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St. John’s, Nfld. - To understand Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment and to act on it we need everybody all together, Archbishop Martin Currie told a prayer service held to introduce Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home at St. Teresa’s Church June 18.
Francis takes fresh approach to dialogue
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - In Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, some informed readers see Pope Francis seeking a dialogue with the whole world while giving new insight into the relationship of human beings to creation.
Pope’s respect for Islam in encyclical a Ramadan blessing
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterLaudato Si’ arrived on the first day of Ramadan and it was the first papal document in history to cite a Muslim scholar and mystic as an authority — to the delight of Toronto Muslim leaders.
Here today and gone tomorrow? Not likely
By Peter KavanaghFormer British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once famously quipped, “A week is a long time in politics.” It is a truism that Pope Francis and the Vatican might well be discovering about the widespread reception of Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home.
Canada squarely in Laudato Si’ crosshairs
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe Pope’s encyclical on the environment is addressed to the entire world, but it has different messages for different parts of it.
Spiritual ways to a better environment
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterPope Francis is calling for an “ecological conversion” for all in his encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home. The Pope calls for people to use spirituality to encourage “a more passionate concern for the protection of our world” and lists a number of practical ways to integrate this teaching in our daily lives. Below we have looked at some of the Pope’s recommendations and included some suggestions about how to integrate his teachings into our daily lives.
Montreal marks 400 years since Champlain’s first Mass
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialMONTREAL - Montreal Archbishop Christian Lepine celebrated Mass on a birch bark canoe altar June 24 to mark the feast of St. John the Baptist while at the same time commemorating the 400th anniversary of what is widely thought to be the first Mass ever celebrated on the Island of Montreal.
Chaplaincy team ready for Pan Ams
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Growing up in Venezuela, Fr Eduardo Soto fell in love with the Pan Am Games when his home country hosted the quadrennial event in Caracas in 1983.
Historic Quebec churches no longer untouchable
By Philippe Vaillancourt, Catholic News ServiceQUEBEC CITY - With the decision to close one of its largest and most important churches, the Archdiocese of Quebec is sending a clear message: The future of even the most majestic churches cannot be guaranteed any more.
Fr. Art MacKinnon: 50 years a martyr
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterWith the phone pressed to her ear memories spring to life of a man from half a life ago.
“Sure I remember him,” said Sr. Mary Jo Mazzerolle. “The day before he was killed he was in our house. He came to us to say Mass and afterwards he came to our house for supper.
Canadians say leave God in anthem
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - An Angus Reid poll shows most Canadians approve of banning prayer before official public meetings, but would not approve of removing God from “O Canada.”