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Justin McLellan · July 17, 2024
Vatican rulings on allegedly supernatural phenomena, such as Marian apparitions, will continue to be released publicly, but official validation of an event's supernatural status -- as has happened at Lourdes, Fatima and Guadalupe -- would be "exceptional," the Vatican's doctrine chief said.
Kate Scanlon · July 17, 2024
Delegates at the Republican National Convention approved a new party platform July 15 that largely reflects their nominee Donald Trump's political positions, many in his own words.
Sarah Mac Donald · July 17, 2024
More than 240 people were killed and millions displaced across South Asia as the intense monsoon season wreaked havoc in the region with torrential rains and severe floods, damaging buildings, infrastructure and crops.
Jonathan Luxmoore · July 17, 2024
Following the example of a group of British cultural icons, a group of American "Catholics and non-Catholics" and prominent cultural and intellectual personalities asked Pope Francis in an open letter July 15 not to further restrict the traditional Latin Mass.
Gina Christian · July 18, 2024
Calls to remove the artwork of alleged abuser Fr. Marko Rupnik are growing — and clerical abuse survivors say the issue speaks volumes about how the Church views them and their pain.
Lea Karen Kivi · July 18, 2024
The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day for week 7: Sunday, July 21 to Saturday, July 27, 2024.
Author chronicles 20th-century Catholic oppression at the hands of communism
Quinton Amundson · July 18, 2024
Author Kristen Van Uden Theriault chronicles 20th-century Catholic oppression at the hands of communism.
Carol Glatz · July 18, 2024
Children of Vatican employees began their summer holidays at a new outdoor sports area and pool as part of an annual summer program.
Archive preparing diocese's past for 200th anniversary
Luke Mandato · July 18, 2024
The Diocese of Charlottetown has been cleaning out its closet in an effort to sort through some 200 years of history as part of an ongoing archive restoration project.
Anna Farrow · July 22, 2024
Teachers, writers and creatives will gather at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College (SWC) in August for a four-day exploration of “Literature and the Catholic imagination.”
Kate Scanlon · July 22, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden brought to an end several weeks of speculation about his political future, including both his viability in the November election and his ability to serve another four-year term in the White House, be ending his reelection bid.
OSV News · July 22, 2024
As Paris stands in the starting blocks for the 2024 Olympic Games that kick off July 26, the Olympic truce was launched in the iconic La Madeleine church in the heart of the French capital July 19.
Carol Glatz · July 22, 2024
With world peace under serious threat, Pope Francis called on all nations to observe the Olympic truce and cease all conflicts for the traditional period before, during and after the Olympic Games in Paris.
Catholic Register Staff · July 23, 2024
Cardinal Gérald Lacroix is resuming his duties as Quebec’s archbishop, six months after stepping aside when he was accused of sexual misconduct for which a Vatican-mandated investigation found no evidence to support.
Quinton Amundson · July 24, 2024
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) President Bishop William McGrattan today reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s commitment to reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous peoples to mark the second anniversary of Pope Francis embarking upon his penitential pilgrimage to Canada.
OSV News · July 24, 2024
Premium brown paper was placed over significant portions of an extensive mosaic program in the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington July 23, obscuring images of holy figures created by a renowned priest-artist under investigation for allegations of sexual abuse.
Canadian says it reminded him of WYD unity
Though deeply immersed in fashioning a life-sized bronze tribute to future saint Blessed Carlo Acutis, Canadian Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz keenly kept abreast of the discourse at the 10th U.S. National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis.
From the Web Archive
July 24, 2024
Message for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly from His Grace Most Reverend Francis Leo Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
Cardinal Sako’s reinstatement raises spirits, dreams for peace
Susan Korah · July 25, 2024
With the restoration of Cardinal Louis Sako as the official head and patriarch of Iraq’s Chaldean (Eastern rite Catholic) Church, the dwindling Christian minority has reason to hope for a better future in their own homeland, say Church leaders.
Luke Mandato · July 25, 2024
In collaboration with the Archdiocese of Toronto, the Divine Retreat Centre of Toronto will host its annual Bible Convention event in August with this year marking a decade of celebration among the local Vincentian community.