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Mickey Conlon · September 3, 2024
A decades-old sexual assault allegation has entwined the priest who stands accused and a bishop who is now under a Vatican probe for allegedly not taking the complaint seriously.
From the Web Archive
September 3, 2024
Pope Francis landed in Jakarta after a 13-hour flight from Rome and was greeted by the religious affairs minister of Indonesia and two children in traditional dress who offered him flowers.
OSV News · September 4, 2024
A man was taken into police custody after a major fire broke out at the historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in the northern French town of Saint-Omer in the morning hours of Sept. 2, causing its bell tower to collapse.
Jonathan Luxmoore · September 4, 2024
Poland's Catholic bishops have urged schools to continue offering religious teaching after government attempts to restrict it were blocked by the Constitutional Tribunal following church appeals.
Kate Scanlon · September 4, 2024
A mass shooting took place at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Sept. 4, local officials reported.
Cindy Wooden · September 4, 2024
Politicians have an essential role in preserving the unity of a nation by working for the common good and promoting cooperation, especially when "the exasperation of contrasts" threatens to divide a country, Pope Francis told Indonesia leaders.
Charles Lewis · September 5, 2024
We live in an altered universe in which some have the power to destroy a group or individual without proof but with vile labels. Worse, they are funded by our federal government with your tax dollars.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · September 5, 2024
October gets all the glory, sporting so many lovely feast days. But let’s not forget September. In fact, September may just well outshine the month of the Holy Rosary!
Questioning Faith
Mary Marrocco · September 5, 2024
What is spirituality? It’s a word used so variously that defining it can seem like pinning a cloud to the wall. In Christianity, spirituality has a clear meaning. It refers to living a relationship.
Figure of Speech
Gerry Turcotte · September 5, 2024
Recently my executive assistant pointed out that the photo I was using for my column was … out of date. Her diplomatic wording sounded more like: “You are waaaay older than you were when the photo was taken. You should change it. Truth in advertising.” It did force me to confront the reality of aging.
Lea Karen Kivi · September 5, 2024
In a small town in Ontario, the Holy Spirit is working in a big way through two Catholic men with phones, a couple of cameras, and some microphones.
Editorial
September 6, 2024
Murderous Hamas terrorists have yet again supplied concrete proof of Catholic teaching that good can never come from evil.
Catholic Register Staff · September 6, 2024
An open letter from Richard Dur, executive director of Prolife Alberta, to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith about Jordan Peterson, free speech and abortion clinic bubble zones.
Cindy Wooden · September 6, 2024
Not long after Pope Francis left Indonesia, authorities there announced they had arrested seven people for making online "terror threats" against the pope.
With a 21-cannon salute, Pope Francis was welcomed to Papua New Guinea Sept. 6, the second stop on his four-nation visit to Asia and the Pacific.
Readings for week 14: Sunday, Sept. 8 to Saturday, Sept. 14
Lea Karen Kivi · September 6, 2024
Saint’s coffin opened for study of relics
OSV News · September 6, 2024
The silver coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened in Alba de Tormes Aug. 28 only to confirm her body has remained incorrupt since her death in 1582.
Academic, writer to launch St. Jerome's lecture series
Quinton Amundson · September 6, 2024
Michael Higgins is of the belief the Synod on Synodality is “grounded in hope rather than in despair; in knowledge rather than ignorance.”
By God’s grace, Queenship of Mary find land, build motherhouse
Anna Farrow · September 6, 2024
By God’s grace, the Sisters of the Queenship of Mary found land and built a motherhouse.
Luke Mandato · September 7, 2024
In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks that would re-ignite conflict between Israel and Hamas, Maija Wilson reached out to two of her closest colleagues ahead of anyone else.