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May 12, 2019

Cathedral hosts historic fresco

Madonna and Child over Ottawa at the Cathedral.

A 10-foot high fresco of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the child Jesus over the Ottawa skyline that was saved from destruction 20 years ago was back on display May 1-5.

Published in Canada
April 21, 2019

In search of Christ’s face

The Holy Face of Manoppello is pictured on display at the shrine in Manoppello, Italy. Devotees believe the cloth was one of the burial shrouds that covered the face of Jesus in the tomb.

MANOPPELLO, ITALY - At the Shrine of the Holy Face in Manoppello, visitors see a transparent cloth encased between two glass panes within an ornate silver frame above the sanctuary’s altar.

Published in Easter
April 20, 2019

Christ on film

Left, Adam Greaves-Neal is a seven-year-old Jesus in The Young Messiah. Right, Enrique Irazoqui, top, is Jesus in The Gospel of Matthew; below, Willem Dafoe stars in The Last Temptation of Christ.

Christ films are a staple in many households during Easter weekend.

Published in Easter
April 14, 2019

God's Word on Sunday: Jesus delivers a message of brotherhood

Eugène Burnand’s 1898 painting of Peter and John running to the tomb on the morning of the Resurrection.

Resurrection of the Lord, April 21 (Year C) Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-18

It is said that a picture can say more than a thousand words. That is certainly the case with Eugène Burnand’s stirring and evocative painting of the race to the empty tomb on Easter morning.

Published in Fr. Scott Lewis
April 8, 2019

Bob Brehl: Salvator Mundi painting goes on the lam

Salvator Mundi — Is it a Da Vinci painting, or not?

The art world is abuzz about the whereabouts of the mysterious painting of Jesus Christ attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.

Published in Robert Brehl
April 7, 2019

Mary Marrocco: Learning how to turn betrayal upside down

Judas kisses Jesus, an act of ultimate betrayal.

How do we not become violent in an age of violence? How can we find another way when in our world, and even in our Church, violence seems to have made such terrible inroads?

Published in Mary Marrocco
March 9, 2019

God's Word on Sunday: It’s a good time to count God’s blessings

The Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness, Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-1734 Venice)

First Sunday of Lent, March 10 (Year C) Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13

Published in Faith
December 29, 2018

God's Word on Sunday: Being a child of God is a journey of faith

The Holy Family by Jacques Stella

Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Dec. 30 (Year C) 1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28; Psalm 84; 1 John 3:1-2, 21-24; Luke 2:41-52

Published in Faith
December 24, 2018

This Christmas, come to the manger with love, charity, simplicity, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis kisses a figurine of the baby Jesus as he visits the Nativity scene at the conclusion of Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 24.
VATICAN – Jesus' birth in a stable, God's coming to earth in extreme simplicity, teaches Christians that love is more valuable than anything else and is what will change the world, Pope Francis said.
Published in Reflections
December 21, 2018

Francis Campbell: Invitation from Jesus open all year round

The tradition of exchanging Christmas cards is fading fast.

Christmas packages come in all sorts, shapes and sizes.

Published in Guest Columnists
December 20, 2018

'Everything changes' with Christ's birth, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis greets representatives of the children and teens section of Italy's Catholic Action. Meeting the young people at the Vatican Dec. 20, the pope asked them to share their faith with their peers, being especially attentive to children who seem lonely or mistreated.
VATICAN – The Annunciation – the Angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she will bear God's son -- was such a tremendous, history-changing event that preaching about it is extremely difficult, Pope Francis said.
Published in Reflections
December 17, 2018

A true Christmas celebrates Baby Jesus, who is tender, humble, Pope Francis says

An audience member holds a figurine of baby Jesus as Pope Francis leads his Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 16.
VATICAN – With Christmas just over a week away, visitors came to St. Peter's Square with their Baby Jesus figurines for a traditional blessing by the Pope.
Published in Faith
September 17, 2018

Church on the street: Don’t be afraid to ‘put out into the deep’

Church on the street: Don’t be afraid to ‘put out into the deep’

In a remote fishing village, the people became accustomed to the pounding of the heavy seas which imperiled every boat leaving their harbour, but they never could become accustomed to the deaths. The deaths of fishermen caught in the grip of an uncompromising ocean in the dead of night. 

Published in Register Columnists
August 7, 2018

Faith is a relationship, not a set of rules between slave and master, Pope says at Angelus

Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square Aug. 5 at the Vatican.
VATICAN – Doing God's will means first of all believing in Jesus and allowing love for him to translate into love for one's neighbors, Pope Francis said.
Published in Faith
September 17, 2017

Jesus model helps cast new light on art

Ed Czuchnicki poses with Timothy Schmalz’s When I Was Sick You Visited Me sculpture outside St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton.

St. Jacobs, Ont., is home to a historic village, a charming farmer’s market and one of Canada’s most renowned Catholic sculptors, Timothy Schmalz.

Published in Canada
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