Political events and news in effecting Catholics and Catholic concerns in Europe.
September 2, 2019
Contrary to statements made by Jesuit superior general Fr. Arturo Sosa, an international organization of Catholic exorcists said the existence of Satan as a real and personal being is a truth of Christian doctrine.
The assisted suicide death of a Powell River, B.C., man who struggled for years to find adequate care is a call to Catholics to speak out and “challenge the legitimacy” of bureaucracies that put cost and efficiency ahead of the value of human life, says the Archdiocese of Vancouver’s pro-life chaplain.
September 4, 2019
The Pope, who is full of surprises, has done it again by announcing that a Canadian Jesuit priest will join 12 archbishops and bishops who will be made cardinals next month in Rome.
September 1, 2019
The Catholic Register is pleased to introduce these 6 young people selected for this year’s YSN program.
EDMONTON -- After travelling from Italy to Portugal to China, a 500-year-old wooden statue of the Infant Jesus has reached its final destination — a Carmelite monastery west of Edmonton.
Religion, an essay in a major news service declaimed recently, is a sociological phenomenon that exists as a psychological need-fulfillment. It is a never-ending series of (similar) movements that are born and die when their usefulness to social groups has passed.
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 8 (Year C) Wisdom 9:13-18; Psalm 90; Philemon 9b-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33
Humans are usually quite proud of their intelligence and intellectual achievements.
ST. ALBERT, Alta. -- Cecile Kimak and Phyllis Pawluk are close.
They share everything, including a devotion to the Virgin Mary that continues to help the Edmonton-area sisters survive life’s most gut-wrenching problems, from health troubles to family break-ups and even an abusive relationship.
August 31, 2019
Native studies have come a long way in the last two decades and there are no signs that the pace of change in the program is going to slow down.
Security has become such an inflammatory issue on both a political and social level that reasoned debate around the topic seems almost impossible.