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{mosimage}VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is publishing a collector’s edition of documents on the Knights Templar, the medieval crusading order that became the focus of legends and mysteries.
De Manche was with Register 41 years
By Mike Mastromatteo, Catholic Register Special
{mosimage}TORONTO - It’s appropriate that Alfred De Manche’s family would request that friends consider a donation to the Shepherd’s Trust as a fitting way to remember the long-time journalist’s life and work.
Confirmation program lets special needs youth participate
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}NEWMARKET, Ont. - The archdiocese of Toronto launched its newly revised Confirmation program “Anointed for Mission” this fall.
St. Bonaventure’s reaches out online
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}TORONTO - A Franciscan friar has found a creative way to reach out to people sitting outside the pews in front of their computer screens.
Slain bishop committed to building bridges in Algeria
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - Some of the most horrific violence of our time happened in Algeria in the 1990s, and it only tangentially involved Catholics. But that tangent is full of dangers, doubts and fear.
Christian-Muslim peace = world peace
By Regina Linskey, Catholic News Service
{mosimage} WASHINGTON - For the first time, more than 100 senior Muslim leaders from around the world sent a letter to Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders proposing theological similarities as a basis for peace and understanding.
Attracting families will lure Catholics back to pews
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
{mosimage}CORNWALL, Ont. - Offer better ministry to families and baptized Catholics who no longer attend church will come back, sociologist Reginald Bibby told the annual plenary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops Oct. 15.
Two new bishops for Atlantic Canada
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage} Two major Roman Catholic dioceses in Atlantic Canada have new bishops, courtesy of Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope announced the appointments Oct. 17 at the Vatican.
Pope names 23 new cardinals
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
{mosimage}VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI named 23 new cardinals at the end of his weekly general audience Oct. 17 and said he would formally install the cardinals during a special consistory at the Vatican Nov. 24.
Canadian Jewish leaders condemn meeting with Iran president
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
{mosimage}OTTAWA - Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) executive director Karen Hamilton grilled the Iranian president during a recent meeting in New York, telling him his threats to wipe Israel off the face of the map were “unacceptable.”
Catholic-Anglican text encourages realism over divisions
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
{mosimage}VATICAN CITY - Anglicans and Roman Catholics should witness to the faith they share and work together to promote Christian values in the world, but they also must be realistic about issues still dividing them, said a recent document by Anglican and Catholic bishops.