September 2024

'Disappointed' Cardinal Dolan holds out hope Harris will join Trump at the Al Smith dinner

OSV News · September 24, 2024

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he is "disappointed" that Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend the Al Smith charity dinner Oct. 17, a New York Catholic charities fundraiser that has become a staple for presidential nominees in election years.

Play makes Notre Dame Cemetery come alive

Luke Mandato · September 25, 2024

Past memories of Ottawa's Notre Dame Cemetery have been brought back to life.

WYD 2027 in South Korea to focus on courage, interreligious dialogue

Justin McLellan · September 25, 2024

The first World Youth Day to be hosted in a country where Christians are a minority will seek to instill young people with the courage to share the Gospel while fostering interreligious dialogue, organizers of the event said.

Jubilee, synod at top of CCCB agenda

Bishops meet for plenary in Quebec

Anna Farrow · September 25, 2024

Canada’s bishops began their 2024 plenary assembly Sept. 23 with the ancient invocation of the Holy Spirit Venite Creator Spiritus, but in their message to Pope Francis they spoke, in another Latin phrase, of a new modus operandi in the Church.

Ottawa Hospital to stop offering daily Mass

Luke Mandato and Anna Farrow · September 25, 2024

Catholics in the nation's capital region are worried that what began as a temporary suspension of daily Mass at The Ottawa Hospital, one of the city’s prominent hospital centres, has become permanent.

At 200, St. Michael's Corkery a testament to Irish forefathers

Angelica Vecchiato · September 26, 2024

The small country parish of St. Michael’s Parish Corkery is a testament to the grit, hard work and pious devotion of early Irish settlers in Canada.

Editorial

Lives lived for life’s sake

September 26, 2024

This week, the mood at The Catholic Register is akin to that of expectant parents awaiting the moment when their any-time-now offspring will be in the world sharing life with them.

Pope Francis: Humanity suffers from 'dangerous syndrome' of repeating mistakes

Carol Glatz · September 26, 2024

Humanity needs to be motivated by spiritual values if it is to avoid being thrown into dangerous exploits and useless massacres, Pope Francis said.

Excerpt from the CCCB Synthesis of Diocesan Reflections

Catholic Register Staff · September 26, 2024

An excerpt from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Synthesis of Diocesan Reflections in preparation for the second session on synodality to be held in Rome Oct. 2-27.

Jesuits offer 40 days to draw closer to Christ

Luke Mandato · September 26, 2024

Retreatants at Loyola House are being offered 40 days to, like St. Ignatius, build and strengthen a relationship with Christ.

Retreat mines centuries past for guidance

Quinton Amundson · September 26, 2024

For Catholics yearning to be better meditators of God’s will and communicators of Christ’s Gospel, Fr. Matthew-Anthony Hysell recommends they look back to the 12th and 13th centuries for inspiration.

The Mustard Seed

Helping ourselves by praying to angels

Glen Argan · September 26, 2024

The liturgical calendar turns briefly in late September and early October to the role of angels in salvation. First, there is the Sept. 29 feast of the messengers Gabriel, Raphael and Michael – not celebrated this year because the feast falls on a Sunday – and then the Oct. 2 memorial of guardian angels.

A timeless message for our time

White Bird, set in WWII, has parallels to today

Luke Mandato · September 26, 2024

A new coming-of-age film set in Second World War France is reviving timeless messages of kindness and bravery, ones that are always in vogue, especially in today's troubled world.

Questioning Faith

Speaking the Word of our Father God

Mary Marrocco · September 26, 2024

To listen to a young child babbling as children love to do, wanting to be heard, needing and learning to speak, is to hear the oft-repeated words: mama, dada (or baba).

A Northern encounter with living treasures

Amanda Achtman · September 26, 2024

Pope Francis often speaks about how the elderly are a treasure and has dedicated much of his pontificate to promoting a culture of encounter between generations.Inspired by this emphasis, Bishop Hector Vila recently invited me to the Diocese of Whitehorse to deliver several workshops and presentations geared toward exploring the value of life at all stages.

Pope Francis expels 10 members, including bishop, from Peru-based Catholic movement

Justin McLellan · September 26, 2024

Following an investigation into an influential Peru-based Catholic movement that has expanded across Latin America and the United States, Pope Francis has expelled 10 members from its ranks for physical and spiritual abuse.

Disability rights coalition challenging Track 2 MAiD

Quinton Amundson · September 26, 2024

A coalition of disability rights organizations has united to challenge Track 2 of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) law, which provides euthanasia to people with a disability who are not dying or whose death is not reasonably foreseeable.

Optical confusion

September 26, 2024

First impressions suggest to many that the Man of the Shroud of Turin is lying down, as Christ would be in His tomb before the Resurrection. However, a different perspective comes from the research of Dr. Gilbert Lavoie (“Jesus’ burial cloth,” The Catholic Register, Sept. 22).

Synod guides a practical step forward, bishop says

Quinton Amundson · September 27, 2024

Mere days from the Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, a sentiment expressed by an African prelate at the first gathering in 2023 lingers with Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) President Bishop William McGrattan.

Call it what it is: lethal injection

Cardinal Collins decries weasel words around medically assisted death

Quinton Amundson · September 27, 2024

“Saddened, but not surprised” is how Cardinal Thomas Collins characterized his reaction to Canada’s now infamous reputation as the world’s fastest-growing euthanasia regime.