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Figure of Speech
Gerry Turcotte · August 20, 2024
As a young man of 16, and a competitive high school gymnast, I was thrilled to get a job at the Montreal Olympics. Organizers were desperate for staff, so I was put in the bar stand at the basketball arena, an under-aged kid blissfully selling beer to thirsty patrons.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · August 20, 2024
Have you ever been tempted to leave the Catholic Church? Don’t. Ever. For any reason. Why not? Because: Extra ecclesiam nulla salus, “There is no salvation outside the Catholic Church”.
'We are all disciples, we are all missionaries'
Quinton Amundson · August 20, 2024
Unleashing congregants' talents and leadership abilities, embracing open-minded listening and fostering synodality at the parish and diocesan levels were prominent topics of conversation during the Canadian National Online Gathering for Priests video conference Aug. 14.
Justin McLellan · August 20, 2024
The Nicaraguan government arrested two priests who were then exiled to Rome, shortly after a group of seven priests was sent to Rome earlier in the month.
Pope among those calling ‘to seek the truth’ about disputed vote
Thousands of Venezuelans at home and across the world, including in Montreal and Calgary, hit the streets Aug. 17 in protest of President Nicolás Maduro declaring that he won a third term in office.
Canadian Catholic News · August 20, 2024
Abbot Peter Novecosky, OSB, who for more than a quarter century shared the news, and the good news, with Catholics in Western Canada through The Prairie Messenger newspaper, has died at 79.
David Agren · August 20, 2024
The Nicaraguan government has extinguished the legal status of more than 25 Catholic organizations, including religious orders such as the Franciscans, Carmelites and Augustinians, another diocesan Caritas chapter, and lay Catholic groups, as part of an attack on civil society with the closure of 1,500 nongovernmental organizations.
Quinton Amundson · August 21, 2024
“The road to salvation and freedom is Jesus Christ.”
Junno Arocho Esteves · August 21, 2024
A Christian convert in Egypt who has been imprisoned for more than two years for publicly speaking about his conversion has declared a hunger strike, prompting religious freedom advocates to increase their calls for his release.
Cindy Wooden · August 21, 2024
Pope Francis’ trip to Asia and Oceania in September will be a trip of religious, economic and social contrasts.
Gina Christian · August 22, 2024
The largest organization of religious leaders in Ukraine is backing a proposal by that nation's president -- approved by Ukrainian lawmakers Aug. 20 -- to ban the Russian Orthodox Church and its affiliates, which have openly supported Russia's decade-long war on Ukraine.
Quinton Amundson · August 22, 2024
The fifth-leading cause of death in Canada is one that didn't even exist just eight years ago.
Caroline de Sury · August 22, 2024
During the Paris Olympic Games, track and field champions rang the bronze bell located close to the finish line at Saint-Denis' Stade de France. In December, that same bell will ring in the newly reopened Notre Dame Cathedral during the most sacred part of the Mass.
Over 39 years, Theresa Antonakis embraced new experiences for her students
Throughout her 39 years as a Catholic educator, Theresa Antonakis has never felt daunted by the idea of embracing change.
Luke Mandato · August 22, 2024
Students at St. Mary Catholic Secondary School in Pickering, Ont., are looking forward to the launch this fall of the school's long-awaited unique outdoor classroom.
As the new school year beckons, the incoming Grade 6 students at St. John XXIII Catholic School in Oshawa, Ont., are getting set to take the reins of the class's newly founded charitable e-commerce website.
Lea Karen Kivi · August 22, 2024
Readings for Week 12: Sunday, Aug. 25 to Saturday, Aug. 31
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · August 22, 2024
The 2024 Jerry Seinfeld Award for Drip Dry Irony can already be safely presented to Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgin’s for arch-lipped appraisal of Elon Musk’s evocation of Christianity.
Catholic Register Staff · August 22, 2024
Excerpt from Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Creation to be celebrated Sept. 1, 2024.
The husband and wife team of Dallas and Amanda Jenkins, alongside Dr. Douglas S. Huffman, have released their fourth interactive Bible study coinciding with the newest season of The Chosen.