NEWS
Religious vocation more important than ever
By Abbot Peter Novecosky, OSB, Catholic Register Special{mosimage}QUEBEC CITY - Though religious congregations are passing through a difficult time in Canada, “our vocation as religious is more important than ever before,” Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe told leaders of Canadian religious congregations here.
The internationally renowned speaker and author spoke to 400 leaders of religious congregations from across Canada at the June 5-9 general assembly of the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC). The assembly also chose a new executive, with Dominican Father Yvon Pomerleau as president, Ursuline Sister Anne Lewans as vice-president and Marianhill Missionary Father Alain Rodrigue as secretary-treasurer.
Quebec's spiritual void its biggest problem
By Barb Fraze, Catholic News Service{mosimage}TORONTO - Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who last year sparked controversy with his remarks about religion in Quebec society, said Catholics “need some more militance” to reaffirm “the values of our Catholic tradition in Quebec.”
Continued generosity needed for Holy Land
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO - Cardinal John Foley, grand master of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, has urged a group of North American members of one of the Catholic Church’s oldest chivalric orders to be generous in their help to the inhabitants of the Holy Land.
Matercare takes aim at women's health in Africa
By Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - In Sierra Leone and Kenya, women die from child birth or related complications on a weekly basis. But Dr. Robert Walley, president of Matercare International, hopes to change that by raising $5.5 million to equip both countries with the specialized services women need.
Attempts to ordain women means instant excommunication
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service{mosimage}VATICAN CITY - The Vatican’s doctrinal congregation has decreed formally that a woman who attempts to be ordained a Catholic priest and the person attempting to ordain her are automatically excommunicated.
Nine ordained to permanent diaconate
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO - As Jesus was asked by the Father to live a life of service, so too have the nine men ordained to the permanent diaconate May 31 been asked to dedicate their lives to serving the Lord.
Christian media needs to highlight positive, not be afraid of negative
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}TORONTO - Jesuit Father Frederico Lombardi urged Catholic media to highlight the positive and beautiful in Christian life, but at the same time not to duck the responsibility to recognize and denounce evil.
Truth will only come out in words
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}TORONTO - Ethicist Margaret Somerville challenged Catholic media to become “word warriors” and ethics agents to give people “the words they need to protect human dignity.”
Archdiocese of Toronto clergy appointments
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}The following clergy appointments for the archdiocese of Toronto will take place as of June 25, unless otherwise noted.
Immigration Canada's future
By Eugene Mccarthy, Catholic Register Special{mosimage}WATERLOO, Ont. - Multiculturalism, far from representing a static state, has become an ever-evolving social pattern in Canada.
That was the view expressed in a recent talk at St. Jerome’s University by Gregory Baum, professor emeritus at McGill University’s faculty of religious studies.
Spiritual traditions keep Myanmar's people going
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - The Burmese people have fallen back on their spiritual resources as they struggle to recover from Cyclone Nargis, a source inside the tightly controlled Stalinist state has told The Catholic Register.