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.

Let us launch our Biblical journey

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

Incinerated children claims 'truly laughable'

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

Preferences, questions, paradoxes

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.

An excerpt from Archbishop Leo’s letter on Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

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

Hope, not violent protest, is the answer

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.

Missing link

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”).

Family violence remains high in Saskatchewan

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.